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During 1959-1961, a collection of games were created on the TX-0 such as the Mouse in Maze, HAX and Tic-Tac-Toe etc..
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In 1961, the first game on the DEC PDP-1 was created -- Spacewar! The game lets 2 players play against each other by controlling 2 spaceships which are capable of shooting missiles. This game was credited as the first influential computer game.
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In September 1971, the Galaxy Game was installed at a student union at Stanford University. Based on Spacewar!, this was the first video game which neede coins to operate.
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In 1972, a new coin-operated arcade game was created -- Pong. Pong was mainly a game base on tabletennis.
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It made gaming more easy for people because instead of having one or more games built into it, it had game cartridges which you could plug in and out.
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The NES has game cartridges which players can plug in and unplug.
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The superior version of the NES. Also has game cartridges.
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Developed by Sony, it uses game discs. The quality of graphics have also slightly improved.
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Improved graphics and more games, the 2nd game console of the play station series.
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Made by Nintendo, there are several different colours to the Game cube. The disc is also read from the outer-most edge going inward, the opposite of a standard DVD. This move was mainly intended to prevent piracy of GCN titles, but like most anti-piracy technology, it was eventually cracked.
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Made by microsoft.
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The 3rd console in the play station series. The first version of the PS3 could play both PS2 and PS3 games.
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The Wii Remote is a one-handed controller that uses a combination of accelerometers and infrared detection to sense its position in 3D space.
