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Gaming history from 1952-today

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  • Alexander Douglas creates the first graphical computer game

    Alexander Douglas was a british professor of computer science who created the game "OXO", a noughts and crosses style game.

  • the first blackjack program

    Programers at new mexico's los alamos laboratories develop the first blackjack program on an IBM-701

  • U.S. military develops "Hutspiel"

    The U.S. military develops "Hutspiel", a war game featuring red and blue players wage war.

  • Steve Russell creates "Spacewar!"

    Steve Russell an MIT student creates the game "Spacewar!" whhich spreads to computers accross the country.

  • LIFE

    Scientific American publishes the rules for LIFE. In this simulation crowded cells and lonely cells die while others live and reproduce.

  • Oregon Trail was made

    College students Bill Heinemann and Paul Dillenberger created Oregon Trail, a simulation of the pioneers' westward trek.

  • Pong is born

    Nolan Bushnell and Al Alcorn from Atari develop the table tennis game, Pong.

  • Pacman

    A missing slice of pizza inspires Toru Iwatani to create Pacman.

  • Donkey Kong

    Nintendo releases the game Donkey Kong featuring Jumpman, one of the most iconic game characters to date.

  • Half-Life is released

    Half-Life developed by Valve is one of the greatest video games of all time.

  • Steam is released

    Valve releases Steam, a digital video game distributer which revolutionised the PC gaming industry.