-
Dr.Dietrich Prinz wrote the origin chess playing program for a computer
-
-
A.S. Douglas created the first graphical computer game. It was a version of tic-tac-toe and it was programmed on anEDSAC vacum-tube computer.
-
William Highinbotham created the first video game called "Tennis for two" on a Brookhaven National Laboratory oscilloscope.
-
Steve Russell invented Spacewar! It was the first game itended for computer use and it allowed multiple users to share the computer at the same time.
-
Ralph Baer wrote the first video game plyed on a television set. It was called "Chase".
-
Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck created the earliest knwn coin-operated computer or video game, called "Galaxy Game".
-
Two months after, Nolan Bushel and Ted Dabney created the first commercially sold coin-operated arcade game, called "Computer Space". it was based on "Spacewar!".
-
Nolan Bushell and Al Alcorn created the arcade game "Pong".
-
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney started Atari Computers.
-
Magnavox released the first commercial video game console that could be played at home. It was designed by Ralph Baer.
-
Atari re-released "Pomg" as a home video game.
-
"Gunfight", the first computer game to use a microprocessor was released.
-
Fairchild released the first programmable home gasme console called the Fairchild Video Entertainment System.
-
Will Crowther created the first computer adventure game, called "Colossal Cave Adventure".
-
Atari released an arcade game named "Breakout".
-
Atari released a Football arcade game. It was the first game to use a trackball.
-
Atari released "Asteroids" video arcade game.
-
Atari's "Asteroids" and "Lunar Lander" were the first two video games to ever be registered in the Copyright Office.
-
Namco created the Pac-Man arcade game.
-
The first 3-D game, "Battlezone" was released.
-
The first game with a virutal world was relased. It was called "Defender"
-
Midway made Ms. Pac-Man arcade video game.
-
Nintendo released "Donkey Kong" arcade game
-
Cinematronics released Rick Dyer's "Dragon Lair". It was the first game with laser-dosc technology.
-
Alex Pajitnov, a Russian programmer, developed the popular PC game "Tetris".
-
Arcades focus on bringin in more "ride-and-video" games like skiiing, snowboarding, and jet skiiing.
-
"The Sims" is released and quickly becomes the best-selling PC game.
-
"World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" si the top-selling PC game.
-
"Batman: Arkham Asylum" gets a Guinness World Record for the "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever".
-
"Batman Arkham City" is to be released in October of 2011.
-
Tomohiro Nishikado created an arcade video game named "Space Invaders".
