History of Video Game design

Beginning

Jan 20, 1947

Tennis for Two made. First Video Game

Gen I

Jan 20, 1972

First gen gaming,
Magnavox gaming corporation made the first system

Gen II

Jan 20, 1976

Fairchild Channel F and Radofin Electronics

First online gaming

Jan 21, 1978

PLATO created an online base for students but the students started to make online games thus starting online gaming.

video game crash

Jan 21, 1983

gaming in America crashed.

Gen III

Jul 15, 1983

The 8 bit era

gen IV gaming

Oct 30, 1987

16 bit era

computer gaming large increase

Jan 21, 1990

Popularity for pc gaming increased

Gen V

Jan 20, 1993

32 bit, 64 bit, and the 3D era of gaming.

mobile gaming

Jan 21, 1997

Nokia put snake onto their phones to increase sales and started phone gaming.

Gen VI

Nov 27, 1998

128 bit era, handheld era, and computer gaming

Gen VII

Nov 27, 2005

More than gaming now. Can stream videos.

Gen VIII

Jan 21, 2015

Current era of gaming, ps4, xbox one, 3ds. Better graphics better processor.

Best game in the world.

Jan 21, 2016

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, voted recently and pretty old

Future gaming

Apr 21, 2016

Virtual Reality consoles released the Oculus Rift.