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The first video game was released. It was called Pong, and was a simple tennis game. It wasn't very popular.
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The first interactive video game is released, under the title "Spacewar". It was very innovative for it's time. Despite it's comparison to recent games.
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In 1965, Dartmouth beat Princeton to win the Ivy League championship. This led a students to program a football game in tribute to the teams great victory. The game didn't succeed due to its lack of exposure.
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Ralph Bear patens his interactive TV game called Odyssey. Despite his paten, people still attempted to copy his work.
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The innovative game made known as "Oregon Trail" is released. It quickly became a classic and is still played to this day. It featured brand new mechanics like player aging and health.
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Magnavox copied Ralph's TV game Odyseey. They stole his entire design despite his paten. Ralph later sued.
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The first home console is created. It's called the Atari and is made by creators Ted Dabney and Nolan Bushnell. Many games followed its release.
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A new arcade game is released called Space Invaders. It's created by the Japanese man Tomohiro Nishikado. He spent a year designing this game.
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In 1980 the first video game character was created. It's name was Pac man, and was inspired by a missing piece of pizza. Toru Iwatani created Ms. Pacman 4 years later.
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Donkey Kong is released. Donkey Kong is the opponent in this platformer game, where the player uses a character named Mario. Mario is now considered Nintendo's flagship character.
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The game is set in Nazi Germany. The game is mostly stealth based, but head on combat is occasionally adopted. It's considered the first first-person shooter.
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Magnavox sues Atari for stealing their idea in their "Pong" game.
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The ESRB is established. Parents believed there needed to be a rating system for these video games. Therefore. the Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, is created.
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The first Playstation releases. It costed $100 less than the very popular Sega Saturn. This led to it's speedy success.
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The Romantics filed a lawsuit against Activision in 2007. This was due to Activision using The Romantics' song "What I Like About You" in their game. The judge eventually sided with Activision and it was dismissed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqnw5IfbZOU http://mentalfloss.com/article/55078/11-times-video-games-led-lawsuits
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The Oculus Rift is released to the public. Oculus Rift is a VR headset. It allows players to take a step into the video game.
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Skylanders is released. Skylanders is a game for the Wii that came to the physical world. It features interactive characters you can buy and plug into your system.
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Microsoft's Xbox One is released. It featured games like Halo 4 and Monster Hunter. It's main competitor was the Sony PS4.
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The latest installation of Sony's top notch tech is released. It has countless amounts of games. It also features a Blu-Ray Player.
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Players return to Nazi Germany, on the same journey as before. But, this time completely renovated with new enemies and weapons. This is the most recent installation of Wolfenstein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein#Castle_Wolfenstein_(1981)
