History of Video Games

  • The Arcade Time

    The Arcade Time
    Before home consoles.
    Pin Ball machine have been around since 1930.
    During this time gambling was illegal.
  • The First Game Ever

    The First Game Ever
    The first ever game that was made is called Pong.
    This physicist named William Higinbotham designed this game.
    This game was a hit.
  • Early Days of Gaming

    Early Days of Gaming
    Video games originally started in a research lab.
    In 1952 British professor created Tic-Tac-Toe at the University of Cambridge.
    In 1962 Steve Russell created Spacewar and was the first computer based game
  • Consoles at home

    Consoles at home
    The first console at home was the sega in 1989.
    It released one of the best games ever which is sonic the hedgehog.
    Then mortal kombat came into the picture the best fighting game.
  • The Rise of 3D Gaming

    The Rise of 3D Gaming
    In 1995 segu released a saturn system.
    The system sold for $100 less the playstation.
    Segu and Nintendo released there fair share of great systems.
  • Modern Age of Gaming

    Modern Age of Gaming
    In 2005 and 2006 playstation, xbox, and Nintendo kicked off high definition gaming.
    PS3 and Xbox 360 had the same graphics and won a lot of awards.
    WII and nintendo went down hill
  • Difference between ps3 and xbox 360

    Difference between ps3 and xbox 360
    In my option I liked xbox back in that time just because more people were on it.
    PS3 was pretty good also its just that the neir on the xbox was better.
    PS3 was also easy to work and xbox was a little difficult.
  • Xbox one and PS4

    Xbox one and PS4
    PS4 and Xbox One were introduced in 2017 and 2018.
    They are very popular and I play mine everyday.
    They have made billions of sales over these past 4 years.
  • The Highest Grossing Video Game

    The Highest Grossing Video Game
    Call of Duty also known as COD is the highest grossing video game right now.
    COD has made over 17 billion dollars.
    It is a really fun game also in my option its top 5.
  • Video Games today

    Video Games today
    Today the video game industry is a $100 billion industry.
    Nearly 2/3rds of American households have a game console.
    The big three are Nintendo, Xbox, Playstation.