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OXO
The first computer programed game ever -
The first video game.
Tennis for two was first introduced on October 18th 1958. the game was created by William Higinbotham, an ex-nucular physisist who woked on the manhaten project. he wanted to show people that technology had a relevance to society. -
Ralph Baer
Ralph Baer got support from his company, to make interactive games for a telivision -
Ralph Baer
Ralph Baer and his coleages succeed in making to new games for tv. A chase game and a tennis game, they also create the tech for a toy gun to sense light on a tv screen. -
Ralph Baer gets a patent
a patent is given to Ralph Baer for "A Television Gaming Apparatus and Method" -
Magnavox's Odyssey
Magnavox's Odyssey, is invented
it is the first home videogame console. -
Atari
atari is founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney -
pong
Atari creates pong -
Space Invaders
Midway creates Space Invaders, it is the first arcade game that tracks and records highscores. -
Pac Man
300,000 units of Pac-Man are released worldwide by Namco. -
Tetris
Alex Pajitnov a russian programer creates Tetris. -
Nitendo
Nintendo is intro duced to america -
Game Boy
Nintendo produces the game boy, and it goes on market for $109 -
Ban violent video games!?
Joseph Lieberman from Conneticut and Herbert Kohl from Wisconsin start a senate ivestigation on violence in video games, later hoping to ban any violence in them. What if that notion was accepted and the law passed? Where would we be today in entertainment? -
Ratings
Due to the senate investigation, a law was passed that all video games should have ratings. -
Playstation
The playstation comes out in Japan -
Playstation
Playstation comes out in america and sells for $299 -
Nintendo 64
Nitendo 64 comes out in Japan -
Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64 appears in the U.S.
