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the first game ever
in 1952 the british professor A.S. douglas whom created OXO or known as tic-tac-toe -
the second game created
William Higinbotham created a game that people can play a game called Tennis for Two on a large analog computer and connected oscilloscope screen -
a computer based program
Steve Russell created the first video game that can be played on multiple computers, which was called spacewar! -
first ever multi program video game
developers at Sanders Associates, Inc., led by Ralph Baer, created a prototype like multiplayer multi program video game that also could be played on televison it was called the brown box -
a change in the old pong
atari released another version of pong to play at your home but got sued by magnavox and artari became an oddesy and and magnavox went on to win 100 million dollars on lawsuits -
the video game crash
the north american video game industry experienced a crash including a oversaturated game console market and also caused a surplus and low quality games -
the video game company recovers
when japan came to the united states bringing with them the NES which helped recovered the video game company and also the NES improved color in 8-bit graphics -
the first console war
sega released their very first 16-bit genesis console in north America which beat the original sega master system and which also failed to adequately compete against the NES -
a big leap for the video game industry
sega released a console called the saturn system which was the very first 32-bit console that played games on cds but the following year nintendo released a cartridge-based 64-bit system otherwise known as the nintendo 64 -
best selling console of all time
the playstation 2 was released and it was a big hit and the best selling console of all time and the first console that used dvds which they competed against the sega dreamcast -
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the start of modern age gaming
in 2005 microsoft had their xbox 360 and sonys playstation 3 and nintendos wii kicked of the modern age of high definition gaming though the playstation 3 was the first to use blu-ray players -
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the 8th and current generation of video games
it first started with nintendos wii u in 2012 then the playstation 4 and xbox one in 2013. despite featuring a touch screen remote control that allowed off tv gaming the wii u was a commercial failure it was the opposite of its competition so it was discontinued in 2017 -
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beginning of 4k graphics
in 2016 sony released a more powerful version of the playstation called the ps4 pro the first console that was capable of 4k graphics and nintendo released it wii u successor and that was called the nintendo switch the only system to allow both televison and handheld gaming but microsoft released its 4k graphics in late 2017 -
future graphics and video games
its been said by 2020 or 2021 sony and microsoft will release their consoles sony with their playstation 5 and microsoft with their xbox two or the scorpion
