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The first Video game is considered to be Spacewar! It was created back in 1962
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Due to low processing power of computers, developers had to focus on mainly puzzle games in this era.
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Starting in 1972, Arcade games are rapidly growing, one of the more notable titles from this timespan is Pong.
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Magnavox's 1975 Odyssey was the first console used for gaming.
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At this point in videogaming, games were put on floppy disks, cassette tapes, and ROM cartridges.
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From 1976-1982, more consoles that are said to be the 'second generation' of consoles were released, the main one being Intellivision.
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This era was the most successful of all up to this point. Notable titles from this timespan are Space Invaders, Galaxian, Pac-man, etc.
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In 1979, Milton Bradley Company released the first handheld system using interchangeable cartridges, Microvision. While the handheld received modest success in the first year of production, the lack of games, screen size and video game crash of 1983 brought about the system's quick demise.[
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Following the success of the Apple II and Commodore PET in the late 1970s, a series of cheaper and incompatible rivals emerged in the early 1980s.
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The Commodore 64 was released to the public in August 1982. It had a BASIC programming environment, and advanced graphic and sound abilities for its time, similar to the ColecoVision console.
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Dial-up bulletin board systems were popular in the 1980s, and sometimes used for online game playing. SuperSet Software created Snipes, a text-mode networked computer game in 1983 to test a new IBM Personal Computer–based computer network and demonstrate its abilities.
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At the end of 1983, a market flooded with poor-quality games, the commercial failure of several important Atari 2600 titles, and home computers emerging as a new and more advanced gaming platform, caused the industry to experience a severe downturn.
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Popular consoles that were released during this age: NES, Sega Mark III, Famicom, Sega SG-1000
Popular games that were released during this age: Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy. -
Popular consoles released during this age: Sega Genesis, Super Famicom, Game Boy.
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Very influential era of gaming, this marks when gaming switched to 3D
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Due to increased processing power of consoles like the Playstation, it allowed for games to be made in 32 bit and 64 bit to allow more detail and 3D modelling to take place.
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Popular Consoles: Playstation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Virtual Boy, PC-FX
Popular Games: Resident Evil, Super Mario 64, Legend of Zelda; Ocarina of Time. -
Mobile phones began becoming video gaming platforms when Nokia installed Snake onto its line of mobile phones in 1997 (Nokia 6110). Mobile phone games early on were limited by the modest size of the phone screens and the very limited amount of memory and processing power on phones.
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Popular Consoles: Sega Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Gamecube, Xbox.
Popular Games: Grand Theft Auto III, Halo, Guitar Hero. -
*Videogames were now being made on Blu-ray Discs
Popular Consoles: Nintendo DS, Playstation Portable, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii.
Popular Games: Nintendogs, Wii Sports, Call of Duty. -
Popular Consoles: Playstation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS, Playstation Vita
Popular Games: Fortnite, Minecraft, Call of Duty
