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Willy Higinbotham invents "first video game" played on the oscilloscope
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Steve Russell a student in MIT invents space wars
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Baer and team are successful in creating two interactive TV games—a chase game and a tennis game
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Magnavox licenses Baer's TV game from Sanders Associates
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At 150000 unit pong is the best selling christmas present
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first "computer" game released
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Atari introduces its first cartridge-based home video system later named the Atari 2600 retailing for $249.95
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Battlezone is first 3-D game ever created. It is set in a virtual battlefield and was later enhanced by the U.S. government for training exercises.
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Atari releases the Atari 5200 to compete with Coleco's Colecovision.
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Tetris is developed by russians and played on the computer
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Nintendo releases the Game Boy for $109.
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Super NES is released in the U.S. for $249.95.
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Atari releases the Jaguar, attempting to be the first 64-bit console on the market.
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Senators Lieberman of Connecticut a launches a Senate investigation into violence in video games, hoping to initiate a ban on violent games.
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Sony brings the PlayStation to the U.S. and sells for $299.
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Sega introduces the Dreamcast in Japan. This console operates on Microsoft Windows CE.
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The Wal-Mart retail chain decides to ban over 50 video games that it deems inappropriate for minors.
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Billy Mitchell attains a score of 3,333,360 which is the highest score possible
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Sony's PlayStation 2 launches in the U.S. for $299.99, sells out by early morning
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microsoft releases xbox retailing for 299.99
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Nintendo DS realeases a portable system with two screens,
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Nintendo Wii releases with revolutionary controller
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GTA IV breaks sales record
