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a table tennis-like game which was created by William Higinbotham
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the first interactive computer game
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Ralph Baer, an engineer at Sanders Associates, receives support from his company (a military electronics consulting firm in NH) to explore his idea of creating interactive games using a television.
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They were successful in creating two interactive TV games—a chase game and a tennis game.
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Which becomes first video arcade game ever released
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the first "computer" game is released. It is the first game to use a microprocessor instead of hardwired circuits.
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Midway introduces it to arcades. It is the first arcade game that tracks and displays high scores.
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is the first game to allow high scorers to enter three digits
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created by Toru Iwatani and released worldwide by Namco.
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a popular game which was developed by Russian programmer Alex Pajitnov and it is played on a PC
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Nintendo releases the handheld
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Herbert Kohl of Wisconsin launches the investigation to look into violence in video games, and hoping to initiate a ban on violent games.
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their debut and amazing customers
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launches in the U.S. for $299.99 and is sold out by early morning.