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Bertie The Brain
One of the first arcade games made by Dr. Josef Kates for the Canadian National Exhibition. It was 4 meters tall and used Dr. Kates invention, the aditron tube, to display the screen. It was not considered to be a true video game though, because of its lack of visual graphics. -
Spacewar
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer video games. It is a 2 player game and has been named one of the top ten most important video games of all time. -
Magnavox Odyssey
The Magnavox Odyssey was the first commercially available home video game console. Many thought it was an analog console, but it was actually a digital console. -
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Arcade Era
It started in June of 1978, Tomohiro Nishikado released Space Invaders, a game that he developed and designed. It became a worldwide success. Space Invaders introduced a new difficulty structure. When it was in the stages of development, there was a small error that caused each level to get more difficult as the game progresses. Since he left it, it has changed the way other video games have been designed. It was truly a game changer. -
Microvision - First Hand-held Videogame System
The first hand-held videogame system was made by the Milton Bradley Company. It featured a 16x16 pixel screen. -
Intellivision
The Intellivision was a home enteratinment system released by Mattel. It featured a 159x96 pixels display (it could double the height of the pixels to fit on a tv. 159x192). -
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong was the first "true" platformer game. It met all the criteria of what a platformer game is. A platformer game is a genre of video games that allows you to control an avatar. There are levels in platformer games that require you to make the avatar jump from platform to platform. Platformer games are also know as jumping puzzles -
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) helped revive the gaming industry after the crash in 1983. It featured 8-bit graphics. -
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros was the first proper example of a composite game. This game is special because it uses mechanics from platformer games to beat enemies from action games. -
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 was the first video game console to offer high-definition graphics using HDMI cables. It also offered large disc-based storage, dlc (downloadable content) and online multiplayer gaming, all as industry firsts -
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Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS was the first world-wide commercially available hand-held 3D gaming system. It can produce stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses. -
First 4k Laptop
Lenovo introduced the Y-90 laptop capable of ultra high definition 4k resolution graphics. 4k graphics are the next step up from 1080p, the current industry standard.
