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The Atari was created
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Pong was created.
Pong was the first video game is widespread success. -
Gun Fight was created.
Gun fight was not popular in America but it was inspiration for the very popular Space Invaders. -
The video game crash of 1977
The video game industry crashed and hurt Atari very badly. -
The Atari 2600 was created
In attempt to rebuild the gaming industry, Atari came out with the Atari 2600. -
Space Invaders was created.
The extremlely popular game space invaders was created and ended the video game crash of 1977 and made the gaming industry boom again. -
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The golden age of video games
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The Intellivision was created
The Intellivison was the birth of the 8-bit era, looking superior compared to the Atari. -
Pac-Man was created.
Pac-Man was created and was one of the most popular and successful games of the 80's. -
Frogger was created.
Frogger the brith of platformers and another classic game came out. -
Space Invaders alone created a revenue of 2 billion dollars.
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Mario Bros. was created.
The first Mario game was created but had no success in America, only Japan. -
The video game crash of 1983.
Computers became much more popular and caused a much bigger video game crash. It brought an end to 2nd generation consoles and caused people to believe that video games were just another fad. -
The NES was created.
Third generation consoles were created along with the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) -
Super Mario Bros. was created.
With the success of the NES, Super Mario bros. became boomingly popular. -
The Legend of Zelda was created.
The Legend of Zelda established the action genre of video games. -
Final Fantasy was created.
Final Fantasy was one of the most successful role playing games of the 80's, and is still a running franchise today. -
Steet Fighter was created
Street fighter was one of the earliest fighting games and became very popular. -
Gameboy was created.
Handheld gaming became very popular with the creating of the Gameboy. -
Sonic the Hedgehog was created.
Sonic, another very popular game became a rival to Mario. -
The Nintendo 64 was created.
The Nintendo 64 established the start of the 64-bit era. -
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarnia of Time was created.
The Legend of Zelds: Ocarnia of Time was one of the highest critically acclaimed games of all times. -
The Play Station 2 was created.
The Play Station 2 in the most sold console of all time. -
Xbox was created.
The first Xbox was created and started the birth of one of the greatest gaming consoles.
