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As pioneers and experimenters, this first generation invented the role of CEO. Indeed, the term chief executive officer is thought to have first come into being around 1917 with people hired to run functions and business units.
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In October 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong, and it was quite a hit at a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house.
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The first commercial arcade video game, Computer Space by Nutting Associates, was introduced in 1971.
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In 1972 Magnavox released the world's first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey.
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when "Pac-Man" debuted in Tokyo 40 years ago, no one could have predicted it would become the most successful arcade game of all time.
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Mario was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and appeared in the game designer's first ever title, the 1981 arcade platformer, Donkey Kong.
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Street Fighter, electronic fighting game series, originally released as an arcade game in 1987 by the Japanese game manufacturer Capcom Company. The popular arcade game gave rise to an entire genre of fighting games and spawned a multitude of sequels and spin-offs.
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While Sonic's first game came out in 1991, the character's first appearance was in a racing game called Rad Mobile. He was the ornament on the rearview mirror, a miniature version of the classic '90s style.
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Entertainment. The PlayStation, one of a new generation of 32-bit consoles, signaled Sony’s rise to power in the video game world.
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Japanese game designer Satoshi Tajiri created the first Pokémon game in 1996 for the recently introduced Nintendo Game Boy portable console.
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Snake first appeared on a Nokia device in 1997 on the Nokia 6110. It was adapted for Nokia devices by Taneli Armanto, a Design Engineer, User Interface Software.
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Luigi's Mansion is a 2001 action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.
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The GameCube was launched in Japan on September 14, 2001.
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The original Xbox launched late in 2001, nearly nineteen years ago. A lot has changed with the brand since then, bringing more power, more exclusives, and more value to consumers around the world.
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Initially released as what is now known as Minecraft Classic on May 17, 2009, the game was fully released on November 18, 2011. Since its release, Minecraft has expanded to mobile devices and consoles. On November 6, 2014, Minecraft and all of Mojang Studios' assets were acquired by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion
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Five Nights at Freddy's is a point-and-click survival horror video game developed and published by Scott Cawthon. It is the first installment, chronologically the third, in the Five Nights at Freddy's series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Nights_at_Freddy's_(video_game)
