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Alessabdro Volta was conducting an experiment and when two chemicals reacted, the reaction produced electricity.
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A.S. Douglass is the first person to create a computer based game of "Tic-Tac-Toe."
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Qillt Higinbotham invents his tennis for two using a oscilioscope.
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Steve Russell makes Space war which one of the greatest innovatoins.
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The Cuban MIssile Crisis led America to create a simulation of a therrmonuclear war between the Soviet Union.
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Ralph Baer creates the Brown box which is basically the prototype of what is coming later on.
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The creators of Atari decided they wanted to create an arcade machine version of "Spacewars."
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1500 of these machines were sent out but it was not good because no one bought it.
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Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger creeate release the game simulation "Oegon Trail."
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Ralph Baer and his team creates the succesor to the "brown box," the "Odyssey".
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The home version of Pong is released.
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Sega decides to add a mascot to their roaster and in 1991 they release Sonic the Hedgehog For the Genesis.
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With the release of mortal combat, the video game insdustry gained the attention of the U.S. senate. They had hearings on video game violence and in the end the game industry creates the rating system.
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"Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" is released for the Nintendo 64. SOme say that this is one of the best games of all time.