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In 1958, William Hinginbotham created the first video game. It was a simple tennis game
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In 1961, Steve Russell created Spacewar
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In 1970, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney attempted to create the first arcade version of Ralph Baer's Spacewar.
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In 1971 Spacewar became the first arcade game to release to the pubic
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In 1972, Bushnell and Dabney created the first home video game system, called 'Atari' Pong released in 1975
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In 1977 Atari introduced its first cartridge system, caked Atari 2600.
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In 1983, Nintendo created the NES
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In 1985, playable on PC only, created by Alex Pajitnov
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In 1989, Nintendo released the Game Boy.
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1991 Nintendo released the Super NES for $249.99
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In 1994, it was mandatory to have an age rating on all games.
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1995, Sony releases PlayStation and Nintendo releases Nintendo 64 in Japan
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1999, Pacman highscore at 3,333,360 points, SEGA not to release shooters
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2000, PlayStation 2 launches and Sims becomes best selling PC game ever.
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2001, Microsoft releases Xbox, Nintendo releases GameCube.
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Nintendo releases the DS, portable system with 2 screens
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Nintendo releases the Wii, Sony releases the PS3, really elaborate and expensive.
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GTA IV breaks sale records its first week with more than 6 million copies, Wii Fit launched, Farmville and Angry Birds
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Sony and Microsoft takes motion control system from Nintendo to create their own consoles.
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Skyrim releases
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PS4 and Xbox 1 release, Wii U released in Dec 2012