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William Higinbotham created the 1st interactive game called T ennis for Two at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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Atari created Pong which was the 1st in home gaming system.
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Warner bought Atari and made the Atari 2600. 25 million of these consoles sold making a profit of 5 billion.
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Japan's gaming company Nintendo, released the NES or Famicom.
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Nintedo created the very first handheld system called the Nintendo Gameboy
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Sega launches their first gaming console called the Sega Mega Drive which became popular quickly.
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Sony enters the gaming system race with the Playstation console which out done sega
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The original XBOX is created by microsoft and Sega withdraws from the gaming bussiness.
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Nintendo and Microsoft release the wii and Xbox 360 before the holidays. The Wii uses motion detection which is about a first for games.
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Nintendo has developed the first touch screen control gaming system and are calling it the Wii U.