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Two person tennis was created by William Higinbotham. It was the first playable game created. It was played with knob controllers
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Spacewar was created by Steve Russell. It was two player.It was highly influential in the 1960's
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A prototype for consoles to come. The Brown Box was created by Ralph Bear. The Brown Box was truly innovated and led to many of the consoles we see today
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Oregon Trail was a very fun game that lots of people learned to love.Developed by Don Rawitsch. The game was still popular in the 2000's.
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The first video game console is released. It is called the Odyssey. Led to other consoles being created. Very important to video game history
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The Atari was another console made in 1972. It was also very influential in the industry.It was origninated by a French company
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The first Video Game awards show is hosted. It was hosted by Electronic Games. Space Invaders won.
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Nintendo releases Zelda. Zelda is still a very popular classic today.
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The first Nintendo World Championships tour began. People competed against each other on Nintendo games. Top winners were awarded 10,000
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The very first Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was held. Held in L.A. E3 is still a very popular thing today
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Sony's Playstation 2 launches in North America. A very popular game console that has led to new generations of playstation. A very good innovation.
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The Microsoft Xbox is released. A very high competitor to Sony's Playstation. Also a very good innovation.
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Microsoft's Kinect launched. Very innovative motion capture
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Sony's eighth gen console revealed. PS4 is still the latest playstation console out. It is very popular and one of the best consoles to date.
