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The First Electronic Video Game is Created
The first electronic video game to be created was the Cathode-ray Tube Amusement Device. This device was created in 1947 and resembled artillery shelling. The user was able to adjust the trajectory of the shelling in order to hit a target. -
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The First Video Games Without Physics are Created
A form of Tic Tac Toe called Bertie the Brain was produced. This was the first video game to be released publicly. Later on, Alan Turing developed a chess game called "Turochamp". -
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The First Video Games with Physics are created
The first of the games to be released was an early version of the game Pong which was a tennis for two game in 1958. This game had to players control a line that is used to hit a bouncing ball into the opponent's goal. The second game was another famous game called "Space war" made by MIT. -
The First Ever Game Console is Created
In 1968, Ralph Bear and a coworker developed a console called "The Brown Box". This device allowed for players to play target shooting games as well as Pong. This device was to be hooked up to a tv and the tv would act as the screen for players to look at and play the game. -
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Video Games in the 70s
Games continued to evolve and improve in the 70s. Galaxy game was the first game to be operated using coins and this started to pave the way for games in the later 70s. This surge in new games such as Tatilo Corp's space invaders and the release of Packman. -
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The Arcade Decade of the 80s
Arcade began showing up and this is where many games were released. Big names such as Donkey Kong and Frogger were produced. In the late 80s, game consoles were produced as the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Master Systems were produced. These consoles were released with the sole purpose of bringing video games to a home environment. -
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The 90s Innovation in Games
In 1991, the video game "Street Fighter" was released and brought back a boost in the industry as it had been slowing down. Fighting games such as Mortal Kombat, however, received backlash from concerned parents and guardians. In 1999, the video game Dance Dance Revolution revolutionized, for lack of better term, the types of games released in arcades with its unique way of players using their feet to match arrows on the screen. -
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The Boom of Video Game Consoles
In the late 1990s, video game consoles because a staple of the Video Game industry. In the U.S, many companies such as Nintendo and Sega released my consoles in which games such as The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario 64. They released consoles such as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega CD. The video game industry at the end of the decade was estimated to be worth $41.5 billion in todays currency. -
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Modernizing Video Games
In the 2000s, video games expanded to many branches as games evolved into countless genres like first person shooters, survival games, and RPGs. Big video game companies such as Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation continued to release consoles such as the Playstation 2 and the Nintendo Wii. Arcade eventually became less popular as a rise of computer games began to emerge. -
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Video Games Today
Video games today are masterpieces of creativity with big companies releasing consoles such as the Wii U from Nintendo and the X box one. Computer games have become a staple of gaming as users purchase games to be played on their home PCs. Virtual reality games have also paved their way as a new chapter in video game history. Video games will continue to innovate for many years to come as new games and consoles are released every day.