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The Video Game Universe was Created: Pong
In October of 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham invented the first video game ever. The game was called pong, and it was a simple tennis game. It was played on the Oscilloscope. -
The Games Start Multiplying: Spacewar!
"Spacewar!" was created in 1962 by Steve Russell along with Martin Graetz and many others. The objective of the game is to shoot down the opposing ship. The challenge is to avoid the ships shots at the same time -
Atari 6400
My parents talk a lot about the Atari. They refer to every gaming system as the Atari. Space invaders came out in 1978 and then combat and later Pac-Man. All super fun games -
How Gaming was Started
The Magnovox Odyssey was one of the first at-home gaming systems. Pong was the game that everyone loved. It had two dials, one controlled speed and the other adjusted a vertical line to help control the game. -
Fighting games
In 1979, why did fighting games become so popular? It was a way for people to show their sense of competitiveness, while setting up tournaments and having money prizes available. It was not considered gambling. In 1984 the concept of his fighting started. Mortal Kombat was released in 1980 -
Handheld Gaming-History
In 1976 Mattel came out with Auto Race. It used cartridges.
In 1981 Entex developed the two player game. In 1984. The Game Pocket Computer came out just before the Game Boy in 1984, -
Multiplayer games
The first true multiplayer game came out in 1993 Called Pathway to darkness LAN PARTY. A PVP is a player versus player a PVE is a player versus environment. Now, generation Z plays PVP games on a daily basis. It helped teenagers get through the pandemic to still be able to make human connection from a safe distance. -
Sony 3D
Sony dominated the 3D market because in 1995 saga came out with the Saturn system which was a 32 bit consul. Virtual fighter and super Mario 64 came out at that time also. They are still The mega 3D gaming system leader with the PlayStation. -
Most popular gaming system and why
The most popular gaming system is the Nintendo switch selling 15.6 million units to date. That is 65% more than the PlayStation and the Xbox combined. Has more first party titles like Pokémon and Mario. They are fun and it brings together multiple generations. -
Gaming industry to-date
The global gaming industry is now $200 billion industry. Big players like Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Google all contribute to this dominant force, worldwide. Learning to make animation and games in this class could serve us well in the future. There are now degrees in college for developing Games.