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The first commercial video game was Computer Space by Nutting Associates in the 1970's
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Pong was produced in 1972 by Atari. Pong was the first truly successful commercial arcade video game
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Fair Channel F. released as the first removable game system in 1976
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The Video Computer System was released by Atari as the system to be a commercial success in 1977
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Nintendo came out with the NES in 1985. It completely changed the game industry. It introduced the game pad controller instead of a joystick, creating authentic reproductions of arcade video games for the home system, and using hardware as a loss leader by aggressively pricing it and, then making profit on the games themsleves
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The educational computer business gets big with the introduction of CD-ROMS but then crashes with the internet
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Probably the best game is created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1987 with the Legend of Zelda
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John Madden football is created in 1988. Today's best selling sports game
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Nintendo makes hand held gaming a huge thing in 1989 with the GameBoy
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Microsoft bundles a video game version with the release of Microsoft 3.0
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Sonic the Hedgehog makes the Sega systems popular
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Westwood's studios popularizes of real time strategy games
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Probably the best fighting game
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Blizzard releases Blizzard Orcs and Humans
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Playstation puts down Sega's businesss
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Lara Croft as the star of Eido's adventure game Tomb Raider
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One of the best selling games ever and it includes the most popular instrument ever in a video game
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SIms simulates real life and becomes the most popular video game for female players
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Microsoft enter the video game console industry with the XBox
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Valve energizes PC gaming with the release of Steam
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Nintendo stays at the top with the Nintendo DS
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Microsoft introduces high definition realism to the gaming market
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Nintendo strikes again with the Wii. It made people be more active when playing video games
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You can fantasize about being a famous Rockstar with RockBand
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To this day this is the best selling mobile game on the market
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The indie game movement comes of age with Minecraft released in 2010
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Skylanders becomes the first augmented reality game
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Crowdfunding Site Kickstarter enables game creators to raise millions of dollars to start their businness
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Emotional games such as The Last of Us and Gone Home become a huge hit
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Free to Play Game hit the market and becomes a dominant business. Games like League of Legend and even Kim Kardashian: Hollywood have millions of sales
