Video Game History Timeline By Wisparity Dec 1, 1940 Gerald Lawson Sep 10, 1941 Gunpei Yokoi Feb 5, 1943 Nolan Bushnell Nov 16, 1952 Shigeru Miyamoto November 16, 1952 1960 Will Wright Nov 3, 1962 Gabe Newell Nov 25, 1962 Hironobu Sakaguchi Sep 28, 1965 Satoshi Tajiri Oct 28, 1967 John Romero Aug 3, 1970 Masahiro Sakurai 1972 Magnavox Odyssey 1972 Pong 1977 Trinity Sep 11, 1977 Atari 2600 1984 Tetris 1985 Super Mario Bros Oct 18, 1985 NES Apr 21, 1989 Game Boy 1992 Wolfenstein 3D 1993 Doom Dec 3, 1994 PlayStation 1998 Half-Life 1998 Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow Nov 21, 1998 LOZ: Ocarina of Time 2001 GTA Nov 22, 2005 Xbox 360 Nov 19, 2006 Wii 2009 Minecraft Mar 3, 2017 Nintendo Switch