video game history timeline

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    video game history timeline

  • Maze war

    Maze war
    First fps shooter game which influenced all other fps games such as doom and quake. the game wasn't that big of a hit but other games like it were big on the market
  • final fantasy

    final fantasy
    first RPG game for the Nintendo switch people loved the art, characters, and lore resulting in it getting over 8 games.
  • sonic the hedgehog

    sonic the hedgehog
    people loved the simplicity of the game and how their were some simple animations, the same boss but using different things to try to kill you, and just the levels being different which later influenced a whole bunch of sonic games and animations/movies.
  • donkey Kong

    donkey Kong
    arcade game that a lot of people loved to play was very simple to play people loved the the villain donkey Kong more games were made for him and this game influenced super Mario
  • Alone in the dark

    Alone in the dark
    influenced a lot of games around the famous slashers such as Michael Myers and silent hill to be in 3D and some how be scary like un seeable jump scares all of a sudden appear with loud noises
  • Mortal kombat

    Mortal kombat
    First game ever to have hardcore violence in a fighting game and even though a lot of people complained about mortal Kombat being too violant but it still got very famous
  • Mario bros

    Mario bros
    platform game that was made for arcades but a ton of people loved it resulting in Nintendo making special consoles for the game to play on with better graphics with many Mario games
  • doom

    doom
    rip and slash of demons with some harsh violence became influential because of hard it was compared to other games at the hardest difficulty.
  • Team fortress classic

    Team fortress classic
    influenced a bunch of team based games where all the characters had different ability's leading to them being important in a team environment with coordination to win
  • Call of duty

    Call of duty
    one of the biggest multiplayer games that inspired multiplayer in quake involved a ton of military weapons and tech received more game very greedy company