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By cnorman

  • First Video Game Created

    First Video Game Created
    Physicist Willy Higinbotham invents the first "video game" at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Uptown NY? His game, a table tennis-like game, was played on an oscilloscope.

  • First Arcade Game Made

    First Arcade Game Made
    Computer Space becomes first video arcade game ever released.

  • First Cartridge Game Created

    First Cartridge Game Created
    Atari introduces its first cartridge-based home video system called the Video Computer System.

  • First Gaming Magazine Created

    First Gaming Magazine Created
    Arnie Katz and Bill Kunkel found the first video-game magazine, Electronic Games.

  • Tetris is made!

    Tetris is made!
    The Popular Game Tetris is released

  • Sega!!!

    Sega!!!
    Sega introduces the Sega Master System

  • Nintendo's NES is released

    Nintendo's NES is released
    Nintendo's NES is released in the USA

  • Atari

    Atari
    Atari releases the Atari 7800

  • Gameboy

    Gameboy
    Nintendo releases the gameboy.

  • Super Nintendo NES Released

    Super Nintendo NES Released
    Super NES is released in the U.S. by Nintendo for $249.95.

  • Sony PS1

    Sony PS1
    Sony brings the PlayStation to the USA

  • Nintendo 64

    Nintendo 64
    Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64

  • PS2

    PS2
    Sony's PlayStation 2 launches in The USA