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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.
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Computer Space becomes first video arcade game ever released.
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Atari introduces its first cartridge-based home video system called the Video Computer System.
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Arnie Katz and Bill Kunkel found the first video-game magazine, Electronic Games.
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The Popular Game Tetris is released
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Sega introduces the Sega Master System
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Nintendo's NES is released in the USA
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Atari releases the Atari 7800
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Nintendo releases the gameboy.
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Super NES is released in the U.S. by Nintendo for $249.95.
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Sony brings the PlayStation to the USA
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Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64
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Sony's PlayStation 2 launches in The USA
