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a game developed in 1958 on an analog computer, which simulates a game of tennis or ping pong on an oscilloscope. Created by American physicist William Higinbotham.
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In 1972 Nolan Bushnell forms Atari to develop games, and produces Pong, a simple tennis game for arcades.
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in 1972 The first commercially available home videogame for TV was launched, called Odyssey - complex, with many electronic components, and very expensive.
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In 1978 Space Invaders is released by Tatio, and two micro computers are released for commercial sale - the Commodore PET and the Atari.
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In 1980 Pacman was released in Japan, to be played on a micro home computer.
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Fixed shooter game by Namco in Japan and Midway in US.
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In 1983 Nintendo release their first computer, and Mario is released at the same time.
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The popular game Tetris is developed by Russian programmer Alex Pajitnov. It was played on a PC.
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In 1989 First hand held machine from Nintendo, called "Game Boy".
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Resuting from the Senate investigation, the Entertainment Software Rating board is created. Ratings are now given to video games and are maked on the games' packaging to indicate the suggested age of players and violent content.
