Video game timeline

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  • Computers playing Nim

    Computers playing Nim
    in 1940 Edward U. Condon designs a computer that plays the traditional game Nim in which players try to avoid picking up the last matchstick. Tens of thousands of people play it, and the computer wins at least 90% of the games having this be the early stages of video games development.

  • First Video game

    First Video game
    Pong was created in 1958 as one of the first video game made in a research lab by Physicist William Higinbotham.

  • First compute based game

    First compute based game
    In 1962 Steve Russel creates a video game computer-based called Spacewar! It spreading throughout the nation of computers worldwide.

  • First arcade game machine

    First arcade game machine
    Pong was soon developed into an arcade machine and played so much it would be jammed with quarters kicking off the world of arcade games

  • First home console

    First home console
    Also in 1972 the first console he created, Magnavox’s Odyssey is released giving people the world of at home gaming

  • First console games

    First console games
    Paceman becomes one of many first console games, also having Mrs. Pacman breaks some equality ice along with it.

  • Handheld gaming

    Handheld gaming
    in 1989 Nintendo brings us the Gameboy! Soon handheld gaming is popularized shaking the video game industry once more.

  • Microsoft joins the video game craze

    Microsoft joins the video game craze
    Microsoft puts out a game version of solitaire with windows 3.0. lots of consoles and non-console users play and enjoy.

  • Sims hits markets

    Sims hits markets
    in 2000 Sims is released being very popular and especially popular among female gamers.

  • MInecraft is born!

    MInecraft is born!
    in 2010 minecraft its PC and instantly becomes popular, being addictive and fun for anyone