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American and Russian soldiers made simulations to prepare for attacks and missile strikes during the Cold War.Also allowed for simulated training. Used in a serious way.
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First video Game remote. Used for many early games. Usually seen in arcades.
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the Brown box was the first home gaming console. It had seven games one being pong. Revolutionized home gaming.
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Atari releases pong as an arcade game. And its a two player game. Became famous fast.
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A endless wave defense game against aliens. Was a revolutionary game for Japanese games.
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the amazing character Pacman became a thing.Also Pacman was the first protagonist in a game. It started the making of characters in games.
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The Game "Donkey Kong" with the recognizable character Mario became a thing.It also inspired designers to make recognizable characters with story. The character is still around today.
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Tons of bad games came out and people stopped playing most games. Designers now had to make games that were amazing.Some designers quit and some are still trying at this time.
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Soviet Russia sold Tetris across the world. It was a famous puzzle game. One awesome game.
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First Home Computer games.Made more competition for game companies. Opened peoples eyes to newer ways to play games.
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The most controversial of games amongst people who don't understand games and those who look at games as violent and bad.The genre has players in the view of the character and it looks like enemies are attacking the player. This genre of games is still around today and is still criticized by overly sensitive people today.
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First CD games on a home console. Led to more games to be made on CD's. Grand theft auto games came out on this console.
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The regular rating system of Games. The Rating board makes sure little jimmy doesn't play a game thats too mature for him. The rating also helps tell you what is in the game.
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First series that allows you to do what you want while being in a life like world.It was short storied but fun and wacky. Had realism and caused controversy.
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A popular story based adventure game. Brought out lots of peoples emotions. influenced better games.
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First uses of motion capture in games.Allows for some real looking movement games.
