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The advancement of video games
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Pac-Man
Was created by Namco's Toru Iwatani, who was inspired by a missing slice of pizza to create it. It was the first arcade game to hit home consoles when released for the Atari 2600. -
Donkey Kong
Created by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, it was the debut of jumpman, later changed to Mario, which became Nintendo's most well known character, as well as an icon of the video gaming industry. -
First onlne video game (1983,no specific date)
A small company called "SuperSet Software", a small company founded in Utah in 1981, created the first online video game called "Snipes". It was to test and demonstrate the capabilities of the new IBM machine. It set the foundation for what online video gaming is today.
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NES
2 years after being released in Japan(original named the Family Computer, or Famicon) the NES ( Nintendo Entertainment System) is released in American, reviving the video game industry in the United States throughout 1985 -
Sega Genesis
The 3rd system created by Sega, which rivaled Nintendo's Super Nintendo. It was extremely popular, as it out sold Nintendo's Super Nintendo for 4 Christmas's straight. -
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sega needed an iconic hero for the genesis, and found it in Sonic the hedgehog. With this, they created the game " Sonic the hedgehog", and became immensely popular, and also solidified the rivalry between Sega and Nintendo in the 1990's. -
Video Game Ratings Act of 1994
Concerns arose about violent video game being released to minors, largely due to the popularity of Mortal Combat. As a response to this, video game makers propose rating boards to Congress, which was approved, thus in the creation of the ESRB -
Sony's Playstation
A week after the Sega Saturn was released, the PlayStation was released.It sold 100 million units after its launch, and by december 2003, the PlayStation, along with the PSone, sold a combined total of 102.49 units, and eventually became the first console to sell over 120 million units. https://www.reference.com/hobbies-games/playstation-1-released-d9ea6daf37d399c5# -
Nintendo 64
The Nintendo 64 forever revolutionized gaming with it's 3D and 64 bit graphics, and also has some of the very best games, including " The legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time", arguably the great video game of all time, as stated by many critics upon it's release
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The Xbox
With the release of the Xbox in 2001, Microsoft had entered the video game industry, and was in competition between Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube, as well as Sega's Dreamcast. -
Nintendo Wii
The Wii, the successor to the GameCube, introduced revolutionary technology to world, motion controls, allowing the user to get up, move around the room, and become part of the game .It also becomes Nintendo's best selling console, and 3rd best selling console of all time.
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Oculus Rift
Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, developed groundbreaking technology that allows the user to see a wide field of of view and high resolution displays in video games that almost make it feel like the user is in the video game themselves.
http://thefutureofthings.com/4888-oculus-rift-the-virtual-reality-revolution/
