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First Graphical Computer Game
A.S. Douglas created the first graphical computer game - a version of Tic-Tac-Toe. -
Tennis For Two
William Higinbotham created the first video game ever in 1958. -
SpaceWar!
Steve Russell invented Spacewar! It was the first game intended for computer use. Russell used a MIT PDP-1 mainframe computer to design his game. -
Chase
Ralph Baer wrote the first video game played on a television set. -
Computer Space
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created the first arcade come -
The Odyssey
The first commercial video game console that could be played in the home, the Odyssey was released by Magnavox and designed by Ralph Baer. -
Fairchild Video Entertainment System
Fairchild released the first programmable home game console later renamed Channel F. Channel F was one of the first electronic systems to use the newly invented microchip -
Pac-Man
Japanese company, Namco, and America's Midway released Pac-Man. It first the name was Puck-Man. This was the first video game to have an animated character with its own name. -
Donkey Kong
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto created Donky Kong, which introduced Mario -
Nintendo Enterrainment System
NES is released in the U.S. Gets record sales. -
Playstation
Japanese gamers first encounter Sony Playstation. Sold 100,000 units on the first day -
Nintendo 64
Nintendo lauches the first official 64-bit gaming system. -
Playstation 2
First console with better graphic capability than the PC, and first console to use DVD technology. -
Game Boy
First system to allow gamers to connect wireless phones to it from the internet. -
GameCube
First system to use optical minidisks to store games. -
XBOX
First to completely support HDTV, and to contain hard disk space comparable to a PC.
