Video games

By Ben_A_Paul
  • Creation of PING PONG

    Creation of PING PONG

    Made on an oscilloscope screen by William Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • DATTTT Space War

    DATTTT Space War

    The development of Spacewar on a PDP-1 at MIT for the Science Open House.
  • THE ODYSSEY made for the TV

    THE ODYSSEY made for the TV

    the first commercially available home videogame for TV was launched, called Odyssey - complex, with many electronic components, and very expensive.
  • Nolan Bushnell ATARI Arcade

    Nolan Bushnell ATARI Arcade

    Nolan Bushnell forms Atari to develop games, and produces Pong, a simple tennis game for arcades.
  • Releasing of Space Invaders

    Releasing of Space Invaders

    Space Invaders is released by Tatio, and two micro computers are released for commercial sale - the Commodore PET and the Atari.
  • When pac man Started Packingg

    When pac man Started Packingg

    Pacman is released in Japan, to be played on a micro home computer.
  • First Physical hand held gaming device

    First Physical hand held gaming device

    First hand held machine from Nintendo, called "Game Boy". Tetris is produced for the Game Boy in Russia.