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The first video game(1940)
Edward U. Condon designs a computer that plays the traditional game called Nim. Players have to try and avoid picking up the last matchstick. It was made for the Westinghouse display at the World's Fair. -
Computer Chess(1957)
The first computer chess program was invented by Alex Bernstien on an IBM-704 Computer. This computer was advanced enough to evaluate four half-moves ahead. The year before he makes a computer checkers program. -
Brown Box(1967)
Brown Box was developed by Ralph Baer. Tennis and other games was available to play on it. The brown Box was a prototype -
Pong(1972)
Pong, a arcade table tennis game, was developed by Nolan Bushnell and Al Acorn of Atari. It was tested at Andy Capps's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California. It was jammed because it was with quarters because people played it to much. -
Space Invaders (1978)
60,000 Space Invaders machines n the U.S. tempt Americans to spend millions of quarters driving back the seemingly unstoppable ranks of attacking aliens.Taito's Space Invaders desends on japan, causing a shortage 100-yen coins. Space Invaders quickly became a world-wide phenomenon. -
Pac Man(1980)
Namco's Toru Iwatani created Pac-Man off inspiration from a missing slice of pizza. Pac-man was licensed to midway and released to the U.S. in 1980. About 250 million games were played on over 100,000 machines every week in the U.S. -
Madden(1988)
4 years prior to this game, former NFL coach and commentator, met with Trip Hawkins and Joe Ybarra, The founder of Electronics Arts (Ea) and his Right-hand man to discuss making this game. Madden agreed to participate, but only if the gameplay was as realistic as possible. EA released the first game, John Madden Football, for the Apple II home computer in 1988. -
Sonic (1991)
Developers were working on sonic since 1990, In 1991 it was published. Sonic was released worldwide for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console. Sonic claims the title of the best-selling Sega Genesis and Sonic franchise game with over 15 million copies sold. -
Mortal Kombat (1993)
Released in 1992 by Midway Games, Mortal Kombat took the arcade fighting scene by storm with its strong and colorful graphics and its brutal gameplay.The intense violence put in this game led to the creation of the Electronic Software Ratings Board (ESRB). Which describes the ideal age of the intended player and lists any instances of violence, crude language or sexuality. -
Sony Playstation (1995)
Ralph H. Baer began designing a video game for standard television in 1966. That system is called the Magnavox Odyssey.Sony scored an incredible success with the PlayStation home video game console once released in the United States in 1995, the PlayStation quickly became the must-have system, and by 1999 the console sat alongside televisions in more than a third of all American homes. -
Sims (2000)
Released in 2000, The Sims is a series of life simulation sandbox games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. Will Wright came up with the idea for the game. As of May 2011, The Sims franchise has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. -
Xbox 360 (2005)
Microsoft decided to make video game consoles in late 1990s. Their first system, the Xbox, debuted on November 15, 2001. Microsoft envisioned their system as more than a home video game console. -
Wii (2006)
Made in 2006, the wii gets gamers off the couch and moving with innovative, motion-sensitive controllers. the wii appeals to millions of people who didn't like games back then. -
Minecraft (2010)
In 2010, the indie game movement comes to age with the tremendous popularity of Minecraft. Swedish developer Markus persson, made the game. Developer Mojang has now sold 122 million copies of the sandbox exploration game across all platforms, the Microsoft-owned Swedish studio announced today. (feb 22 2017)
