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In 1962 Steve Russell at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology invented spacewar a computer based space combat video game for the pdp-1. It was the first video game that could be played on multiple computer installations. Video games got their start in the research lab of scientist.
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In 1978 the release of space invaders arcade game.
In 1979 the launch of Activision the first third party game developer that develops software without making consoles or arcades introduction of Pac-man Nintendo's creation of donkey Kong Microsoft's release of its first fight simulator game. -
In 1983 the North American video game industry experienced a major crash. The crash lasted a couple years which led to the bankruptcy of several home computer games and video consoles. It began to recover in the year of 1985.
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In 1989 Sega released its 16-bit genesis console in North America which failed to compete against the NES. This made video games leaped to big screens. It made sega unable to find success in japan.
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In 1995 a leap in computer technology the fifth generation of video games ushered in the three dimensional era of gaming. This made gaming with play stations become one of the best console games of all time. Also the dreamcast which was one of the best game consoles ended sega.
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In 2005 and 2006, Microsofts xbox 360 sonys playstation 3 and Nintendo's wii kicked off the modern age of high definition gaming. Towards the end of the decade and beginning of the next started to spread on social media platforms and I Phones as well.