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A. S. Douglass Creates a computer capable of playing the game noughts and crosses as one of the first replications of real world games an early theme in the history of videogames -
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Videgame History
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Blackjack
Programmers at the site that would become famous for the developemnt of the atomic bomb create a program that is able to play blackjack -
Checkers
Arthur Samuel creates a checkers program that would eventually defeat a Checkers master -
Chess
Alex Bernstein develops a chess program which was able to plan moves up to four turns ahead -
Pong
Pong arcade Machine first launched to great success, in some cases breaking down due to the ammount of quarters -
Home Pong
Following Pongs masively successful release in arcades a home version becomes available -
Attari 2600
Attari 2600 home console released becoming the first cartridge based console on the market -
Space invaders
Space invaders is brought to arcades becoming the first machine to track and display scores -
Intellivision
Intellivision is released boasting better graphics than the atari goes on the market -
Pacman
Pacman was released which would become one of the highest grossing arcade machines of all time -
Donkey Kong
Donkey kong is released starting Jumpman who would later be renamed Mario -
Tetris
Tetris is released become the first peice of entertainment software to be exported from the USSR to the USA -
Legend of Zelda
Legend of zelda is released and becomes the first game with a battery for saving data -
Gameboy
gameboy is released selling 118.69 million units worldwide -
Sonic the hedgehog
Sonic the hedeghog is released to positive reviews becoming bundled with the Sega Genesis and is credited with gaining the higher share over the nintendo -
Doom
Doom is released popularising the first person shooter Genre -
PS1
Sony enters the console market with the playstation 1 selling102 million units before its discontinuation -
PS2
Playstation 2 is relased selling over 155 million units throughout its lifespan -
Xbox
Xbox is relased with Halo combat evolved that drives sales reaching a total of 2.8 million units -
Steam
Steam is released with half life2 that would later become a digital distribution platform with over 75 million users -
Nintendo Ds
Nintendo ds is released and is the first handheld to use LCD displays and a touchscreens -
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 is released however sales are hampered due to hardware malfunciton known as the "red ring of death" -
Nintendo wii
Nintendo wii is released targeting a wider demographic of users and Broke record sales for a single month -
PS3
Playstation 3 is released boasting blue-ray capabilities -
Guitar Hero
Guitar hero is releaes with its unique guitar shaped controllers popularising the rythm game genre -
World of Warcraft
World of warcraft if release becomming the most popular MMO with over 7 million subscribers -
Angry Birds
Angry birds is released on mobile platforms and instantly becomes popular and would eventually sell 2billion units across all platforms -
Minecraft
Indie game Minecraft is released to great success encoraging thousands of others to create a game of their own -
Wii U
The Wii U is released with the Wii U gamepad which features a touchscreen display on the controller -
Xbox one
Xbox one is released marketing itself as an all in one entertainment system -
PS4
playstation 4 is released, becoming the worlds most powerful home console
