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