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The "first videogame"
The first videogame known as "Nought and crosses", was a computarized version of "tick-tack-toe"
It was created by Alexander S. Douglas -
Tennis for two
William Higginbotham created "Tennis for two" a table tennis simulator that worked as an entertainment for the visitors of Brookhaven National Laboratory. -
The first home video game console
Albert Maricon and Ted Dabney worked for 6 years in a videogame called "Fox and Hounds"; this project evolved into the first home video game console known as "Magnavox Odyssey"; it was able to connect to the tv and watch the game there. -
One of the first successful consoles
The Atari 2600 became the first successful videogame system with a great recognition between the people. -
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The rise of the videogames
On this decade the videogames started to influence on the people and to be in the mouth of everyone.
In those years born great games a: Pac-man, Megaman, Mario bros and Sonic -
The "BOOM" on the industry
After the firsts attempts with the "Game & Watch" series, Nintendo bet for the home videogame system market; creating the Famicom (in Asia) and NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), a console that revolutionized the entire videogame market. -
The First Nintendo competitor
In 1985 SEGA launched the SEGA Master System, another console created to compite with Nintendo, with this console SEGA was positioned as one of the two best videogames company (in that time). -
Actual Age
At this time we´ve got some things that could look impossible some years ago, watching how the industry changed from 8 bits to visuals similar to the real life; so will be interesting to see how this industry will evolve in a few years
