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Physicist William Higinbotham created Tennis for Two at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to entertain visitors -
Developed by Steve Russell at MIT on a DEC PDP-1, Spacewar! is considered one of the first true video games and a landmark in digital gaming -
Ralph Baer and his team at Sanders Associates designed and built the "Brown Box," the first prototype for a home video game console -
the Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first commercial home video game console -
the Atari 2600 (originally Video Computer System) revolutionized home gaming by using interchangeable ROM cartridges. -
The video game crash of 1983 (known in Japan as the Atari shock)[1] was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality. -
The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES), released in Japan as the Family Computer(JP) (abbreviated to Famicom(JP) or FC) and in Korea as Hyundai Comboy (KO) is an 8-bit video game console produced and distributed by Nintendo -
A legendary 1985 Nintendo platform video game for the NES, starring Mario and Luigi, where players navigate the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser by running, jumping, and using power-ups through side-scrolling levels, defining the genre, revitalizing the video game industry, and launching one of gaming's most iconic franchises. -
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (officially abbreviated as Super NES and SNES), commonly known as Super Nintendo, (also known as Super Famicom, officially abbreviated as Super FC or SFC in Japan or Hyundai Super Comboy in South Korea) is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo. It is the second video game home console released by Nintendo internationally. -
Mario and Luigi’s first Super NES escapade took them into a new land with new characters, new abilities and much more, becoming an all-time best-seller. -
The Sony PlayStation (PS1), released on December 3, 1994, in Japan and in September 1995 in North America and Europe, was a revolutionary 32-bit home console that solidified CD-ROM technology in gaming. -
A seminal arcade-style racing game, renowned as a premier launch title that showcased the system's 3D capabilities. -
A non-canonical, 3D tag-team fighting "dream match" game featuring nearly every character from Tekken 1 through 3 -
A top-selling, sixth-generation home console known for its massive game library and integrated DVD player -
A compact, cube-shaped, sixth-generation home console focused purely on gaming, featuring a proprietary 1.5GB miniDVD format rather than standard DVDs or cartridges -
Luigi explores a haunted mansion to rescue Mario. Armed with the "Poltergust 3000" vacuum and a flashlight, Luigi captures ghosts and solves puzzles across 90+ rooms. -
Halo: Combat Evolved is a 2001 first-person shooter science-fiction video game developed by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios -
Was a trailblazing 6th-generation console that introduced a built-in hard drive -
A popular home video game console from Microsoft -
A seminal WWII first-person shooter and launch title, featuring 27 missions across four campaigns (American, British, Russian) with a "regenerating health" system -
a seventh-generation home console developed by Sony, released between 2006 and 2007 as the successor to the PS2, with 87.4 million units sold -
A sci-fi first-person shooter for PS3 set in an alternate 1951, where humanity faces annihilation by the Chimera, an alien species that converts humans -
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Xbox 360 is a seminal 2007 first-person shooter from Infinity Ward that shifts the series to modern combat. -
Minecraft Pre-Classic was developed between May 10 and May 16, 2009, with the earliest playable prototypes, often referred to as "Cave Game," emerging around May 13, 2009. -
A premier first-person shooter featuring a futuristic 2025 setting, branching campaign, and iconic Zombies/multiplayer modes