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First video game
Frist video game
The cathode ray tube amusment device, was one of the first interactive video games ever made. It was a missle simulator -
ENIAC Invented - First Digital Computer
WikipediaFirst digital computer invented by the U.S army for launching ballistic missiles. It was as big as a small gymnasium and cost $500,000 -
The Atlas was invented
Evolution of Computers
Commander William C. Norris led engineering research associates to develop the Atlas. It was based on code breaking computers from WWII. It was 38 feet long 20 feet wide and used 2700 vacum tubes -
Checkers Game
Video game history
Christopher Strachey, a british computer scientists designed a checkers game. It was programmed to run on the Pilot ACE computer -
Spacewar!
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In 1961 a group of MIT student programmed a game called spacewar. The game pitted two human players against each other each controlling a spacecraft capable of firing missiles -
IBM produced SABRE
Evoution of the Computer
IBM produced SABRE, the first airline reservation tracking system for American Airlines -
ARPANET
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was one of the world's first operational packet switching networks. -
Intel made the LSI circuits
Evolution of the Computer
Circuits that were used in digital delay line, the first digital audio device -
The Magnavox Odessey Released
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The odessey used cartridges that mainly consisted of jumpers that enabled/disabled various switches in the unit. This let you play several different games on the same system. -
Ethernet
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Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks. Ethernet was commercially introduced in 1980 -
Apple made the first Macintosh
Evolution of the Computer
Apple computer introduced the macintosh personal computer -
The Legend of Zelda
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The legend of zelda helped establish the action-adventure genre. Coombining elements from different geners to create a hybrid -
The C64GS and GX4000
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Commodore and Amstrad entered the console market with their C64GS and GX4000 game machines. These were both based on the 8-bit computers of their manufacturers -
Bluetooth
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Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances. It uses short-wavelength radio transmissions. -
Game Consoles Banned in Japan
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After the ban on game consoles the popularity of computer games exploded. Especially MMOs -
Skyrim released
Skyrim
Skyrim is the fifth game in the elder scrolls series. It is one of the most popular RPG games today.
