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Invented by Alexander Sandy Douglas in 1952. He used an Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator to create a simple game where a player could compete against the computer. This was also the first AI that was ever created in history. However, this game never got super popular, so even though it was the first game ever, it isn't one of the most well-known. -
When video games were first being created around 6 decades back
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In 1958, William Higinbotham invented the second video game called Tennis for Two on a large analog computer. The creation of videos games around this time was something that the computer programmers could learn from as well since it allowed them to branch off from the normal routines and challenge the computer's capabilities. -
In 1962, Steve Russell invented this computer-based space combat game on the PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1). This was also the earliest game that could be used on multiple computer installations. -
In 1967, Ralph Baer invented a prototype multiplayer, multi-program game system that was playable on T. V. He licensed his device to Magnavox, which sold the system to consumers as Odyssey, the first video game home console, in 1972. Also, one of the Odyssey games inspired Atari's game Pong, which was the very first arcade game in 1972. -
In 1972, Atari released Pong, the first arcade game, which was inspired from one of Odyssey's 28 games. Three years later, a version of the game was released to suit people at home. Disappointingly though, Magnavox, the company that owned Odyssey, ended up suing Atari for copyright infringement. -
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In 1977, Atari released Atari 2600, which was a home console that featured interchangeable game cartridges and joysticks. The games were also in colour, which was a major step closer to modern video gaming. -
In 1978, this very successful arcade game was released and was created by Tomohiro Nishikado. -
Nintendo released this very successful and popular game nearly four decades back. -
Too many low-quality games coming out for competition, and arcades becoming less popular
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In late 1982, a game called Extra-Terrestrial came out that people didn't like and was poor-quality. In fact, it was so bad and confusing that there even copies of the game secretly buried in a New Mexico landfill. -
In 1985, the Nintendo Entertainment System came to the U. S. A. from Japan with improved 8-bit graphics, colours, sound and gameplay over previous consoles. This is around the time that Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid became trendy. -
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About 31 years ago, these massive successes from Nintendo were very popular and were part of what initiated the First Console War. -
Sega's 16-bit Genesis console released this very popular game, launching the first real Console War. -
In the early 1990s, Sega's Genesis video game console released Mortal Kombat, which was a quite violent video game. This is why the Video Game Rating Council was created, and it was to create labeling for released games. Today, it continues rating games based on content. -
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In 1995, Sega released the first 32-bit console that played games on CDs rather than cartridges -
The PlayStation 1 was an instant success achieving 100,000 copies within days after release. -
In 1996, Nintendo released the Nintendo 64, a cartridge based system that was 64-bit. -
In 2000, Sony released PlayStation 2, which would be supported for 12 years and one of the most popular video game consoles of all time. -
Microsoft released Xbox 19 years ago, and it has been a popular gaming device for a long time. -
On November 22nd, 2005, the Xbox 360 came out. It had really impressive graphics and won many awards. Also, the state-of-the-art capture system offered a new way to play games called Microsoft Kinect. -
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This was the first video game device to ever play Blu-rays. The Sony company was truly was to compete with its rivals, and in the first two weeks of this product being available, it only got 200,000 purchases due to other video game consoles coming out around the time as well. -
On November 19th, 2006, the Wii came out. It became popular quickly because of its motion-sensitive remotes that made gaming very active, which helped it appeal to a lot more people. It competed with PlayStation 3, which just so happened to have released just two days earlier. -
On May 13th, 2009, Markus Persson began developing Minecraft, and it was released four days later. Almost everyone has heard of the game made of cubes, and it has inspired many other games and became popular in 2010 when large YouTubers started playing it. -
This game brought gaming into the physical world by requiring players to place plastic toy figures onto an accessory that reads the toys' NFC tags in order to bring characters into the game. -
Sony's PlayStation 4 came out 7 years ago, and is the second most recent PlayStation device (behind PlayStation 5 that came out just a few months ago) -
7 years ago, the Xbox One came out around the same time as the PlayStation 4, as part of the 8th generation of gaming. -
Three years ago, Fortnite was released, which was very popular and trendy for a while. It's a battle royale game, also with many other modes, skins and cosmetics.