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Two Person Tennis
Two person tennis was created by William Higinbotham. It was the first playable game created. It was played with knob controllers -
Spacewar
Spacewar was created by Steve Russell. It was two player.It was highly influential in the 1960's -
The Brown Box
A prototype for consoles to come. The Brown Box was created by Ralph Bear. The Brown Box was truly innovated and led to many of the consoles we see today -
The Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail was a very fun game that lots of people learned to love.Developed by Don Rawitsch. The game was still popular in the 2000's. -
Odyssey
The first video game console is released. It is called the Odyssey. Led to other consoles being created. Very important to video game history -
Atari
The Atari was another console made in 1972. It was also very influential in the industry.It was origninated by a French company -
Awards
The first Video Game awards show is hosted. It was hosted by Electronic Games. Space Invaders won. -
Zelda
Nintendo releases Zelda. Zelda is still a very popular classic today. -
Nintendo World Championships
The first Nintendo World Championships tour began. People competed against each other on Nintendo games. Top winners were awarded 10,000 -
E3
The very first Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was held. Held in L.A. E3 is still a very popular thing today -
PS2
Sony's Playstation 2 launches in North America. A very popular game console that has led to new generations of playstation. A very good innovation. -
Xbox
The Microsoft Xbox is released. A very high competitor to Sony's Playstation. Also a very good innovation. -
Kinect
Microsoft's Kinect launched. Very innovative motion capture -
Ps4
Sony's eighth gen console revealed. PS4 is still the latest playstation console out. It is very popular and one of the best consoles to date.
