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OXO
A.S.Douglass creates OXO, a game called noughts and crosses on Cambridges EDSAC computer. -
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History of Computers and Video Games
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Spacewar
Steve Russell invents Spacewar! , the first computer based video game. -
Odyssey
Magnavox releases Odyssey, the first home video game system -
Pong
Pong, an arcade game made by Atari that was played on a machine, is created in California, but the first game of it, stops working as to too many people paying in quarters to play it. -
Maze Wars
The first 'first-person shooter' is released and is called 'Maze Wars' It takes players into a labyrinth. -
Space Invaders
Space Invaders becomes hugely popular in Japan and USA. Over the coming year, over 60000 Space Invaders machines are placed around USA. And they also spent millions of quarters on this game. -
Mattel
Mattel releases it's first hand held device called the Intellevision. It had better graphics and controls than the much loved Atari 2600. Mattel ended up selling 3 million units of these. -
Pacman
Pacman was created by Toru Iwatani in 1980. It was made on the arcade machine and later, was made for the Atari 2600. -
Jumpman
Jumpman, later known as Mario, gets star status after debuting in the game Donkey Kong by Nintendo and was played on an arcade machine. -
Tetris
Alexey Pajitnov creates on of the most popular games around, Tetris! It is simply an addictive puzzle game which is played on a arcade machine and is later, endorsed by Nintendo. -
The First Gameboy
Nintendo creates the first Gameboy! Although it was not the first hand held device, it entertained users a lot more due to its long battery life, good gameplay and ease of use. -
Angry Birds
Angry Birds, created by Rovio, keeps people on their iPhones and iPods and gets them to play this addicting game! -
Minecraft
This extremely popular