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The First Video Game is invented
The first video game was released. It was called Pong, and was a simple tennis game. It wasn't very popular.
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Spacewar
The first interactive video game is released, under the title "Spacewar". It was very innovative for it's time. Despite it's comparison to recent games.
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First Football Game
In 1965, Dartmouth beat Princeton to win the Ivy League championship. This led a students to program a football game in tribute to the teams great victory. The game didn't succeed due to its lack of exposure.
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Ralph Baer
Ralph Bear patens his interactive TV game called Odyssey. Despite his paten, people still attempted to copy his work.
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Oregon Trail
The innovative game made known as "Oregon Trail" is released. It quickly became a classic and is still played to this day. It featured brand new mechanics like player aging and health.
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Magnavox
Magnavox copied Ralph's TV game Odyseey. They stole his entire design despite his paten. Ralph later sued.
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Atari
The first home console is created. It's called the Atari and is made by creators Ted Dabney and Nolan Bushnell. Many games followed its release.
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Space Invaders
A new arcade game is released called Space Invaders. It's created by the Japanese man Tomohiro Nishikado. He spent a year designing this game.
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The first character
In 1980 the first video game character was created. It's name was Pac man, and was inspired by a missing piece of pizza. Toru Iwatani created Ms. Pacman 4 years later.
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong is released. Donkey Kong is the opponent in this platformer game, where the player uses a character named Mario. Mario is now considered Nintendo's flagship character.
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Wolfenstein
The game is set in Nazi Germany. The game is mostly stealth based, but head on combat is occasionally adopted. It's considered the first first-person shooter. -
Magnavox vs. Atari
Magnavox sues Atari for stealing their idea in their "Pong" game.
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ESRB
The ESRB is established. Parents believed there needed to be a rating system for these video games. Therefore. the Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, is created. -
Playstation
The first Playstation releases. It costed $100 less than the very popular Sega Saturn. This led to it's speedy success. -
Guitar Hero vs. The Romantics
The Romantics filed a lawsuit against Activision in 2007. This was due to Activision using The Romantics' song "What I Like About You" in their game. The judge eventually sided with Activision and it was dismissed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqnw5IfbZOU http://mentalfloss.com/article/55078/11-times-video-games-led-lawsuits -
Oculus Rift
The Oculus Rift is released to the public. Oculus Rift is a VR headset. It allows players to take a step into the video game.
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Skylanders
Skylanders is released. Skylanders is a game for the Wii that came to the physical world. It features interactive characters you can buy and plug into your system.
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Xbox One
Microsoft's Xbox One is released. It featured games like Halo 4 and Monster Hunter. It's main competitor was the Sony PS4. -
PS4
The latest installation of Sony's top notch tech is released. It has countless amounts of games. It also features a Blu-Ray Player. -
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Players return to Nazi Germany, on the same journey as before. But, this time completely renovated with new enemies and weapons. This is the most recent installation of Wolfenstein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein#Castle_Wolfenstein_(1981)
