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The First Video Game
In October 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong, and it was quite a hit at a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200810/physicshistory.cfm -
Pong
Atari PONG was released in June 1972 and is the first commercially successful video game and is based on a simple two-dimensional graphical representation of a tennis-like game. Players use paddles to hit a ball back and forth on a black and white screen.
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Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console. It was first released in the United States in October 1977. The Atari 2600 uses game cartridges which can be changed in and out to change games, which was a new idea in video games at the time. Before the 2600, people had to buy a different system for each game they wanted to play. Over 30 million Atari 2600 consoles were sold.
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Space Invaders
Space Invaders is an arcade video game created by Tomohiro Nishikado and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders -
Pac-Man
PAC-MAN, is an arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan in May 1980. It was created by Japanese video game designer Toru Iwatani. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, and an icon of 1980s popular culture.
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Donkey Kong
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Released in the fall of 1981, Donkey Kong introduced us to two characters that would soon become mascots for then-fledgling Nintendo: Mario, a carpenter ,who was first known as "Jumpman",and Donkey Kong, a fearsome gorilla who aimed to do harm to Mario. Jumpman must save Pauline from the giant ape Donkey Kong.
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Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co.
Universal Studios alleged that Nintendo's video game Donkey Kong was a trademark infringement of King Kong, the plot and characters of which Universal claimed as their own. Nintendo argued that Universal had themselves proved that King Kong's plot and characters were in the public domain.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Nintendo_Co.,_Ltd. -
Tetris
Tetris is a video game in which the player must organize a series of differently shaped blocks in order to form horizontal lines with no gaps. Form a complete line and the blocks disappear. Allow the blocks to stack up to the top of the screen and it's game over.
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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda centers its plot around a boy named Link, who becomes the central protagonist throughout the series. It came out as early as 1986 for the Famicom in Japan, and was later released in the western world, including Europe and the US in 1987. https://zelda.gamepedia.com/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(Game) -
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic is a blue hedgehog who can to run fast. When the evil Dr. Robotnik begins to assimilate all the creatures on the planet into robots, Sonic must use his ability to stop Robotnik. Sonic must battle through 6 zones (3 acts each) and then face off against Robotnik in one final zone.
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Mortal Combat
Mortal Kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway in 1992 as the first title in the Mortal Kombat series. It was subsequently released by Acclaim Entertainment for nearly every home video game platform of the time.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game) -
Playstation
The PlayStation is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console) -
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. Tomb Raider follows the exploits of Lara Croft, an English archaeologist in search of ancient treasures.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider_(1996_video_game) -
Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Ocarina of Time is the fifth game in the Legend of Zelda series, and the first with 3D graphics. -
Uri Geller Vs. Pokémon
Psychic Uri Geller plans to sue the company behind Pokémon for nearly $100 million. The spoon-bending Geller, 53, says he will sue Nintendo, because he claims an evil character on a Pokémon card.http://people.com/celebrity/uri-geller-vs-pokmon/ -
The Sims
The Sims is a 2000 strategic life-simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is a simulation of the daily activities of one or more sim in a suburban household near a fictional city.
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America's Army
America's Army is a game technology platform used to develop first-person shooter video games published in 2002 by the U.S. Army. The game is branded as a strategic communication device, designed to allow Americans to virtually explore the Army at their own pace and according to their interests to determine if soldiering matches their needs, interests and abilities.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Army -
Minecraft
Minecraft is a sandbox video game created and designed by Swedish game designer Markus Persson, and later fully developed and published by Mojang. The creative and building aspects of Minecraft allow players to build with a variety of different cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft -
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision. Skylanders is an action 3D platformer video game that is played along with toy figures that interact with it through a "Portal of Power", that reads their tag through NFC.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylanders:_Spyro%27s_Adventure
