video games

Game Boy

Jun 2, 1889

Gumpei Yokoi invented Game Boy, Virtual Boy, Famicom (and NES), as well as the Metroid series.

first computer video game

Nov 14, 1952

space war was the first game made for computer use. it was made by steve russell, who used a MIT PDP-1 mainframe computer to design the game.

first video game ever

Oct 8, 1958

william higinbotham created the first video game ever. it was called "tennis for two" and was play on a brookhaven national laboratory oscilloscope.

first video game on tv

Nov 21, 1967

Ralph Baer wrote the first video game played on a tv set. it was called chase. he had first concieved the idea when he was working for a tv company in 1951.

first arcade video game

Nov 10, 1971

Nolan Bushnell together with Ted Dabney, created the first arcade game. It was called Computer Space, based on Steve Russell's earlier game called Spacewar!

first home video game console

Jun 27, 1972

It was the first commercial video game console that could be played in the home, The Odyssey was released by Magnavox and designed by Ralph Baer.The Odyssey came programmed with twelve games.

first porgramable home video game console

Jan 30, 1976

Fairchild released the first programmable home game console called the Fairchild Video Entertainment System. it was later renamed Channel F. Channel F was one of the first electronic systems to use the newly invented microchip. The console didnt have a limited number of games it could play like the others did.