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The History Of Video Games
A tennis game was created by use of an oscilloscope by William
Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the USA
1958
Spacewar was developed on a “PDP-1” at MIT in the USA
1961
Odyssey was launched, the first commercially available videogame for
Television. It was very complex and very expensive
1972
1972
Nolan Bushnell creates Pong and forms a company, Atari, to create video
games
1978
Taito creates Space Invaders
1980
Pacman is released in Japan, to be played on a micro home computer.
1985
Nintendo release the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
The first hand held machine is released from Nintendo, called the "Game Boy"
1989
Sega releases the Sega Genesis
1989
Sonic is produced by Sega in response to Nintendo's Mario.
1991
Sony releases the Playstation in Japan
1994
Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64
1996
Dreamcast with its 128 bit processor is released in the UK.
1999
The Playstation 2 is released.
2001
In September, Nintendo releases the Gamecube
2001
In November, Microsoft enters the console market with the Xbox and
Halo is released at launch, boosting sales hugely.
2001
In 2005 Microsoft released the Xbox 360
2005
In 2005 Sony releases the handheld PSP (Playstation Portable) in
widescreen.
2005
In 2006 Sony releases the PS3 in order to compete with the Xbox 360
2006
ReferencesWikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_gamesGamespot:http://www.gamespot.com/features/universal/hov/The Game Console:http://www.thegameconsole.com/