{"id":439,"date":"2010-04-28T10:22:39","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2010-08-09T11:56:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T18:56:20","slug":"video-games-history-and-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/439\/misc-projects\/history-and-facts-project\/video-games-history-and-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Games History and Facts \u2013 Video Game Consoles, Computer Video Games and Arcade Video Games History and Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Description:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 History and facts about video games, computer video games, arcade video games and home video game consoles.\u00a0 Historical timeline of the first analog electronic games to digital electronic\u00a0video games.\u00a0 Timeline of the first Atari video game consoles to the\u00a0Nintendo Wii video game consoles.\u00a0 Most popular video arcaded games of the 1970’s and 1980’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1947 <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 First analog interactive electronic game called Missile Simulator created by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First original chess playing computer program written by Dr. Dietrich Prinz.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First instance of a digital computer designed specifically to play a game was the Nimrod computer.\u00a0 The game was called Nim, a mathematical game of strategy played since ancient times.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First computer game to use a digital graphical display written by Alexander S. Douglas.\u00a0 It was called OXO aka Noughts and Crosses.\u00a0 It was a tic-tac-toe computer game.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First digital computer video game was called Spacewar!.\u00a0 Created by Steve “Slug” Russell, Martin “Shag” Graetz and Wayne Witaenem.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First coin-operated video game called the Galaxy Game was created by Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck.\u00a0 A single game cost 10 cents or three games for 25 cents.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First video arcade coin-operated video game to be commercially sold.\u00a0 Computer Space was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, the founders of the Atari Company.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First home video game console released by Magnavox called the Odyssey.\u00a0 The first working prototype was created by Ralph Baer in 1968. The Magnavox Odyssey prototype is also known as the Brown Box.\u00a0 This was the very first home video game console that could be connected to a television.\u00a0 The original Odyssey video game console came with 6 standard video game cartridges: #1 Table Tennis, #2 Ski, Simon Says, #3 Tennis, Analogic, Hockey, & Football (passing and kicking), #4 Cat and Mouse, Football (running), Haunted House, #5 Submarine, #6 Roulette, States.\u00a0 A total of 28 video games were available in all: Analogic, Baseball, Basketball, Brain Wave, Cat & Mouse, Dogfight, Football, Fun Zoo, Handball, Haunted House, Hockey, Invasion, Interplanetary Voyage, Percepts, Prehistoric Safari, Roulette, Shooting Gallery, Shootout, Simon Says, Ski, Soccer, States, Submarine, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Win and Wipeout.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970\u2019s<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 Most popular video arcade games:\u00a0 Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galxian and Lunar Lander.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980\u2019s<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 Most popular video arcade games:\u00a0 Battlezone, Berzerk, Centipede, Defender, Missile Command, Pac-man, Phoenix, Rally-X, Star Castle, Tempest, Wizard of Word, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Scramble, Galaga, Ms. Pac-man, Qix, Gorf, Burgertime, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong Junior, Joust, Moon Patrol, Pole Position, Q\u2019bert, Robotron 2064, Time Pilot, Tron, Xevious, Zaxxon, Dragon\u2019s Liar, Elevator Action, Gyruss, Mappy, Mario Bros., Spy Hunter, Star Wars, Tapper, 1942, Paperboy and Punch-Out!!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Atari 2600 video game console released by Atari.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Atari 5200 SuperSystem (aka Atari 5200) video game console released by Atari.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Nintendo (aka NES) video game console released by Nintendo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Sega video game console released was the SG-1000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Atari 7800 ProSystem (aka Atari 7800) video game console released by Atari.\u00a0 Shelved in 1984 and then re-released in 1986.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Sega Master System video game console released by Sega.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Sega Genesis (aka Sega Mega Drive) video game console released by Sega.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Super Nintendo (aka SNES Super NES) video game console released by Nintendo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First PlayStation (aka PS or PS1) video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Sega Saturn video game console released by Sega.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Nintendo 64 (aka N64) video game console released by Nintendo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Dreamcast video game console released by Sega.\u00a0 The last video game console made by Sega.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First PlayStation 2 (aka PS2) video game console released by Sony.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Xbox video game console released by Microsoft.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First GameCube (aka GCN) video game console released by Nintendo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Xbox 360 video game console released by Microsoft.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First PlayStation 3 (aka PS3) video game console released by Sony.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/span> <\/strong>\u2013 First Wii video game console released by Nintendo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Video Games<\/span><\/a> – History and facts about video games, computer video games, arcade video games and home video game consoles.\u00a0 A historical timeline of the first analog electronic games to digital electronic\u00a0video games.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Televisions<\/span><\/a> – History and facts about the invention of the television. A historical timeline of the first electromechanical television to 3D TV.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Computers<\/span><\/a> – History and facts about the invention of the computer. A historical timeline of the first mechanical and electronic computers to modern day computers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/span><\/a> – History and facts\u00a0about the first mechanical sound recording devices to\u00a0the iPod Touch.\u00a0 A historical timeline of the first recording and sound playing devices to the modern day iPod line of MP3 and MP4 video players.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameras<\/span><\/a> – History and facts about the invention of the camera. A historical timeline of the invention of the Pinhole camera to IP cameras.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jewelry<\/span><\/a> – Complete list of countries where Gold, Silver, Diamonds, Emeralds, Sapphires and Rubies are found. List of the top Gold, Silver and natural Diamond producing countries.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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