EVOLUTION OF VIDEO GAMES

By: Becky Lerminiaux

WHEN DID IT COME AROUND? The origin of video games lies in early

cathode ray tube-based missile defense systems in the late 1940s.

They made more with them in the 1950s

Video gaming started becoming a part of everyday activity in the 1970s, and several large-brand consoles and games eventually became household names.

CONT… in 1949, a young engineer named Ralph

Baer, was given an assignmentto build a television set.

in 1966 with the help of bob tremblay and bob Solomon they areready to demonstrate a system that allows spots to be moved aroundon a TV screen.

GAMES The first commercially viable video

game was Computer Space in 1971

In September 1971, the Galaxy Game was installed at a student union at Stanford University.

VIDEO GAMES The Magnavox Odyssey is the first home

video game console, predating the Atari PONG home consoles by three years.

The Odyssey was released in May 1972

TIME LINES 1958 - creation of "Ping pong" tennis on

an oscilloscope screen by William Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

1983 - Nintendo release their first computer, and Mario is released at the same time.

1989 - First hand held machine from Nintendo, called "Game Boy". Tetris is produced for the Game Boy in Russia.

MORE TIMELINES 2001 - Playstation 2 is released.

2005 - In November, Microsoft releases the Xbox 360

2006 - In April, Nintendo releases the Wii

2011 - In March of 2011, Nintendo releases the Nintendo DSI

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