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/