Unit 8 A1 History of Gaming

History Of Gaming
Source - Video Game History Timeline - The Strong National Museum of Play
1940 1947
Edward U. Condon Thamas T Goldsmith Jr
designed a computer that and Ray Mann filed a
played the game Nim, in patent for their game
which players had to which used a cathode ray
avoid picking up the last tube hooked to an
matchstick. The computer oscilloscope display that
won at least 90% of the players would fire at
games. targets
1956 1957 1962
ARTHUR sAMUEL SHOWED A Alex bernstain wrote the MIT students invent the first
CHECKERS PROGRAM THAT SIX first complete program computer-based video game
YEARS LATER DEFEATED A which was advanced “Space Wars"
CHECKERS MASTER. enough to think 4 and
half moves ahead.
JOHN Kemeny
1964
John Kemeny created the computer time share system and
BASIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. MAKING IT EASIER TO WRITE
COMPUTER GAMES.
1965
John Kemeny AND KEITH BALLAIRS CREATED THE FRST COMPUTER
GAME IN BASIC
RALPH Baer
1966 – rALPH bAER HAD THE IDEA ABOUT PLAYING GAMES ON TELEVITION WHICH
BECAME THE BASIS OF HIS DEVELOPMENT OF TELEVION VIDEO GAMES
1967 – developed "BROWN BOX" A VIDEO GAME PROTOTYPE THAT ALLOWS USER TO PLAY
TENNIS AND OTHER GAMES.
1968 – patents INTERACTIVE TELEVISION GAME 4 YEARS LATER ODYSSEY THE FIRST
VIDEO GAME SYSTEM WAS RELEASE BASED ON rALPH bAER DESIGN
1971 1972
Nolan Bushnell and Al
Students Don Rawitsch,
Bill Heinemann, and Paul Alcorn developed table
Dillenberger created a tennis arcade game
simulation of the called Pong which in
pioneers' westward trek testing stopped working
called the Oregon Trail, because it was jammed
which was distributed with quarters
nationally.
1974 1975 1976
Maze wars would take Atari made a home version Don Woods’s version of the
players into a labyrinth of of pong sold through a text-based game Adventure
wire-framed passages sporting goods company as put players into a fictional
INTRODUCING THE first-person no toy business would world paving the way for
shooter partner with them. future role-playing games
1977 1979
The video game system Atari 2600 was Mettle changed its handheld electrical
released it included a joystick, games in games with a new console The Intellivision
colour and switches for selecting games as which had better graphics and smarter
well as picking difficulty levels controls than the Atari 2600
1980 1981 1984
Namco Toru Iwatani created Nintendo released Donkey Dan Bunten created M.U.L.e
Pac-Man with a version for Kong which features where players compete to get
the Atari 2600 this was the JumpMan who became Mario resources while saving their
first arcade game to appear when he got his own game colonies this was a huge step
on home consoles. forward for multiplayer
games
1985 - Nintendo released its
Entertainment System (NES) reviving
America’s game industry. 2 years later
it was released in Japan as Famicom
1987 - fantasy role-playing games had

Nintendo a hit when Shigeru Miyamoto created
The Legend of Zelda.
1989—The Nintendo Game Boy was not the

first handheld system with game
cartridges, but it charmed users with its
ease of use, gameplay, and long battery life.
1991 1992 1993
Sega needed a mascot for the Westwood Studios helped Concerns about violence in
Genesis System and found it popularise real-time strategy games prompted the creation
in Sonic the hedgehog. games with Dune 2. Players of a video game rating
would deploy resources and system.
forces to defeat opponents
Sega Vs Nintendo Vs PlayStation
Nintendo 64 came out which further the PlayStation 2 came out and the
Saga Saturn was successfully weakened Sega’s home console Dreamcast was the last home console
released in Japan. business. Sega made.
1994 1996 2000
1995 1999 2001

Both Saturn and PlayStation came Sega released the Dreamcast which the Nintendo 64 was succeeded by the
out in the US with the PlayStation on had a successful launch, but sales GameCube
top because it was 100 dollars dropped when Sony started
cheaper than the Saturn. advertising the PlayStation 2.
2001 2003 2004
Microsoft joined the home PC Gaming got boosted with Nintendo DS came out which
console market with the Valve’s release of Stream helped the company hold onto
Xbox and 4 years later it which used a digital the handheld console market.
gained more fans with the platform to download, play Features include 2 processors
Xbox 360 superior graphics and update games. and 2 screens with one being
and seamless online play. a touchscreen
2006
This is the year that the Nintendo
Wii came out which got gamers
moving with the use of its motion
sensors remotes. This makes gaming
more active and appeals to people
that never liked video games.
2011 2013 2016
The first augmented reality game This year a new wave of Niantic released it free to
Skylanders: Spyros Adventure lets mature games put players in play game Pokémon Go which
players place figures onto portals ethically complex worlds with lets players use their phones
of power with puts the character tough choices to make such as to catch virtual creatures in
into the game. Disney Infinity the last of us. the real world.
was released 2 years later.
2017 2018
With the growing popularity of phones and Microsoft created the adaptive control that
tablets playing games Nintendo brought out the makes gaming easier for players who have
Switch which is a hybrid between mobile and limited mobility. With 19 jacks to connect
console. additional devices and 2 large programmable
buttons
2020
The Video game industry has grown a lot this year as
there was a global pandemic which led to people using
games such as Fall Guys and Animal Crossing: new
horizons to connect with family, friends and even
strangers from the safety of their own homes.

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1987 - fantasy role-playing games had

1989—The Nintendo Game Boy was not the

1994 1996 2000

1995 1999 2001

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