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A Time Line Of Video Game Histroy

1958 - "Ping pong" was created, it was tennis on an oscilloscope screen by William Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory.


1961 - Development of Spacewar.


1972 - The first videogame for TV was launched, called Odyssey.


1972 - Nolan Bushnell invents the Atari to and produces the famous Pong, a simple tennis game for arcades.


1974 - Atari produce a home version of Pong.



1978 - Space Invaders is released by Tatio, and two micro computers are released for commercial sale - the Commodore PET and the Atari.

1980 - Pacman is released in Japan, to be played on a micro home
computer.

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


1985 - Nintendo release the NES.


1989 - First hand held machine from Nintendo, called "Game Boy".


1989 - Sega releases the Sega Genesis.


1991 - Sonic is produced by Sega in response to Nintendo's Mario.


1994 - Sony releases the Playstation in Japan.


1996 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64


1999 – Dreamcast comes out.


2001 - Playstation 2 is released.


2001 - In September, Nintendo releases the Gamecube


2001 - In November, Microsoft enters the console market with the Xbox. Halo is released at launch, boosting sales.


2004 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS, a portable system with two screens, one of which can be used as a touch screen.


2005- Sony releases the PSP, a portable system with a large, high-resolution display.


2006- Microsoft releases the XBox 360


2007-Ninetendo releases the Wi, and Playstation puts the PS3 on the market.