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  2. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes. Spacewar! was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student hobbyists in 1962 as one of the first such games on a video display. The first consumer video game hardware ...

  3. List of years in video games - Wikipedia

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    History of video game consoles. Console war; 1st generation (1972–1983) 2nd generation (1976–1992) Video game crash of 1983; 3rd generation (1983–2003) 4th generation (1987–2003) 5th generation (1993–2005) 6th generation (1998–2013) 7th generation (2005–2017) 8th generation (2012–present) 9th generation (2020–present)

  4. Early history of video games - Wikipedia

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    The early history of video games, therefore, covers the period of time between the first interactive electronic game with an electronic display in 1947, the first true video games in the early 1950s, and the rise of early arcade video games in the 1970s (Pong and the beginning of the first generation of video game consoles with the Magnavox ...

  5. Timeline of arcade video game history - Wikipedia

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    Atari Inc. releases Night Driver, an early example of a first-person perspective racing video game. Atari releases Breakout, which inspires a number of Breakout clones. Exidy releases Death Race. It was the first video game to inspire protest and cause panic. [9] Gremlin releases Blockade, the first of what become known as snake games.

  6. History of games - Wikipedia

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    Indian Ambassadors, probably sent by the Maukhari King Śarvavarman of Kannauj, present the Chaturanga chess game to Khosrau I, from "A treatise on chess", 14th century. [1] [2] The history of games dates to the ancient human past. [3] Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction.

  7. 10 Retro Video Game Consoles That Are Surprisingly Valuable Today

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    Commissioned as a publicity stunt by THQ (a video game publisher that has since gone out of business) for Queen Elizabeth II, this gold-plated Wii stands out as a literal gem in gaming history.

  8. Wikipedia : Good topics/Early history of video games

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    The history of video games spans a period of time between the invention of the first electronic games and today, covering a long period of invention and changes. Video gaming would not reach mainstream popularity until the 1970s and 1980s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games were introduced to the general public.

  9. Category:Video games by year - Wikipedia

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    1971 in video games; 1972 in video games; 1973 in video games; 1974 in video games; 1975 in video games; 1976 in video games; 1977 in video games; 1978 in video games; 1979 in video games; 1980 in video games; 1981 in video games; 1982 in video games; 1983 in video games; 1984 in video games; 1985 in video games; 1986 in video games; 1987 in ...