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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 ...
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Timeline of arcade video game history; V. Video game crash of 1983; 2023–2024 video game industry layoffs; Video games and charity; X. Xbox 360 launch
The highest selling arcade game of the year is F-1. 1977 – The Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600) is released as the first widely popular home video game console. [5] 1978 – Space Invaders is released, popularizing the medium and beginning the golden age of arcade video games. [6]
The first video games were created on mainframe computers in the 1950s, typically with text-only displays or computer printouts, and limited to simple games like Tic Tac Toe or Nim. [1] Eventually displays with rudimentary vector displays for graphics were available, leading to titles like Spacewar! in 1962. [2]
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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.
Upon awaking in a forest at the start of "Reclaim!" — a video game created by Minnesota-based nonprofit Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia — a young Ojibwe girl realizes she must converse with ...