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e. The history of video games spans a period of time between the invention of the first electronic games and today, covering many inventions and developments. Video gaming reached mainstream popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games were introduced to the general public.
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 ...
Based on The Lord of the Rings. Star Trader. 1982. Bretten Au, Kevin Ryan, Kent Beck, Ron Lumsden, and James Walters. A space game originally hosted on University of Oregon 's mainframe computer. Avon. 1983. Jonathan Partington. Shakespearean adventure game originally hosted on Cambridge University 's Phoenix mainframe.
1972 – The Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console, is released, [3] along with the arcade machine Pong. [2] 1973 – Pong and similar titles dominate the arcade sector, Gotcha, Space Race and Maze War are also released. 1974 – Tank is released, as well as the early first first-person shooter Spasim.
Written by a group of students to out-do Oubliette, it was to become the most successful PLATO game ever--it accounted for 6% of all the hours spent on the system between September 1978 and May 1985. ^ "Beneath Apple Manor for Apple II (1978) - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
The 1970s saw the development of some of the earliest video games, chiefly in the arcade game industry, but also several for the earliest video game consoles and personal computers. Notable games released in the 1970s included Computer Space , The Oregon Trail , Pong , Space Invaders , Asteroids , Galaxian , Combat , Breakout , Lunar Lander ...
List of Atari, Inc. games (1972–1984) Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for ...
A strategy game that covers thousands of years, from ancient times to futuristic warfare. Rise of Nations. 2003. 10,000 BC – 1970 AD. A real-time strategy game where players advance through historical eras, starting from ancient times. Humankind. 2021. 10,000 BC – 2020s AD.