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  2. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    These initial home video game consoles were popular, leading to a large influx of companies releasing Pong and other video game clones to satisfy consumer demand. While there were only seven companies that were releasing home consoles in 1975, there were at least 82 by 1977, with more than 160 different models that year alone that were easily ...

  3. Early history of video games - Wikipedia

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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 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.

  4. Jerry Lawson (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Gerald Anderson Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011) was an American electronic engineer.Besides being one of the first African-American computer engineers in Silicon Valley, Lawson was also known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable use as commercial video game cartridges.

  5. Timeline of programming languages - Wikipedia

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    Short Code (for UNIVAC I) William F. Schmitt Short Code 1951 Superplan: Heinz Rutishauser: Plankalkül 1951 ALGAE Edward A. Voorhees and Karl Balke none (unique language) 1951 Intermediate Programming Language Arthur Burks: Short Code 1951 Boehm unnamed coding system Corrado Böhm: CPC Coding scheme 1951 Klammerausdrücke Konrad Zuse ...

  6. Text-based game - Wikipedia

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    With that, notable titles were developed for those computers using the sprinter in the 1960s and 1970s and more numerous game titles have been developed for other video terminals since at least the mid-1970s, having reached their peak popularity in that decade and the 1980s, and continued as early online games into the mid-1990s.

  7. History of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    With more than 101 million units sold, the Nintendo Wii is the best-selling home video game console in the seventh generation. The release of the Xbox 360 began the seventh generation. Video game consoles had become an important part of the global IT infrastructure by the mid-2000s. It was estimated that video game consoles represented 25% of ...

  8. Creative coding - Wikipedia

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    Creative coding is a type of computer programming in which the goal is to create something expressive instead of something functional. It is used to create live visuals and for VJing , as well as creating visual art and design, entertainment (e.g. video games ), art installations, projections and projection mapping , sound art, advertising ...

  9. Video game - Wikipedia

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    A video game [a] or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality ...