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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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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 ...
1980 – Pac-Man is released, and Nintendo enters the handheld market with the Game & Watch series. Rogue inspires the Roguelike genre.; 1981 – Donkey Kong, Frogger, Bosconian, Centipede and 005 are among the notable releases that were introduced.
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Publishers such as Mayfair Games and Rio Grande Games begin meeting the new market demand with titles from Europe. 1990 in games Online retailing begins to pose a challenge to "brick and mortar" game stores, though the full effects of e-commerce will not be felt until the following decade.
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.