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  2. 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 ...

  3. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    The modern video game industry grew out of the concurrent development of the first arcade video game and the first home video game console in the early 1970s in the United States. The arcade video game industry grew out of the pre-existing arcade game industry, which was previously dominated by electro-mechanical games (EM games).

  4. 1970s in video games - Wikipedia

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    The 1970s was the first decade in the history of the video game industry. 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 .

  5. 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.

  6. List of years in video games - Wikipedia

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    This is a chronological list of years in video games that indexes the years in video games pages. Years are annotated with significant events in the history of video games . 1970s

  7. Video game music - Wikipedia

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    Video game music (VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games. Early video game music was once limited to sounds of early sound chips, such as programmable sound generators (PSG) or FM synthesis chips. These limitations have led to the style of music known as chiptune, which became the sound of the first video games.

  8. History of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey , first conceived by Ralph H. Baer in 1966.

  9. Category:1950s video games - Wikipedia

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