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History of video game consoles. Console war; 1st generation (1972–1983) 2nd generation (1976–1992) Video game crash of 1983; 3rd generation (1983–2003)
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]
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An announced but unreleased title. Can take letters like |<year>=. |last= Optional end of the timeline. magic word can be used to set an automatic end year. For example: {{CURRENTYEAR}} (this year), {{#time:Y|-1 year}} (last year). |<yearN><letter>_to= Specifies an end year for a given item, which will cause it to appear as a range, such as ...
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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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