1. Video Games
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Now
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2. 1950’s 1952-First graphical computer game released, tic-tac-toe
1958-Physicist Willy Higinbotham invented
table tennis for two

3. 1960’s 1961-Steve Russel, student, invents Spacewar
1967-Ralph Baer and team create 2 games, tennis game and chase game
1967- Baer and team also manipulate a toy gun to see spots on the screen

4. 1970’s 1971-Computer Space, first arcade game 1972-Pong released
1975-Gunflight first computer game released
1978-Football released for Atari, Space Invaders first arcade game to track scores
1979-Aestoroids released, kept track of scores and allowed 3 initial to be entered

5. 1980’s
1980-Battlezone first 3D game, enhanced by military for training
1980-Pacman released
1980-Defender first incorporation of virtual
world
1980-Atari’s Asteroids and Lunar Lander first two games to be registered in the copyright office
1985-Alex Pajitnov, Russian programmer, develops Tetris

6. 1990’s
1996- Tamagotchi, virtual pet, released. Instant hit in Japan, selling 30,000 unit supply in 3 days

7. 2000’s 2000-Sims released 2007-Super Mario Galaxy released
2008-GTA breaks ales records in first week, more than 6 million copies sold
2009-Wii Sports becomes best selling video game of all time, over 40 million units sold

8. Console wars 1972-First commercial home video game console released
1976-Faichild released first programmable unit
Nintendo Gumpei Yokoi created GameBoy, VirtualBoy Famicon, NES, and Metroid series
1990-Sega and Nintendo ruled
1994-Sony Playstation took over
2006-Release of Playstation3 and Xbox 2

9. Seventh Generation The current generation of video games
Top three competitors are:
Microsoft Xbox 360
Sony Playstation3
Nintendo Wii

10. Microsoft Xbox 360 Released in November 2005, one year before Sony’s
Included a hard drive and DVD playing capability
Processing power and playing capability majorly increased
Has a slight market lead over Sony

11. Sony Playstation3 PS3 said to be a better console than the Xbox
Has Blu-Ray, slightly more powerful hardware, the ability to use removable media
Early versions also featured a Linux-based system
Behind Xbox due to its later release

12. Nintendo Wii
Didn’t even try to compete with Sony and Microsoft, so instead created a wireless remote control
Games are simpler and less graphically intense
More of a clever upgrade of the previous Nintendo consoles
Not a true seventh generation console

13. Bibliography