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The History Of Video Games
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A tennis game was created by use of an oscilloscope by William
Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the USA
1958
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Spacewar was developed on a “PDP-1” at MIT in the USA
1961
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Odyssey was launched, the first commercially available videogame for
Television. It was very complex and very expensive
1972
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1972
Nolan Bushnell creates Pong and forms a company, Atari, to create video
games
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1978
Taito creates Space Invaders
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1980
Pacman is released in Japan, to be played on a micro home computer.
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1985
Nintendo release the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
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The first hand held machine is released from Nintendo, called the "Game Boy"
1989
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Sega releases the Sega Genesis
1989
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Sonic is produced by Sega in response to Nintendo's Mario.
1991
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Sony releases the Playstation in Japan
1994
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Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64
1996
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Dreamcast with its 128 bit processor is released in the UK.
1999
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The Playstation 2 is released.
2001
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In September, Nintendo releases the Gamecube
2001
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In November, Microsoft enters the console market with the Xbox and
Halo is released at launch, boosting sales hugely.
2001
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In 2005 Microsoft released the Xbox 360
2005
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In 2005 Sony releases the handheld PSP (Playstation Portable) in
widescreen.
2005
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In 2006 Sony releases the PS3 in order to compete with the Xbox 360
2006
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ReferencesWikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_gamesGamespot:http://www.gamespot.com/features/universal/hov/The Game Console:http://www.thegameconsole.com/