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Important Years
Important years in the history of video games.
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Term
1800s
Definition
Bagatelle
Term
1931
Definition
Baffle Ball
Term
1933
Definition
Contact
Destruction of pinball machines by NY mayor Fiorello La Guardia
Term
1947
Definition
Humpty Dumpty
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) 'Game'
Term
1948
Definition
Triple Action
Term
1931-1948
Definition
Birth of Pinball
Start of Videogames
Term
1952
Definition
OXO/Noughts and Crosses
Term
1958
Definition
Tennis for Two
Term
1962
Definition
Spacewar!
Term
1971
Definition
Computer Space
Term
1972
Definition
Magnavox Odyssey
Atari
PONG
Term
1971-1983
Definition
Golden Age of Arcades
Term
1973
Definition
Ted Dabney leaves Atari
Kee Games created by Joe Keenan
Gotcha
Steve Jobs joins Atari
Term
1974
Definition
Tank
Pin Pong, Dr. Pong, Pong Doubles
Gran Trak 10
Kee Games secret revealed to public.
Term
1975
Definition
Maneater
Gunfight
Home Pong
Term
1976
Definition
Breakout
National Semiconductor
Coleco Telstar
Death Race
Channel F
Jobs leaves Atari
Atari sold to Warners
Sea Wolf
Term
1977
Definition
Video Computer System (VCS)/ Atari 2600
Nintendo hires Shigeru Miyamoto
Term
1978
Definition
Ray Kassar Hired
Nolan Bushnell Fired
Space Invaders
Spacewars
Magnavox Odyssey 2
Term
1976-1983
Definition
Renaissance of Arcade Games
Term
1979
Definition
Atari Football
Asteroids
Galaxian
Activision
Gorgar
Term
1980
Definition
Centipede
Missile Command
Defender
Pac Man
Battlezone
Intellivision
Term
1981
Definition
Donkey Kong
Tempest
Term
1982
Definition
Pitfall
Q*bert
Colecovision
Atari 5200
Vectrex
Chase the Chuckwagon
Great Video Game Crash
Term
1889
Definition
Founding of Nintendo
Term
1983
Definition
Electronic Arts
One-on-One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird
Famicom
Mario Bros.
SEGA 1000
Term
1988
Definition
John Madden Football
Term
1984
Definition
Duck Hunt
Hogan's Alley
SEGA 1000 M2
Term
1985
Definition
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo & Worlds of Wonder
Super Mario Bros.
Term
1968
Definition
Periscope
Term
1986
Definition
Master System
Atari 7800
Super Mario Bros 2: Lost Levels
Mark III/Master System
Term
1987
Definition
Zelda I
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Metroid
Castlevania
Gradius
Maniac Mansion
Double Dragon
Street Fighter
Term
1988
Definition
Contra
Super Mario Bros 2 (USA)
Zelda II
Tengan Tetris
Term
1989
Definition
Nintendo Tetris
SEGA Genesis
Altered Beasts
Moonwalker
TurboGrafx16
Super Mario Bros 3
Final Fight
Term
1991
Definition
Sonic the Hedgehog
Super Mario World
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Street Fighter II
Term
1992
Definition
Night Trap
Sewer Shark
SEGA CD
Term
1993
Definition
Myst
The 7th Guest
Doom
Mortal Kombat
Video Game Senate Hearings
Super Mario Bros Movie
Atari Jaguar
Panasonic 3DO
Term
1994
Definition
ESRB Ratings
Sega Saturn (JPN)
Sega 32X
Killer Instinct
Donkey Kong Country
Sony PlayStation
Term
1995
Definition
First E3
Virtual Boy
Sega Saturn (US)
Windows '95
Nintendo 64 (JPN)
Term
1996
Definition
Nintendo 64 (US)
Pokemon (JPN)
Term
1997
Definition
Goldeneye
Term
1998
Definition
Pokemon (US)
Term
1999
Definition
Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure 1
Term
2000
Definition
PlayStation 2
Term
2001
Definition
Dreamcast Discontinued
XBox
Nintendo Gamecube
Term
2005
Definition
XBox 360
Term
2006
Definition
Wii
PlayStation 3
Term
2006-2012
Definition
Worldwide Recession
Term
2012
Definition
Wii U
Steam
Term
2013
Definition
XBox One
PlayStation 4
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