video game timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 4 Mar 2020
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Created byCamaron Bezant
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Pacman is released
1980
Arcade and Atari 2600Nintendo releases Donkey Kong
1981
ArcadeTron is released
1982
ArcadeM.U.L.E is released
1983
Nintendo and AtariTetris is released
1984
GameboyReader Rabbit is released
1986
CD-ROM (PC)The legend of Zelda is released
1987
NintendoJohn Madden Football is released
1988
PCClassic Cards Game Solitaire is released
1990
PC, WindowsSonic is released
1991
Sega GenesisDune 2 is released
1992
PCMortal Kombat is released, and Doom
1993
Arcade, PCWorld of Warcraft is released
1994
PCTomb Raider is released
1996
PC, PS4Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is released
1998
Game cube, Nintendo 64Sony Online Entertainment's Everquest is released
1999
PlaystationThe Sims
2000
PCAmerica's army is released
2002
Xbox, PC, PlaystationAlan wake is released on the Xbox 360
2005
XboxRock band is released
2007
Xbox 360, Playstation 3, WiiWorld of Warcraft surpasses 10 million subscribers
2008
PCGames like farmville and angry birds change mobile gaming
2009
PhoneMinecraft becomes very popular, increasing the popularity of indie games.
2010
PC, Xbox, PlaystationNew game Skylanders becomes the first augmented reality game
2011
WiiGone Home, The Last of Us, and Papers,
Please usher in a new wave of
mature video game stories that
confront players with tough
emotional choices in ethically-complex worlds.
2012
PC, PlaystationFree to play games become a
big business model earning
millions from in-game purchases.
2014
PC, XboxNew free to play game Pokemon go becomes very popular.
2016
PhoneMillions of players tune
in to watch a virtual
asteroid destroy the
map of Epic Games’
massively popular
online battle royale
game Fortnite.
The game, which
earned a staggering
$2.4 billion in 2018,
respawned two
days later with a
new map dubbed
Fortnite: Chapter 2.
2019
PC, Xbox, Playstation, Mobile, Nintendo Switch
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