Eventos
1940
Edward U.Condon
designs the first
computer1947
Thomas T.Goldsmith Jr.
and Estle Ray Mann file
a patent for a "cathode ray
tube amusement device."1950
Claude Shannon lays out the basic
guidelines for programming a
chess-playing computer.1952
A. S. Douglass
creates (OXO)1954
First blackjack program on an IBM-701 computer.1955
Hutspiel Designed1956
Arthur Samuel
creates (Checkers)1957
Alex Bernstein
creates (Chess)1958
Willy Higinbotham
creates (Tennis)1959
Students at MIT
creates (Maze)1960/1
John Burgeson
creates a baseball
simulator1961
The Raytheon Company
creates (Grand Strategy)1962
Steve Russell
creates (Spacewar!)1963
U.S. Defence Dept.
Creates (STAGE)1964
John Kemeny
creates (BASIC)1965
First American Footbal
game created by a dartsmouth student1966
Basic idea of TV
games developed1967
The "Brown Box" created1968
Odyssey released1970
Rules for LIFE published1971
Minnesota Students
create (Oregon Trail)1972
Atari
create (Pong)1973
101 Basic
Computer
Games
Released1974
Maze Wars published1975
Atari Release a Home
Version of Pong1976
Adventure Released1977
Atari releases
"Atari 2600"1978
Space Invaders
released1979
Mattel releases the
Intellivision1980
Pac-man released1981
Donkey Kong
Released1982
Tron Released1983
M.U.L.E
Released1984
Tetris Released1985
NES Released1986
Reader Rabbit
Released1987
Legend of Zelda
Released1988
John Madden Football
Released1989
GameBoy Released1990
Solitaire Released1991
Sonic Released1992
Dune II
Released1993
Mortal Kombat
Released1994
Warcraft
Released1995
PlayStation
Released1996
Tomb Raider
Released1997
Computer Defeats
World Chess
Champion1998
Legend of Zelda OT
Released1999
Everquest released2000
The Sims
Released2001
XBOX Released2002
US Army Uses
Games to recruit2003
Steam
Developed2004
Nintendo releases
the DS2005
XBOX 360
Released2006
Nintendo Wii
Released2007
Rock Band
Released2008
WoW becomes the
most popular MMORPG
Ever2009
Social Media Games
Shake the Mould2010
Minecraft!2011
Skylanders
Released2012
Kickstarter
Kick Started2013
More Complex
Indie Games
Created2014
Free To Play
Booms2015
Fallout 4
Released2015.5
Critical Role
Created2016
Overwatch
Takes The World By Storm2017
Prey gets
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