Iew history of video games Flashcards
- Beginning
In 1952, A. S. Douglas created the game OXO also known as tic-tac-toe
- Spacewar
In 1962 Steve Russell created a game called spacewar! Which was a computer based game
- Beggining
1977 created the Atari2600
Source
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/history-of-video-games
- Advancements
1979 launch of Activision, the first third party game creator (making games for consoles that are sold. seperately from the console
- Beginning
Space invaders arcade, 1978
- Source
https://www.museumofplay.org/video-game-history-timeline/
2.origins
Pacman inspired by a missing slice of pizza
2.origins
Mario, originally known as “Jumpman” in Donkey Kong introduced in 1981 by Shigeru Miyamoto
2.origins
Disney creates a videogame by the title of Tron in 1982
2.
Tetris, created by Alex Pajitnov, a puzzle brain game
- Source
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/the-father-of-the-video-game-the-ralph-baer-prototypes-and-electronic-games/video-game-history
3.
1940-50s video games were very bulky and expensive
- Spacewar
MIT student Steve Russell creates first computer video game by using code on a computer to create a game cllaed Spacewar
- Source
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games