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Start‎ > ‎ History of Video Games What? There was a time when there were no video games? Video games are a relatively recent human invention when you consider how old games themselves are. While there is no exact date, historians estimate that the first known games (which some records show as the Royal Game of Ur and others, mancala) originated around 5000 B.C., over 7000 years ago! The earliest video game only dates back to the 1950's. So if we were to give video games an age on a human scale, they are the equivalent of newborn babies! History of the Video Game Video games Exercise 1 Watch the GameHeadz video to the right and keep track of the major milestones in game development. ATARI launches Pong Taito launches Space Invaders Atari launches Asteroids and then BattleZone in 3-D Atari launches their home console with game cartridges in 1977 Pac-Man Atari bought, team split up, Activision launched to make cartridges (Pitfall) PC Computers (Commodore, TI-99) allowed people to make their own games, if they had the skill. Donkey Kong - We meet Mario Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) launches Mario Series Zelda Duck Hunt Launch of GameBoy in 1989 Exercise 2 Compare the reputation of arcades (like Funspot) to today's concerns over online gaming. Resources The Royal Game of Ur, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago GAMEHEADz from Discovery Channel

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1. History of Online games – The first Video Game Ever Made? As a passionate retro gamer, for quite a long time I have been specifically excited about the story of video games. To be much more specific, a topic that I am extremely passionate about is “Which was the original video game actually made?”.
2. The earliest home game systems like the Atari 2600 featured graphics that weren’t quite at the same level as those of arcade games, but still managed to impress nonetheless. The graphics in the game didn’t always look like what they represented, so sometimes you had to use your imagination. Still, the idea was there.