H I S T O RY O F C O M P U T E R G A M E S

OXO
In order to complete his doctoral research
at the University of Cambridge in
1952 ,Alexander Shafto Douglas made the
decision to build a computer game on the
university's EDSAC. Douglas developed
OXO, also referred to as noughts and
crosses or tic-tac-toe.
THE "FIRST" COMPUTER
GAME

S T E P H E N R U S S E L L C R E AT E D
THE FIRST COMPUTER GAME,
S PA C E WA R , AT M I T I N 1 9 6 2 .

A MASSIVE, CAR-SIZED PDP-1

COMPUTER,POWERED THE
F I R S T V E R S I O N O F S PA C E WA R .
ATA R I 2 6 0 0

In 1977 ATARI company releases a Video

Computer System known as Atari 2600. it
features a joystick, interchangeable
cartridges, games are in color and switches
for selecting games and difficulty level
 ARCADES

• In 1971, Nolan Bushnell along with Ted Dabney (whom

later founded Atari together in 1975) programmed the
SpaceWars! game to play on a television screen
• Together they created the first Arcade Machine,
Computer Space, which operated at 25 cents per 90
seconds.
 THE FIRST
C O M M E R C I A L LY
AVA I L A B L E V I D E O
GAME

In 1972, Atari introduced Pong to the arcades by Nolan

Bushnell. Pong became wildly popular and helped launch the
video game industry. The original Pong consisted of two
paddles that players used to volley a small ball back and forth
across a screen.
ARCADE GAMES
• From 1977 to the late 1980's, video
games became extremely popular as
coin-operated machines in arcades.
• Games such as Pac-Man, Donkey
Kong, and Space Invaders became
extremely successful.
 E A R LY C O N S O L E S

• IN 1972, RALPH BAER CREATED THE MAGNAVOX

ODYSSEY. IT WAS THE FIRST VIDEO GAME CONSOLE
PLAYABLE ON HOME TELEVISIONS

• MAGNAVOX MASS-PRODUCED THESE CONSOLES

WHICH FEATURED 5 DISKETTES THAT GENERATED
DIFFERENT CODE ALREADY LOCATED IN THE
MACHINE AND 2 HUGE CONTROLLERS THAT USED 6-
C BATTERIES APIECE
2 N D & 3 R D G E N E R AT I O N C O N S O L E ( 8
BIT)
• ATARI 2600 AND NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT
SYSTEM(NES-1985)
• DONKEY-KONG,METAL GEAR AND MISSLE MAN
4 T H G E N E R AT I O N ( 1 6 B I T )
• SUPER NINTENDO,SEGA GENESIS,TURBOGRAFX-16
• DRAGON QUEST AND JOHN MADDEN FOOTBALL
(1990)
• MORTAL KOMBAT SPARKED THE CREATION ESRB

5 T H G E N E R AT I O N ( 3 2 - 6 4 B I T )
• PLAYSTATION (64 BIT), NINTENDO (64 BIT), SEGA
CD(32 BIT)
• CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT, TOMB
RAIDER AND RESIDENT EVIL
 6 T H G E N E R AT I O N ( 1 2 8 - B I T )
• PLAYSTAION 2 ,SEGA DREAMCAST,NINTENDO
GAMECUBE ,MICROSOFT XBOX, NEO GEO POCKET

• GTA TRILOGY, SOUL CALIBUR 3, RESIDENT EVIL 4

• GTA CONTREVERSY
7TH GEN(2005-2014)
• XBOX 360, PLAYSTATION 3, NINTENDO, WII
• ACE COMBAT, DEVIL MAY CRY, METAL GEAR , GTAIV
• THE FIRST USE OF CLOUD GAMING SERVICE
• PSP AND NINTENDO DS SERIES

8 T H G E N E R AT I O N
• PLAYSTATION 4 SERIES, NINTENDO WII U SWITCH,
XBOX SERIES
• BLOODBORNE, DEUS EX, NIER AUTOMATA
• PS VITA AND NINTENDO 3DS/SWITCH WAS MADE
 9 T H G E N E R AT I O N ( 2 0 2 0 - P R E S E N T

• PLAYSTAION 5 , XBOX SERIES X

• GTA V(PORT), CYBERPUNK, GRAN TURISMO 7, ELDEN
RING
• INTRODUCTION OF RAYTRACING AND SEAMLESS
GRAPHICS, IN-GAME STREAMING SUPPORT
• CLOUD GAMING PLATFORMS LIKE STADIA AND
AMAZON LUNA
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