EVOLUTION OF VIDEO GAMES

WHAT ARE VIDEO GAMES?

 Video games are our way to escape
reality, becoming hero or just kill
some time.
 Video games have become an
everyday part of our lives.
 A video game, also known as a
computer game, is an electronic
game that can be interacted with
using an input device, such as a
controller, keyboard, or joystick.
WHO INVENTED VIDEO
GAMES?

 William Higinbotham created
what is thought to be the first
video game. It was a very simple
tennis game, similar to the
classic 1970s video game Pong,
and it was quite a hit at a
Brookhaven National Laboratory
open house.
HISTORY
video games began in the MAINFRAMES
1950s and 1960s as computer
scientists began designing
simple games
and simulations on mi-
nicomputers and mainframes.

MINICOMPUTERS
EARLY 1947 TO 1960
Oxo IN 1952 and Tennis for two in 1958
1960S
 Several games were created at MIT
 Mouse in the maze

 HAX

 Tic-tac-toe
1960S
 Also inn1961 a group of students
programmed the spacewar, that pitted
two opponents against each other in
trying to shoot the other one down.
1970S
Computer Space is a space combat arcade
video game released in 1971. Created
by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in
partnership as Syzygy Engineering, it was
the first arcade video game as well as the
first commercially available video game. 
1970S

 In 1972 the newly started

Atari came out with their
first game – pong.
 It was very popular game
selling over 19,000 copies.
 1970S
 The game that made it
popular to play video games
was created this game was
space invaders .

Space invaders
(1978)
1980
 One of the best video game franchise got is the super
Mario in 1985
CURRENT
 With the rapid advances in the technology , gaming
industry followed developing new ways to play , and
significantly improving the graphics and gameplay.
 Gaming becomes more popular with new , shorter games
available on every platform.