What were the most important

developments in video games

during the 20th century?
by Valentina
 The history of video games
The history of video games is closely linked to the evolution of the computer. In the
1950s, huge, room-sized computers solved relatively simple arithmetical problems. At
universities in the USA, creative minds developed simple computer games. However,
these inventions were intended not for entertainment, but rather to demonstrate how
the new technology worked. Tennis for Two, appearing in 1958, was the first video
game programmed purely for entertainment. The game, consisting of a monitor for a
piece of equipment on which two people were able to bat a spot of light back and
forth, was presented at a three-day exhibition. Teenagers queued up to watch the game
and try it out. After that, Tennis for Two was forgotten for 20 years, but is now
considered the first ever video game.
The first game
machine
The first recognized example of a game
machine was unveiled by Dr. Edward Uhler
Condon at the New York World’s Fair in 1940.
The game, based on the ancient mathematical
game of Nim, was played by about 50,000
people during the six months it was on display,
with the computer reportedly winning more
than 90 percent of the games.
 The early years’ video
games timeline
1940 1967 1988 1992 1999

The first Video games Gaming meets The tech The dawn of online
“video game” meet television the real world grows up gaming
Edward U. Condon invents Ralph Baer conceives and While games, in the The late 80s and early 90s CD-based games could store
a computer that plays a builds the “Brown Box”, a 1980s, mostly starred also saw a courtship between massive amounts of data
game, “Nim”, against fictitious characters Nintendo and Sony, which compared to cartridges,
prototype video game
were working together on an allowing developers to create
human competitors. console that allowed users and fantasy settings,
upgrade to the SNES that longer, more sophisticated
to play on TV screens. developers started would allow it to play CD- games.
looking to the real based games rather than
world for new series. cartridges.
The Modern Age
of Gaming
Since the early 2000s, Internet capabilities have explodedand computer
processor technology has improved at such a fast rate that every
new batch of games, graphics and consoles seems to blow the
previous generation out of the water. The cost of technology,
servers and the Internet has dropped so far that Internet at lightning
speeds is now accessible and commonplace, and 3.2 billion people
across the globe have access to the Internet. According to the
ESA Computer and video games industry report for 2015, at least
1.5 billion people with Internet access play video games.
The End