The History of Video Games

The history of video games began in the early 1970s .The first arcade video game being made in 1972 just a year later. Atari introduced pong to their arcades. It was formed by a developer named Nolan Bushnell .

Here is a video of the first ever computer game being played away from a arcade.

Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games and the first sports arcade video game. It is a table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics,something much more simpler than the modern day 4k resolution.



A decade later in 1980 one of the most iconic second generation games was released in 1960, Pac-man,the world renowned character is now recognised by everyone young and old in the 8th generation of video games.

Along with this burst of futuristic gaming games came the release of Donkey Kong ,Frogger and Galaga, three big games which are recognised by even the modern day generation as being retro and iconic games.

1983 Nintendo releases the family entertainment computer console in Japan and is then later released in the United States as the Nintendo entertainment system, 62 million units were sold.

1985 Nintendo releases the Nes in the US super Mario bros is released and sells 10 million copies before years end, eventually being the top selling video game until 2008 with 40 million copies sold.







Nintendo's competition Sega releases the Sega mega drive in 1988 this is Sega's most successful release selling 29 million units.Its noticable releases included super mario world,Neo Geo,Game genie and Turbo express.

In 1989 Nintendo releases the hand held console which became an instant success in being the first of its kind ,allowing gamers to play their favourite games on the go. The Game boy sold 118 million world wide.