History of computer and video games
Video games were introduced as an entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the start for a big entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United States, Japan, and Europe. After a bad industry collapse in 1983 and a rebirth two years later, the video game industry has experienced large growth for over twenty years. Now, it is a $10 billion industry and it earns almost as much money as the motion picture industry. Nowadays, we have companies such as Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo that are very popular in most countries.
History Of Computer And Video Games Media
A collection of home and handheld video game consoles at the Computerspielemuseum Berlin
Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
The on-screen instructions from Will Crowther's 1976 game Colossal Cave Adventure.
The Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console
Pong was the first arcade video game to ever receive universal acclaim.
Pong clones like the APF TV Fun (pictured) over-saturated the market in the late 1970s.
Space Invaders was popular in arcades and introduced many elements which became standard in video games.
An Intellivision home console system with an assortment of ROM cartridges
The "1977 Trinity" (L-R): Commodore PET, Apple II, and TRS-80
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