The video game industry really took off in the 1980s,with many classic games coming into being such as the super mario brothers games,the first game being released in 1981 and the first tetris game being released in 1984 for the pc.There were also many more video game consoles being released,such as the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System),released in 1985 and the Sega Genesis,released in 1988,as well as the Atari 7800,released in 1984,started a big rivalry between the 3 companies who were all based in Japan.Nintendo,Sega and Atari all competed with each other,constantly trying to get the advantage on their opponents by releasing new video game accessories like the Nintendo Light Gun that was a plastic gun in real life that shot targets on the screen.Of course Sega and Atari had their own versions of these guns and they tried to get the advantage on their opponents by creating plastic rifles and other plastic weapons that worked the same way as the Nintendo Light Gun.As the 1990s approached,gaming entered a whole new era-handheld gaming.With devices like the Nintendo Gameboy,the Sega GameGear and the Atari Lynx.People were amazed with the idea of being able to travel while gaming and millions of these handheld gaming consoles were sold.As the 90s arrived,the gaming industry was changed in many ways,some positive and some negative.
Games such as Mortal Kombat and the first person shooter Doom raised the question of:are video games becoming too violent?This was debated quite often in United States Senate hearings and this brought about the video game rating system that groups all games to different age groups depending on how much violence or bad language is in the game.Getting back to games consoles for a bit,in 1995 Sony released their own home console called the Playstation which became very popular in the USA because it was cheaper than other consoles.To compete with the Playstation,Nintendo released a new console called the Nintendo 64 which also became very popular.The arrival of the Playstation,along with Nintendo's ever-growing popularity,forced Sega and also Atari to quit the game console industry and focus on making just video games.As the 21st century arrived,Playstation and Nintendo were dominating the gaming industry.
In 2001,another company debuted their own games console to rival the Playstation 2,released in 2000.Microsoft gained lots of fans with the Xbox because it revolutionized a new feature in gaming:online multiplayer.The Xbox featured many games in which you could play with your friends online,which many people enjoyed.Then in 2004,Nintendo released the Nintendo DS,a handheld console which dominated the market.Unfortunately for Nintendo,Sony and Microsoft had taken over the home console market with the Playstation and Xbox.Over the next couple of years all 3 companies each released a new console,gaining all of them a big fanbase.Microsoft released the Xbox 360 in 2005,introducing for the first time high-definition gaming.Nintendo released the Nintendo Wii in 2006,introducing gamers to motion-sensitive controllers and Sony released the Playstation 3 in 2007,introducing Blu-ray technology to the world.Coming in to present times,pc gaming really got a boost with games like World of Warcraft becoming very popular,as well as indie games such as Minecraft becoming popular as well.And then we finally arrive to today,with the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.I hope you enjoyed this timeline on the origins of video games,thanks for reading!
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Darren
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