50 Years of Video Games: Pong (Arcade)
While the first publicly available video game released in 1971, people would not really take notice of interactive digital entertainment
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While the first publicly available video game released in 1971, people would not really take notice of interactive digital entertainment
Read MoreIn 1973 the video game world was still mostly wrapped up in Pong fever. Rather than trying to bring something
Read MorePrior to 1974, you didn’t actually see human beings in video games. Sure, sometimes they were cheated in like how
Read MoreEven in its earliest days video games were at least a little violent. Computer Space was about blasting UFOs while
Read MoreI’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the simple joys of a block breaker game. It visualizes
Read MoreWhile home consoles have been a part of the video game medium since nearly the start, the Magnavox Odyssey even
Read MoreIn the world of video games, 1978 is defined by one major historical release: Space Invaders. However, I have previously
Read MoreIn 1969, mankind took its first steps on the moon, and with video games rising in popularity fairly shortly after,
Read MoreVideo games had been slowly finding their footing during the 1970s, but it was 1980 that would give the burgeoning
Read MoreIn 1981 Namco was riding high on the success of Pac-Man from the previous year, but Pac-Man was only the
Read MoreI wasn’t always the guy who wanted to play every video game ever released. I was still pretty much willing
Read MoreWhile many people know of the 1983 Mario Bros. arcade game, primarily because Nintendo has constantly republished its NES port
Read More1984 was a huge year for Capcom, primarily because that was the year they entered the video game market. Their
Read MoreThe North American video game market was in a rough spot between 1983 and 1985. A boom in the amount
Read MoreWhile Sega’s early years were defined by their arcade output, a slump in the market in the early 80s lead
Read MoreThe Nintendo Entertainment System certainly isn’t lacking when it comes to groundbreaking titles, Nintendo kicking off many of their iconic
Read MoreOne of the most often repeated pieces of video game trivia is that the game America received under the name
Read MoreTetris wasn’t first released in 1989, but its release on the Game Boy that year might have ended up being
Read MoreBy 1990, Nintendo’s NES had not only revitalized the home gaming market in the United States, it had comfortably asserted
Read MoreIt’s a tale told often in the retro video game world. The dominance of Nintendo with its plumber mascot dressed
Read MoreViolence has been part of video games from the very beginning, but back when you were blowing up black and
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