broad timeline of arcade video games. 1971 At Stanford University, two students release the PDP-11-based machine Galaxy Game. It is a clone of Spacewar...

An arcade video game is an arcade game where the player's inputs from the game's controllers are processed through electronic or computerized components...

generation of console video gaming in North America. To a lesser extent, the arcade video game market also weakened as the golden age of arcade video games...

the golden age of arcade video games, including Space Invaders and Pac-Man, the home console market also flourished. The 1983 video game crash in the United...

inventions and developments. Video gaming reached mainstream popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer...

In the history of video games, the first generation era refers to the video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from...

In the history of video games, the second-generation era refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available...

The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox...

The golden age of arcade video games was the period of rapid growth, technological development, and cultural influence of arcade video games from the...

Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts...

Beginning in 2023 and continuing into 2024, the video game industry has experienced mass layoffs. Over 10,000 jobs were lost in 2023, and an additional...

In the history of video games, the third generation of video game consoles, commonly referred to as the 8-bit era, began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese...

arcade sports video game, featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari and originally released on 29 November 1972. It was one of...

In the history of video games, the fourth generation of video game consoles, more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era, began on October 30, 1987, with...

single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. A single-player game is usually...

below) is the era of computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming devices available at the turn of the 21st century, starting on November...

10, 2015. "The Life and Death of Atari". GamePro. No. 92. IDG. May 1996. p. 20. "Video Game Timeline". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 102. Ziff Davis....

Japanese video game industry has long been viewed as console-centric within the video game industry itself. Due to the worldwide success of Japanese consoles...

severity of the game's technical issues prior to its release. History of Eastern role-playing video games Cultural differences in role-playing video games...

A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source...

An amusement arcade, also known as a video arcade, amusements, arcade, or penny arcade (an older term), is a venue where people play arcade games, including...

arcade game of the year is F-1. 1977 – The Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600) is released as the first widely popular home video game...

Video gaming in the United States is one of the fastest-growing entertainment industries in the country. The American video game industry is the largest...

Timeline is a 2000 adventure/puzzle video game published by Eidos Interactive for the Microsoft Windows. The game was developed by author Michael Crichton's...

The ninth generation of video game consoles began in November 2020 with the releases of Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S console family and Sony's...

generation of home video game consoles began on November 22, 2005, with the release of Microsoft's Xbox 360 home console. This was followed by the release of Sony's...

extensions of electronic games using video-like output from large, room-sized mainframe computers. The first consumer video game was the arcade video game Computer...

of easy-to-program languages like BASIC for mainframes allowed for more simplistic games to be developed. The arcade video game industry grew out of the...

hack-and-slash arcade video game developed and released by Atari Games. It is one of the first multiplayer dungeon crawl arcade games. The core design of Gauntlet...

Tank is an arcade game developed by Kee Games, a subsidiary of Atari, and released in November 1974. It was one of the few original titles not based on...