History of Video Game Design

  • Beginnnings

    Beginnnings
    Tennis for Two
  • Generation 1

    Generation 1
    Space War - Start of arcade games.
  • Generation 2

    Generation 2
    Magnavox released the Odyssey, one of the first consoles released to the public for home use.
  • Atari Pong

    Atari Pong
    Atari released the Atair Pong, a console that played one game, Pong.
  • Pac-Man

    Pac-Man
    Pac-man, one of the most popular games ever was created by Namco.
  • 8 Bit

    8 Bit
    Nintendo released their 8 bit video games. It was a major gain in the video gaming industry.
  • Super Mario Brothers

    Super Mario Brothers
    Super Mario Bros was released for NES.
  • Super Mario World

    Super Mario World
    Super Mario World was released on SNES.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog

    Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog was released on the Sega Genesis
  • Mortal Kombat

    Mortal Kombat
    The most popular fighting game, Mortal Kombat, was released.
  • Pokemon

    Pokemon
    Pokemon Red and Green were released in Japan.
  • Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas

    Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas
    GTA:SA Was released. It was a new meaning to an open world game, as it held the record for the largest map of the GTA seris at the time.
  • Grand Theft Auto : V

    Grand Theft Auto : V
    GTA 5 was a long awaited for game because it featured many new aspects that were not in the previous games.
  • Black Ops III

    Black Ops III
    Black ops 3, newest game in the Call of Duty series, was released to all next-gen consoles.
  • Fallout 4

    Fallout 4
    The long awaited game in the Fallout series was finally released. Once people finished Fallout New Vegas, the fan base were craving for more, and Bethesda delievred.