History of video games

Games are important in developing skills and intelligence in young children, but this does not mean that young people and the elderly do not play, but rather that each age stage has its own interests and taste.

And video or computer games are not a new thing, but rather old, and it dates back to about 1966, when German-born engineer Ralph Baer and his colleagues at work laid out the blueprint for the first video game to work on regular television, and then they invented it in 1967 and called it the brown box, and later Create a toy gun that works with it.

The most prominent games that appeared at that time was the simplified game of tennis, Pong, which appeared in the year 1972, and achieved huge commercial success at that time.

The second generation of video games began in 1977, when Nintendo launched the Color TV Game 6, which included 6 games, including the famous Pong game.

A year later, new games appeared that became popular such as Space Invaders, Space Wars and PG, followed by other games such as Asteroids, Lunner Lander, Monaco Grand Prix and Flight Simulator, but the most prominent games and continued In development so far perhaps it is the game Pac-Man.

The third generation began in 1983, when Nintendo introduced the computer-powered Nintendo Entertainment System, and sold 62 million devices, and at that time games such as Dragon Buster Turtles, Balloon Fight, Gauntlet, 1942 and Paper Boy appeared.

In 1985, the game Super Mario appeared, and in the first year of its appearance, it achieved sales of 10 million copies, and it remained the most famous game, as it sold up to 40 million copies until 2008.

The fourth generation of games appeared in the period between 1988 and 1991, and during this period 3 game consoles were launched: Sega Genesis, of which 29 million units were sold, Game Boy, of which 118 million units were sold, and Nintendo Super Famicom, of which 49 million units were sold.

These devices included updates on previous games such as Super Mario World and new ones, as well as other games such as Road Rush, the second part of Street Fighter, Sonic and Tekmo Super Bowl.

The fifth generation in the development of games and devices lasted from 1993 to 1999, and the most prominent thing in it is the entry of Sony on the line and its launch of the PlayStation, of which 125 million units were sold, and among the games that appeared this year were Sega Saturn and New Geo CD and the Sega 32K.

In 1996, Nintendo launched the N64 device, and sold 33 million of it. Among the games included in it were Resident Evil"and Crash Bandicoot.Then, the same company launched the Game Boy Color device in 1998, which included games such as Metal Gear Solid. and Zenoggers.

The sixth generation witnessed the entry of the American software giant Microsoft into the world of gaming devices, and in 2001 it launched the Xbox, and in 2005 it launched its second Xbox 360, while Sony introduced the Playstation 3 in 2006, and Nintendo followed it with the Wii In the same year, but exactly 3 days later.

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