This document traces the evolution of video games over eight generations from their origins in the 1940s to the present. It describes the key developments and major consoles within each generation, including early mainframe computer games in the 1960s and 1970s (1st generation), the rise of arcade and home console games like Space Invaders and Pac-Man in the late 1970s (2nd generation), and the increasing popularity and technological advancements within console and PC games through each subsequent generation up to current 8th generation consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One.

1. Evolution
of Video Games
-By
Prachi Patole

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What are video games??
Early days of 1947 to 1950.
First Generation
Second generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
Fifth Generation
Sixth Generation
Seventh Generation
Eighth Generation

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A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction
with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device

4. • 25th January, 1947, Thomas T. Goldstein and Estle Ray Mann Cathode Ray Tube Amusement device.
• In 1949-1950, Charley Adama created Bouncy Ball.
• The 50’s saw a lot of independent inventors coming up with the
basic video games.

5. • A collection of interactive graphical
programs were created on the TX-0 machine
at MIT.
• Mouse in maze
• HAX
• Tic-Tac-Toe:

6. • In 1961, MIT students including Steve Russell created
Space war! on PDP-1.
• It was considered as the first successful and influential
game.

8. 1960’s
 1969- Ken Thompson of AT&T wrote a video game called
Space Travel, for the Multics O.S
 MULTICS to GECOS.
 Development of UNIX.
 1st Application on UNIX OS
 Sega releases Periscope
 1st arcade game
 Electric shooting game

9. First generation(1970 to
1977)
• The first home console—Ralph Baer—Magnavox
Odyssey.
• University Mainframe
computers.

10. Games of the 1st generation
Computer BaseBall

11. Star Trek

12. Hunt the Wumpus

13. Hurkle

14. Second Generation(1977
to 1983)
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Video game crash of 1977.
Taito’s Space invaders
2nd generation console
The golden age of video games1978 to 1983.

15. Space Invaders

16. Donkey Kong

18. Pac-Man

19. Frogger

20. Third Generation(1983 to
1995)
• Nintendo released 8 bit console The FamiCom
Offered in three tiered bundle:
Control Deck version
Super Mario Bros.
Deluxe Set.
• The Action Set released in 1988

24. Fourth Generation(1989 to
1999)
• Nintendo’s next generation system Super
NES(SNES).
• A list of major consoles are:
TurboGrafx-16
Sega
Sierra Entertainments
• The formation of SNES to a joint venture with Sony
• Shareware distribution was the popular method of
publishing games.
• The games of that era were usually of the following
genre: Arcade, Horror, RTS, Adventure and Puzzle.

26. Dune-2

27. Alone In The Darkness

30. Cont…
• The introduction of FPS
• Development in web browser plug-ins
• Entry of Third Person shooter

31. Doom

33. Mortal Kombat

34. Fifth generation
console(1993 to 2006)
• Comeback of Atari Atari Jaguar
• Release of three new consoles: Sega Saturn, Sony
PlayStation and PC-FX,
• The re-release of Resident Evil on the PlayStation By
Capcom.
• Nintendo’s release of Nintendo-64 in 1996Super
Mario 64
• Popular music video games-->PaRappa The
Rapper,Beatmania and Dance Dance revolution.
• Milestone games of the era: GoldenEye 007, The
Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time, Super Mario
Galaxy

38. The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

39. Super Mario Galaxy

41. Sixth Generation(1998 to
2006)
• Platforms included were: Sega Dreamcast, Sony
PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft
Xbox.
• Began with the release of Sega Dreamcast with
built-in modem.
• Downfall of Dreamcast due to PlayStation 2.
• PlayStation 2, the complete home entertainment
console.
• Microsoft Corporation entered the console
marketXbox

42. Cont…
• Xbox used PC technology making games for PC
easily portable to the Xbox.
• Microsoft sold Xbox at a significant loss.
• November 2001: Bungie Studio’s Halo: Combat
Evolved.

44. • 2000 showed innovation in both consoles and PCs.
• The user-created modification for games continued
till the 21st century.
• The best and the most popular example of a mod
game could be that of Counter Strike.

49. Seventh Generation(2005
to 2011)
• The generation opened early for handheld
consoles.
Nintendo Nintendo DS
Sony PlayStation Portable(PSP)
Microsoft Xbox 360
Nintendo released Wii after PS3

53. Eighth Generation(2011 to
present)
• Nintendo 3DS officially started this generation of
handheld consoles.
• The 3DS used Parallax Barrier Technology for 3D
graphics.
• 3DS was further updated by Nintendo 3DS XL.
• In 2011, PS Vita was announced
• PS4 is set to be released in November 2013 in North
America.

55. Lightening Returns: Final
Fantasy XIII

56. Titanfall

57. Crysis 3

58. References
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game
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• http://game-insider.com
• http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/115899-13graphics-games
• http://cloud.attackofthefanboy.com/wpcontent/uploads/2012/05/
• http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp
• www.computerandvideogames.com/

59. Thank You 