Pong is
believed to be the first commercial game ever, based on a tennis style
the players simply bat the ball back and forth. Made by Allan Alcorn in 1972
working for Atari
Grand
trak 10 first racing arcade game released in 1974 it was also first to use ROM.
Made by Atari the player raced against the clock, accumulating as many points
as possible.
Break
is the early version of brick breaker which blackberry uses as a game on there
phones. Made by Steve jobs and Steve Wozinak the co founders of apple in 1976.
The player fires bricks to break blocks which gain points.
Notable
released space invaders in 1978 which is considered the first flight simulator
for a commercial console. The player has to shoot and dodge alien space ships
accumulating as many points as possible.
Mattel
releases the intelliusion console in 1980, a total of 125 games game out during
its lifetime.
Notable
releases donkey kong frogger in 1981 for the Nintendo, the player focuses on
manoeuvring the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and
jumping over obstacles accumulating as many points as possible.
Saga
released the SG-1000 to japanese market, its only ever reached minor success.
1983
With
their first venture into games Microsoft releases the Xbox, this sold 24million
units sold world wide.
Skyrim
was released in 2011 by Bethesda, it sold 7millions copies in the first week
and its considered the world’s biggest SandBox game of its era. The player
creates a character which he or she can do missions around the big map Bethesda
has provided.
Grand
theft auto was released in 2013 by rockstar games, it was awarded numerous
awards before it was even released. Officially
released on September 17, the open world crime game sold 11.21 million copies
and generated £511.8 million in its first 24 hours on sale.
