User:Wikiposter0123/Timeline of historical video game milestones
Coin-op Arcade Machines[edit]
1971 Galaxy and COmputer space Building arcade cabinets by hand made videogame profitable that decade arcade boom created epic dawn of electronic entertainment
Home Consoles[edit]
build money purchases cartridges
Mature Games[edit]
Shifted in 90s, adult themes, expanded market ESRB established in 1994 Mortal Kombat and Doom
Gameboy[edit]
First truly made handhle dgaming worth pursueing lengthy battle life Tetris took off with adults as well large library
3D Games[edit]
Wolfenstein, Starfox, Virtua Racing, challenge Playstation and Saturn, Battle Oshenda, Warhawks, Jumpingflash, crash bandicoot, tombracer Super Mario 64 showed how to navigater 3d space for foreseeable future, 2 years laid groundwork still riding wake of 3d revelotion
Analog Stick[edit]
Space World 1995 N64, Ocarina of Time, Mario 64 Crucial to the growth of all 3D gaming
Optical Media[edit]
release of Playstation, FMV cutscenes huge soundtracks, huge paradigm shift digital distribution way of future, blue ray current king, impact of optical media cannot be understated
Online Gaming[edit]
Maze Wars, archaic novelty Most enduring games in modern gaming built around online network social aspect also significant, some games nothing more than glorified chat rooms
Xbox Live[edit]
Creating online community interact express watch listen, friendslist, acheivments, party system, avatars,
Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii[edit]
new ways to interact, broaden scope of consumers far more then anyone predicted, assesible control style, led to imitation by Microsoft's Kinect and Playstations move