Epic Games, Oculus

• Mobile Gaming – Titles like Angry Birds and Pokémon GO reach billions.
• Virtual Reality – Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR bring immersive experiences.
• Cross-platform play – Games like Fortnite unify players across devices.

Microsoft, Blizzard

• PlayStation 2 (2000) – Best-selling console of all time.
• Xbox (2001) – Microsoft enters gaming; Halo becomes a phenomenon.
• World of Warcraft (2004) – Blizzard’s MMORPG reshapes online gaming.

Sony, Nintendo

• Super Nintendo (SNES) (1990) – Advanced graphics and sound.
• PlayStation (1994) – Sony’s CD-based console; landmark titles like Final Fantasy VII.
• Nintendo 64 (1996) – Introduced 3D gameplay with Super Mario 64.

Toru Iwatani, Shigeru Miyamoto

• Space Invaders (1978) – By Tomohiro Nishikado; sparked arcade boom.
• Pac-Man (1980) – Created by Toru Iwatani; cultural icon.
• 1983 Crash – Market oversaturation and poor-quality games (e.g., E.T.) led to industry collapse.
• Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (1985) – Revived gaming with Super Mario Bros. by Shigeru Miyamoto

Nolan Bushnell, Ralph Baer

• Computer Space (1971) – First commercial arcade game by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.
• Pong (1972) – Atari’s breakthrough arcade hit; simple table tennis gameplay.
• Magnavox Odyssey (1972) – First home console, designed by Ralph Baer.

Steve Russell

• Spacewar! (1962) – Developed by Steve Russell at MIT; two-player space combat game on a PDP-1 computer.
• Spread across universities, inspiring future arcade and console games

Created by William Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory, displayed on an oscilloscope

• Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device (1947) – Invented by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle R. Mann; first interactive electronic game concept.
• Bertie the Brain (1950) – A tic-tac-toe computer built by Josef Kates for the Canadian National Exhibition.