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The First Games:
3100 a.C: “Senet”, an Egyptian game, the “father” of the backgammon.
The First Games:
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1940
The appearance of new technologies:
1940: Appearance of first technologies after World War II. The construction of first
supercomputers (ENIAC).
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1947
The appearance of new technologies:
1947: First video game: The Cathode-ray tube amusement device.
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1950
The appearance of new technologies:
1950s: Foundations of computer theory.
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1951
The appearance of new technologies:
1951: Prinz implemented a chess program on a Ferranti Mark I, the first
commercial computer.
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1960
The appearance of new technologies:
1960s: Spacewar, a game that many authors overwhelmingly consider the first
video game in history.
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1970
Arrival the Console:
70s and 80s: Consoles (arcade machines with coins).
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1972
The Second Generation of Consoles:
1972: Space invaders: The pillar of the video games industry. The Atari 2600 was
also being released at that time.
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1980
The Second Generation of Consoles:
1980’s: Almost 100 new games were released such as Pac-man, Defender, Crazy
Climber, Rally X and Missile Command.
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1987
Third Generation: The Era of the 8 bits:
1987: The NES console; the company NEC would try with his PC Engine, that in
Europe was called Turbografx.
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1991
The Fourth Generation: The War of the Bits:
1991: the video game Sonic the Hedgehog,
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1991
The Nineties:
1990’s: A fight without barracks among the strongest companies of the sector:
Sega, Nintendo and Sony.
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1994
Fifth Generation: Sony enters the Game:
1994: Sony decided to present on its own the PlayStation.
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1998
Sixth Generation:
1998: Sega, a new console, the Dreamcast.
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2000
Sixth Generation:
2000: PlayStation 2. The giant of Microsoft, with Bill Gates took the control
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2002
Sixth Generation:
2002: the Xbox. His technical specifications were superior to the ones of
PlayStation 2
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2005
Seventh Generation:
2005: Microsoft with Xbox 360.
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2006
Seventh Generation:
2006: Nintendo with Wii, and Sony with PlayStation 3.