User:Wikiposter0123/Timeline of historical video game milestones

Coin-op Arcade Machines

See also: Coin-op

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

build money purchases cartridges

Mature Games

Shifted in 90s, adult themes, expanded market ESRB established in 1994 Mortal Kombat and Doom

Gameboy

See also: Gameboy

First truly made handhle dgaming worth pursueing lengthy battle life Tetris took off with adults as well large library

3D Games

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

See also: Analog stick

Space World 1995 N64, Ocarina of Time, Mario 64 Crucial to the growth of all 3D gaming

Optical Media

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

See also: Online game

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

See also: Xbox Live

Creating online community interact express watch listen, friendslist, acheivments, party system, avatars,

Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii

See also: Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii

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