History of Video Games: From 1954 to 1971

The first computerized pinball game was called Humpty Dumpty and was created in ______ by George Gomez.

The game Western Gun was released in ______ by David Nutting Associates.

Pac-Man, created by Toru Iwatani, was released in ______ by Namco.

The classic game Donkey Kong was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto and released by ______ in 1981.

The video game crash, known as the Video Game Crash of ______, caused a significant downturn in the video game industry.

Dance Dance Revolution, a popular home gaming dance simulation game, was released in ______.

The Royal Game of Ur was played in _______ BC.

_______ is considered the first track game.

_____ is the year when Chess was invented.

_______ is known as the father of Dungeons & Dragons.

Computer Space, the first commercially available arcade video game, was released in _____.

The ENIAC, one of the earliest computers, was developed by the University of Pennsylvania and Brookhaven National Lab in _____.

Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease

Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease

Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex ______ 1977 ______ VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of ______ 1978 Breakout ______ Ray Kassar CEO of ______ after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 ______ 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease

Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 ______ - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after ______ was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease