The History of Gaming as written by myself (week 2)

To this day there is no real history of games, only perceptions from people at the time when the first "games" were made, however using some research from the Internet i will try my best to explain what i believe is a decent timeline and history of computer/console games, so bear with me.

1950s or 1952 to be more exact, at this time a man called A.S. Douglas creates the first computer that can play Chess and tic tac toe at Cambridge university. This i believe is the start of a gaming revolution as it were. This paves the way for new ideas and technology and a start of a new era.. well i think anyway.

During the 1950s and '60s games were still unknown to the common person, not until the late '70s games were a common play in the home also like televisions and fridges etc, so again trying to write a Gaming History that's very accurate is extremely hard, take for instance the Cold War, games could of been developed in Russia but were unheard of, even now have not been recorded due to the fact that the Cold War was at its high and different influences from country's erase some parts of history if its bad propaganda. So what I'm trying to say is, keep an open mind, nothing is more in portent in life than indulging in other cultures history's rather than staying in the confines of your own mind (i.e. tunnel vision).

1960's: Reading material from the Internet and using wiki (i know not the best idea). Not alot happens during this decade, again like i mentioned earlier the cold war is starting to kick off but there are some improvements in the area of games, nothing amazing but people like Steven Russell create a game or console game called Space War, however the console is more like the size of a small car and never takes off in the common market, but does become familiar in universities and research departments around the United States. Also around this decade businesses and markets open their eyes to the possibilities of console games.

1970s: Now shit hits the fan, but in a good way, Atari is born, he first home console is born and Activision (a group of people that broke away from Atari) is also born. During the first part of this decade the first coin operated arcade style game called Computer Space is produced and becomes common sight in bars and taverns (around the USA i think, possible in major cities around the globe, but who knows). However it doesn't become a massive success. '72 first home console is rolled out called Odysseys, this could be the first record of Ping Pong a.k.a Pong. Pong is then also produced by Atari, this is man peoples views is the daddy of all games, this is the creation of the gaming culture, later in the '70s Atari produce their own console the Atari 2600 then later in the '70s Activison are born and produce game titles such as "Hero" for the Atari 2600.

Now that Ive covered the first few decades of gaming i will write the rest up another time... Stay tuned.