List of years in video games
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1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s
[edit] Early history
[edit] 1970s
- 1970 — Computer Space
- 1971 — Empire, Star Trek (text game)
- 1972 — Pong, Hunt the Wumpus, Star Trek (script game); Magnavox Odyssey launched
- 1973 — Gotcha; BASIC Computer Games published
- 1974 — Tank, Maze War, Spasim
- 1975 — Colossal Cave Adventure, dnd, Gun Fight, pedit5; launch of Magnavox Odyssey Series
- 1976 — Breakout, Death Race, Moto-Cross (Fonz); launch of Coleco Telstar and Fairchild Channel F
- 1977 — Mattel Auto Race, Zork, Space Wars; launch of Color TV Game and Atari 2600
- 1978 — Space Invaders, MUD1
- 1979 — Galaxian, Asteroids, Adventure, FS1 Flight Simulator; launch of Intellivision and Microvision
[edit] 1980s
- 1980 — Missile Command, Pac-Man (Atari 2600)
- 1981 — Asteroids, Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Centipede
- 1982 — Q*bert, Dig Dug
- 1983 — Super Mario Bros., Manic Miner, M.U.L.E., Track & Field; launch of Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) and Sega Master System; North American video game crash occurs
- 1984 — Elite, Paperboy
- 1985 — Commando, Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
- 1986 — The Legend of Zelda, Dragon Warrior
- 1987 — R-Type, Tecmo Bowl, Sid Meier's Pirates!, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- 1988 — Super Mario Bros. 3, Dragon Warrior III, Mega Man 2, King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella; launch of Mega Drive (Sega Genesis); first Game Developers Conference
- 1989 — Tetris (Game Boy), SimCity; launch of Game Boy
[edit] 1990s
- 1990 — The Secret of Monkey Island, Super Mario World, Wing Commander, Red Baron; launch of Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Game Gear
- 1991 — Sonic the Hedgehog, Lemmings, Street Fighter II, Another World, Civilization, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- 1992 — Super Mario Kart, Virtua Racing, Wolfenstein 3D, Mortal Kombat
- 1993 — Myst, Doom
- 1994 — Super Metroid, Sensible World of Soccer, Final Fantasy VI, Star Wars: TIE Fighter; launch of Sega Saturn and PlayStation; Entertainment Software Rating Board established
- 1995 — Chrono Trigger, Virtua Fighter 2; first Electronic Entertainment Expo
- 1996 — Super Mario 64, Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, Pokémon Red and Green, Tomb Raider, Quake; launch of Nintendo 64
- 1997 — Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy VII, Age of Empires, Grand Theft Auto, GoldenEye 007
- 1998 — Metal Gear Solid, Grim Fandango, Half-Life, StarCraft, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Dance Dance Revolution; launch of Dreamcast and Game Boy Color
- 1999 — Unreal Tournament, System Shock 2, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
[edit] 2000s
- 2000 — The Sims, Diablo II, Shogun: Total War, Deus Ex; launch of PlayStation 2 and GameCube
- 2001 — Halo: Combat Evolved, Grand Theft Auto III, Shenmue II; launch of Xbox
- 2002 — The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Metroid Prime, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
- 2003 — Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Beyond Good & Evil, SSX 3
- 2004 — Fable, Half-Life 2, Cave Story, Katamari Damacy, Shadow of the Colossus, World of Warcraft; launch of Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable
- 2005 — Battlefield 2, Nintendogs, Resident Evil 4, Psychonauts, God Of War, Guitar Hero; launch of Xbox 360
- 2006 — Gears of War, Wii Sports, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII; launch of PlayStation 3 and Wii
- 2007 — Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Portal, Mass Effect, BioShock, Super Mario Galaxy, Halo 3
- 2008 — Fallout 3, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, LittleBigPlanet, Street Fighter IV
- 2009 — Angry Birds, Dragon Age: Origins, Assassin's Creed II, Demon's Souls, Batman: Arkham Asylum
[edit] 2010s
- 2010 — Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd; launch of Kinect
- 2011 — The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, Portal 2, Minecraft (full version), Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Dead Space 2; launch of Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita
- 2012 — launch of Wii U
