List of years in computer games

This page indexes the individual year in video gaming pages. All releases are determined by the North American dates. flagicon|USA

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2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s

2000s

*2008 in video gaming — Grand Theft Auto 4 releases across Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. Metal Gear Solid 4 releases on Playstation 3.
*2007 in video gaming — Microsoft releases Windows Vista with DirectX 10. Halo 3 releases on Xbox 360 console. Nintendo releases long awaited Mario Galaxy. Crysis releases, pushing 3D graphics into the next-generation.
*2006 in video gaming — Sony releases the PlayStation 3. Nintendo releases its Wii console. Nintendo releases long awaited
*2005 in video gaming — Sony releases the PSP handheld gaming system. Microsoft releases the Xbox 360.
*2004 in video gaming — "Halo 2" makes $125 million U.S, one of the biggest commercial entertainment opening days ever. Nintendo releases Nintendo DS
*2003 in video gaming — Nintendo releases "" featuring cel-shading.
*2002 in video gaming — Blizzard Entertainment releases "".
*2001 in video gaming — Nintendo releases the Nintendo GameCube. Microsoft releases the Xbox.
*2000 in video gaming — Sony releases the PlayStation 2.

1990s

*1999 in video gaming — "Counter-Strike", a mod for "Half-Life" is released.
*1998 in video gaming — Blizzard Entertainment launches their biggest release Starcraft, Sega releases their last console, the Dreamcast. Nintendo releases "" and the first Pokémon games, PlayStation releases "Metal Gear Solid".
*1997 in video gaming — Square releases "Final Fantasy VII".
*1996 in video gaming — Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64 and "Super Mario 64".
*1995 in video gaming — The first E3 is held. Nintendo releases the Nintendo Virtual Boy.
*1994 in video gaming — Sony releases the PlayStation in Japan.
*1993 in video gaming — Brøderbund releases "Myst", and id Software releases "Doom".
*1992 in video gaming — Midway Manufacturing releases "Mortal Kombat". Nintendo releases "" and "Super Mario Kart".
*1991 in video gaming — Nintendo releases the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
*1990 in video gaming — Nintendo releases "Super Mario Bros. 3" in North America.

1980s

*1989 in video gaming — Maxis releases Will Wright's "SimCity". Robert Donner writes "Minesweeper", which would later be bundled with Microsoft Windows. Nintendo releases the Game Boy handheld console, first handheld with cartridges. Sega releases the Sega Genesis in the United States.
*1988 in video gaming — Sega releases the Sega Mega Drive in the Japan. SSI releases the AD&D licensed Pool of Radiance.
*1987 in video gaming — Dungeon Master is released by FTL Games. Sega Master System is released in Japan.
*1986 in video gaming — The Legend of Zelda is released by Nintendo (in Japan). Enix releases Dragon Quest in Japan. Sega Master System is released in the US. Atari Corp. releases the Atari 7800.
*1985 in video gaming — The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in the United States. Alexey Pajitnov creates the "Tetris" video game in the USSR. Commodore International releases the Amiga 1000, and Atari Corp. releases the 520ST personal computer.
*1984 in video gaming — Sierra On-Line releases King's Quest. Acornsoft releases Elite.
*1983 in video gaming — The Video game crash of 1983 occurs. The Nintendo Family Computer, the Japanese version of the Nintendo NES, is released in Japan. Origin Systems publishes "" by Richard Garriott, better known as Lord British.
*1982 in video gaming — Atari Inc. releases "E.T.", one of the most infamous commercial failures in video game history, for the Atari 2600. It also releases the Atari 5200. Commodore Business Machines releases the Commodore 64. Sinclair Research releases the ZX Spectrum microcomputer. Coleco releases the ColecoVision home console.
*1981 in video gaming — Nintendo releases "Donkey Kong". Namco releases Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga. Richard Garriot releases Ultima I. Sir-Tech releases Wizardry I.
*1980 in video gaming — Infocom releases Zork I. Williams Electronics releases Defender. Namco releases Pac-Man.

1970s

*1979 in video gaming — Mattel Electronics releases the Intellivision. The Golden Age of Arcade Games begins around this time. Namco releases Galaxian. Atari Inc. releases the "Lunar Lander" and Ed Logg & Lyle Rains' "Asteroids" arcade games. Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw create the first MUD. ( [http://www.iol.ie/~ecarroll/mud/mudhistory.html] )
*1978 in video gaming — Taito releases "Space Invaders".
*1977 in video gaming — The Atari 2600, the first cartridge-based home video game system, is released under the name Atari VCS. Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling, the future founders of Infocom, develop the first version of "Zork" on a PDP-10 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science.

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*1976 in video gaming — Don Woods extends Colossal Cave Adventure.
*1975 in video gaming — dnd is written (possibly in 1974 instead), William Crowther writes Colossal Cave Adventure. Don Daglow writes Dungeon (possibly in 1976 instead).
*1974 in video gaming — Rusty Rutherford develops pedit5.
*1973 in video gaming
*1972 in video gaming — Atari Inc. releases "Pong".
*1971 in video gaming — Nutting Associates releases Computer Space, a coin-operated remake of Spacewar!.

ee also

*History of computer and video games

References