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1981

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https://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline

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Video game arcades reach their heyday as home consoles-led by Nintendo-begin to take sway.

Click and drag to scroll through the timeline.

Video game arcades reach their heyday as home consoles-led by Nintendo-begin to take sway.

Click and drag to scroll through the timeline.

1980

A missing slice of pizza inspires Namco's Toru Iwatani to create Pac-Man, which goes on sale in July 1980. That year a version of Pac-Man for Atari 2600 becomes the first arcade hit to appear on a home console. Two years later, Ms. Pac-Man strikes a blow for gender equality by becoming the best-selling arcade game of all time.

1981

Video game fans go ape over Nintendo's Donkey Kong, featuring a character that would become world-famous: Jumpman. Never heard of him? That's because he's better known as Mario-the name he took when his creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, makes him the star of a later game by Nintendo.

1985

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) revives an ailing United States video game industry two years after the Nintendo Corporation released it in Japan as Famicom.

1987

It's a good year for fantasy Role Playing Games, as Shigeru Miyamoto creates Legend of Zelda, SSI wins the video game license for Dungeons and Dragons, and Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry gives players a different kind of adult role playing game.

1989

Nintendo's Game Boy popularizes handheld gaming. Game Boy is not the first handheld system with interchangeable cartridges-Milton Bradley introduced Microvision 10 years earlier-but it charms users with its good game play, ease of use, and long battery life.

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Video Game History Timeline - The Strong National Museum of Play

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Video game arcades reach their heyday as home consoles-led by Nintendo-begin to take sway. Click and drag to scroll through the timeline. Video game arcades reach their heyday as home consoles-led by Nintendo-begin to take sway. Click and drag to scroll through the timeline.

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Hopscotch

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Monopoly

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1972