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Pixels and Progress
Founders Resign to Create Activision
Release of Avatar on PLATO System
Release of Magnavox Odyssey 2
Development of Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)
Impact of Space Invaders on Arcade Gaming
Atari VCS Development and Cartridge Introduction
Arrival of the 1977 Trinity
Zork's Journey and Infocom's Revival
Commercial Release of Microchess in 1976
Release of Fairchild Channel F
Creation of Colossal Cave Adventure
Instrument Launches Pong-on-a-Chip LSI
Magnavox Odyssey 100 and 200 Released
Atari Enters Consumer Market with Home Pong
Founding of Creative Computing Magazine
Japanese Companies Develop Novel Games
Release of UNIX Operating System
Pong's Introduction and Clones in Japan
First Commercial Home Console Revolutionizes Gaming
First Arcade Video Game Computer Space
Widespread Adoption of Programming Languages
Emergence of Handheld Electronic Games
Sega's EM Game Periscope Released
Ralph Baer's Entertainment Device Concept
Origins of Early Video Game Spacewar
Tennis for Two at Brookhaven
Early Computer Games: Tic Tac Toe and Nim
Bertie the Brain, First Arcade Game
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