Timeline: The evolution of video games

Games are important in developing skills and intelligence in young people, but that does not mean that young people and older people do not play, but for every age of their games.

Video games or computer is nothing new. It is almost dated back to 1966, when German-born engineer Ralph Baer and his co-workers put together the first video game on regular television. They created it in 1967 and called it "brown box" They invented a toy gun that works with them.

The most prominent games that emerged at the time were the simple tennis game "Pong", which appeared in 1972, and achieved tremendous commercial success at the time.

The second generation of video games began in 1977, when Nintendo introduced the Color TV Game 6 and included six games, including the famous Pong game.

A year later, new games became popular, such as Space Invaders, Space Wars, and PG, followed by other games such as Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Monaco Grand Prix and Flight Simulator, The evolution so far is probably the game of Pac-Man.

The third generation began in 1983, when Nintendo introduced the computer-based Nintendo Entertainment System, which sold 62 million devices. At that time, games such as Dragon Buster, Turtle's, Balloon Fite, Gontlet, 1942 and Piper Boy appeared.

In 1985, Super Mario appeared. In its first year of sales, it reached 10 million copies, and it remained the most famous game, selling up to 40 million copies by 2008.

The fourth generation of games was introduced between 1988 and 1991. In this period, 3 gaming devices were launched: Sega Genesis, 29 million units sold, Game Boy sold 118 million units, and Nintendo Supercomac sold 49 million units.

These devices included updates on previous games such as Super Mario World and new ones, and other games such as Rod Rush, the second part of Street Fighter, Sonic and Tecmo Super Bowl.

The fifth generation in the development of games and devices continued from 1993 to 1999, the most prominent of which is the entry of Sony on line and put the Playstation, which sold 125 million units, and games that appeared this year, "Sega Saturn" and "New GeoD "And" Sega 32 Kay ".

In 1996, Nintendo introduced the N64 and sold 33 million devices, including Games Eiffel and Crash Bandicot. The company introduced the Game Boy Color in 1998 and included games such as Mittal Non Solid, And "Zenoggers".

The sixth generation saw the entry of the giant American software, "Microsoft" the world of gaming devices launched in 2001 the "Xbox", and in 2005 introduced its second "Xbox 360", while Sony introduced "Playstation 3" in 2006, and joined by Nintendo Wii "In the same year, but after 3 days specifically.