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Coin-op Arcade Machines

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1971 Galaxy and COmputer space Building arcade cabinets by hand made videogame profitable that decade arcade boom created epic dawn of electronic entertainment

Home Consoles

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build money purchases cartridges

Mature Games

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Shifted in 90s, adult themes, expanded market ESRB established in 1994 Mortal Kombat and Doom

Gameboy

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First truly made handhle dgaming worth pursueing lengthy battle life Tetris took off with adults as well large library

3D Games

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Wolfenstein, Starfox, Virtua Racing, challenge Playstation and Saturn, Battle Oshenda, Warhawks, Jumpingflash, crash bandicoot, tombracer Super Mario 64 showed how to navigater 3d space for foreseeable future, 2 years laid groundwork still riding wake of 3d revelotion

Analog Stick

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Space World 1995 N64, Ocarina of Time, Mario 64 Crucial to the growth of all 3D gaming

Optical Media

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release of Playstation, FMV cutscenes huge soundtracks, huge paradigm shift digital distribution way of future, blue ray current king, impact of optical media cannot be understated

Online Gaming

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Maze Wars, archaic novelty Most enduring games in modern gaming built around online network social aspect also significant, some games nothing more than glorified chat rooms

Xbox Live

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Creating online community interact express watch listen, friendslist, acheivments, party system, avatars,

Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii

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new ways to interact, broaden scope of consumers far more then anyone predicted, assesible control style, led to imitation by Microsoft's Kinect and Playstations move