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Ralph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was an American inventor, game developer, and engineer.. Baer's Jewish family fled Germany just before World War II and Baer served the American war effort, gaining an interest in electronics shortly thereafter.
This is a list of video game franchises, organized alphabetically. All entries include multiple video games, not counting ports or altered re-releases. All entries include multiple video games, not counting ports or altered re-releases.
101 Video Games To Play Before You Grow Up (ISBN 978-1-6332-2385-1) is a children's book by Ben Bertoli featuring 101 video game series worth playing as a child. It includes a synopsis of each series, interesting trivia, and a section for readers to make notes on their favorite games or levels.
The series began in late 1997 when Humongous Entertainment, owned by GT Interactive, created the first game in the franchise: Backyard Baseball. [3] Later, GT Interactive was purchased by Infogrames and was renamed as Infogrames, Inc. [4] Infogrames allowed Humongous Entertainment to expand the series, and Humongous later developed more titles such as Backyard Soccer, Backyard Football ...
Originally a computer indie game made using Java, it has since been ported to game consoles and mobile devices. It was bought by Microsoft Studios in November 2014. It is the most successful video game franchise to originate in Sweden and the single best-selling game of all time. FIFA: December 15, 1993: 325 million [52]
The modern video game industry grew out of the concurrent development of the first arcade video game and the first home video game console in the early 1970s in the United States. The arcade video game industry grew out of the pre-existing arcade game industry, which was previously dominated by electro-mechanical games (EM games).
Konami Game Collection 2 (Boxing, Tennis, Video Hustler, Hyper Olympic 1, Hyper Sports 2) Konami Game Collection 3 (TwinBee, Super Cobra, Sky Jaguar, Time Pilot, Nemesis) Konami Game Collection 4 (Soccer, Ping-Pong, Golf, Hyper Olympic 2, Hyper Sports 3) 1989. Konami Game Collection Extra; 1990. Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
The first generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 to 1983. The first console of this generation was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. [1] The last new console release of the generation was most likely the Compu-Vision 440 by radio manufacturer Bentley in 1983, [2] though other systems were also released in that year.