This is a really nice list portraying the popular titles of the those years. Since the popular titles were typically the ones to "break the mold" in some way, it's a good way of also showing neat milestones in gaming.
I saw you mentioned in a few comments that your knowledge only goes so far. If you haven't looked into them, I've put a few things in a list below since you seem interested in this kind of stuff. I'm happy to give you a tldr or more dates to look up if you want but since you seem interested in the research and details, you might enjoy these reads.
1940 Nim
1958 Tennis for Two
1983 Video Game Crash
1985 Nintendo's R.O.B. and its affect on the game industry after the crash
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This is a really nice list portraying the popular titles of the those years. Since the popular titles were typically the ones to "break the mold" in some way, it's a good way of also showing neat milestones in gaming.
I saw you mentioned in a few comments that your knowledge only goes so far. If you haven't looked into them, I've put a few things in a list below since you seem interested in this kind of stuff. I'm happy to give you a tldr or more dates to look up if you want but since you seem interested in the research and details, you might enjoy these reads.
1940 Nim
1958 Tennis for Two
1983 Video Game Crash
1985 Nintendo's R.O.B. and its affect on the game industry after the crash
1992 Nintendo vs Sony
1993 Mortal Kombat and Night Trap, ESBR
1999 Sega Dreamcast and online play