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title: "History of gaming industry"  
description: "A short explanation of the history of gaming and how it evolved"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-20  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2569/history-of-gaming-industry  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["facts", "history", "invention", "general knowledge", "gaming"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# History of gaming industry

![History of gaming industry](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/30989cc6-fa84-4666-8c42-64733bf66551/images/4e0cb5c7-7427-4e09-b44d-dda197f00ac5.jpeg) ![History of gaming industry](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/30989cc6-fa84-4666-8c42-64733bf66551/images/5acdf8e4-00df-4ddf-8bf2-3098feac1457.jpeg) The gaming industry dates back to the early 1950s, when computer scientists began developing basic games for minicomputers and mainframes. ![History of gaming industry](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/30989cc6-fa84-4666-8c42-64733bf66551/images/a5715f8f-1ccf-4115-b301-1190545f5f90.jpeg) Spacewar, created in 1962 by MIT student hobbyists, was one of the earliest such games. ![History of gaming industry](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/30989cc6-fa84-4666-8c42-64733bf66551/images/758f7cb8-3d15-4ab2-8b82-608d0c64a5fb.jpeg) The video game industry enjoyed its first big boom in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ![History of gaming industry](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/30989cc6-fa84-4666-8c42-64733bf66551/images/f5746752-0c20-407c-ad26-22cd6cc3939e.jpeg) Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Super Mario Bros. were among the most popular games of this era. ![History of gaming industry](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/30989cc6-fa84-4666-8c42-64733bf66551/images/f5746752-0c20-407c-ad26-22cd6cc3939e.jpeg) In the 2000s and 2010s, the industry expanded and evolved. Mobile and online gaming growth has also had a huge impact on the industry.

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