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1990s
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat was a fighting game built around digitised actor photos rather than hand-drawn sprites, and around Fatalities — finishing moves that killed opponents in graphic ways.…
The history of video games, 1962–1989 — games, hardware, people, and culture
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Explore the history of every major video game genre — from the first arcade machines to the golden age of home computing
From Spacewar! to Space Invaders — the genre that launched a billion-dollar industry
Donkey Kong, Pitfall!, Super Mario Bros. — the jump that changed everything
Ultima, Wizardry, Rogue — character, growth, and the dungeon below
Colossal Cave, Zork, Monkey Island — the birth of interactive storytelling