Key dates in the history of computer games.
1 Jan dates – means we are still updating the actual day/month for the launch.
| Date (Day, Month, Year) | Machine / Game | Event Details |
| 29 Nov 1972 | Pong | Atari Releases Pong |
| 1 Jan 1977 | Atari 2600 | Launch of Atari 2600 |
| 1 Jan 1978 | Space Invaders | Taito Launches Space Invaders |
| 1 Jul 1980 | Pac Man | Launch of Pac Man |
| 1 Jan 1981 | Donkey Kong | |
| 1 Jan 1981 | ZX81 | |
| 1 Jan 1982 | Tron | |
| 1 Jan 1984 | Tetris | |
| 1 Jan 1985 | The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | |
| 1 Jan 1987 | Legend of Zelda | |
| 1 Jan 1989 | Nintendo Game Boy | |
| 1 Jan 1991 | Sonic The Hedgehog | |
| 1 Jan 1993 | Sinclair ZX Spectrum | |
| 1 Jan 1994 | Warcraft | |
| 4 Dec 1994 | PlayStation 1 Launch | Sony Launches the Playstation. The most famous games console on the planet was born. The first playstation was launched in Japan on Dec 4th 1994. |
| 1 Jan 1995 | Playstation 1 launch in US | |
| 1 Jan 1996 | Nintendo 64 | |
| 1 Jan 1996 | Tomb raider | |
| 1 Jan 2000 | Playstation 2 Launch | |
| 1 Jan 2001 | XBOX Launches |
