1889 - Pre-History
- Fusajiro Yamauchi pom Nintendo Koppai - ib lub tuam txhab Japanese ua si daim card. Tom qab ntawd lawv poob "Koppai" los ntawm lub npe thiab ua tsuas yog hu ua Nintendo .
Xyoo 1917
- Cov kwv tij Edwin Pridham thiab Peter L. Jensen tsim lub tuam txhab Magnavox , lub npe hu ua tom qab lawv lub suab nrov-coil loudspeaker invention.
1936
- Jukebox Chaw tsim tshuaj paus Seeburg Corporation qhia tawm rau Seeburg Ray-O-Lite , qhov kev ua si txhua qhov uas cov neeg uas ua ntawv tua ntawm tus txav dawm, thov lub npe ntawm thawj qhov kev ua si nrog ib lub teeb phom.
1947 - Lub hnub nyoog ntawm Discovery
- Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. thiab Estle Ray Mann tsim thawj qhov kev ua si. Siv lub cathode txoj kab tshav raj tso lawv simulate tua hluav taws tua ntawm lub phiaj xwm uas muab tso rau ntawm ib qho screen overlay.
1952
- Rau nws thesis ntawm tib neeg rau hauv computer kev sib raug zoo, Alexander Sandy Douglas tsim thawj grpahics raws computer kev ua si, ntxiv rau hauv av hauv artificial txawj ntse nrog nws kev ua si OXO (aka Noughts thiab Crosses) . Siv lub tshuab EDSAC lub tshuab nqus tsev, txoj cai sau rau ntawm cov ntawv xov xwm tua (punch cards) thiab cathode txoj kab hluav taws los tso saib cov duab, qhov kev ua si cia cov players sib tw nrog lub koos pij tawj ntawm Tic-Tac-Toe .
1954
- Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Kev Ua Si (SEGA) tau tsim thiab pib importing pinball cav toob rau Nyiv.
1958
- Raws li kev ua yeeb yam rau tus kws qhua lub hnub ntawm Brookhaven National Laboratory, lub taub hau ntawm Kev Ntsuas, Willy Higinbotham, tsim Tennis rau Ob, ob tug neeg uas tuaj koom kev sib tw nrog lub pob (lub npas) uas tau thim rov qab rau hauv ib kab (net) . Txhua tus neeg uas ua ntawv siv lub pob qhov rooj thiab khawm kom ua hauj lwm rau lub npas thiab kho li cas ntawm qhov ntaus nws. Cov khoom siv xa lus xa mus rau ib lub koos pij tawj kom ua raws li lub cim hluav taws xob theem zoo rau lub oscilloscope. Lub vev xaib qhia rau lub tshuab lub kaum sab xis kom lub pob tawm mus.
Ntaus pob tesniv rau ob yog feem ntau muab tso tawm ua thawj zaug hauv kev ua si yees duab, vim nws yog thawj tug ua rau pej xeem saib.
- Midway Manufacturing Company qhib cov qhov rooj los tsim kev lom zem khoom.
1961-1962
- MIT computer technicians, Stephen "Slug" Russell, Martin "Shag" Graetz, Wayne Witen thiab lwm tus neeg tsim khoom tsim muaj Spacewar! raws li lub demo rau PDP-1 tshiab (Programmed Data Processor-1) lub computer. Cov neeg ua si hauv tib neeg ua si muaj ob lub npe hu ua "npoo" thiab "cwj mem" uas ya ncig ntawm firing torpedoes ntawm ib leeg. Qhov kev ua si kuj nta tom qab ntawm cov hnub qub thiab lub hyperdrive uas zaps koj lub nkoj mus rau lwm qhov ntawm qhov screen. Kev tsoo ntawm lub computer lab, qhov kev ua si tsis ntev tom ntej nrog cov qauv qauv ntawm PDP lub computer los ua ib qho kev sib tw. Xib fwb coj Stephen tau txais lub npe hu ua "slug" los ntawm nws tus cwj pwm ua haujlwm, thiab nws yuav siv sij hawm ob xyoos los tsim qhov kev ua si.
1966-1967
- Tus kws lij choj ua lag luam Sanders Associates tus neeg ua haujlwm Ralph Baer invents kev ua si video los tso tawm rau ntawm ib qho screen TV. Qhov kev ua si nws tus kheej muaj ob qho kev sib tw sib. Nrog kev xaav los tsim cov cuabyeej raws li kev cobphum rau kev ua tub rog, tsoomfwv tseem niaj hnub tuaj yeem pab nyiaj rau txoj haujlwm nrog rau daim npav sab saum toj daim npav Box Brown Project . Baer thiab nws pawg neeg kuj tsim kom muaj kev ntaus pob tesniv rau Brown Box.
Ralph Baer mus rau kev tsim ntau cov kev nrhav hauv kev sib tw hauv tsev video game console as well as txua lub cim kev ua si hauv Xim Simon.
Xyoo 1969
- Rick Blomme twv txiaj hauv online gaming thaum nws tau txais kev pab cuam ntawm ob tug neeg ua si version of Spacewar! rau PLATO, thawj tus neeg siv computer lub sij hawm sib koom ua ke uas yog los ntawm yawm txiv ntawm lub computer network thiab hauv internet. Dhau ntawm PLATO system ob tug neeg tuaj yeem sib tw nyob rau hauv Spacewar! los ntawm cais cov tshuab computer.
- Bally Technologies, Inc. ib lub tuam txhab uas tsim cov khoom twv txiaj ua si xws li cov cav ntoo, cov khoom siv Midway. Lub tuam txhab yuav tau hloov lawv lub npe mus rau Bally-Midway.