
1980 in games – Pac-Man, Missile Command, Battlezone, Rubik's Cube, Phoenix, Rally-X, Crazy Climber, Moon Cresta, Rip Off, Wizard of Wor, Mystery House, Space Panic, Stratovox, Zork, Adventure, Olympic Decathlon, Berzerk, Fishing Derby, Dodge 'Em, Boxing, Rogue, Warlords, Polaris Intellivision is launched. 1979 in games – Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Galaxian, Head On, Monaco GP, Star Raiders, Football, Heiankyo Alien, Sheriff, Warrior, Tail Gunner, Radar Scope, Temple of Apshai, Akalabeth: World of Doom, Trivial Pursuit, Guess Who?. 1978 in games – Space Invaders, Gee Bee, Frogs, Top Trumps, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Simon. 1977 in games – Combat, Air-Sea Battle, Canyon Bomber Atari 2600 is launched.
1976 in games – Breakout, Night Driver, Sprint 2, Blockade, Whac-A-Mole. 1974 in games – Connect Four, Dungeons & Dragons. It also saw the appearance of the earliest, simple video games, and the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. This decade saw the board wargame gain a level of popularity.
1960s in games – Twister, Spacewar!, KerPlunk, Trouble, Operation, Battleship Sega is launched.1950s in games – Tactics, Risk, Yahtzee, The first ever video games are developed ( Tennis for Two, Nimrod and Bertie the Brain).1920s in games – Escalado Henry and Helal Hassenfeld found the Hassenfeld Brothers company (1923), later shortened to the name Hasbro (1968).19th century in games – Snakes and Ladders, Sudoku, Ouija Nintendo is launched.17th century in games – Hangman, Jeu Royal de la Guerre.16th century in games – Bingo (UK game).15th century in games – Trick-taking game.
Games in ancient times – Royal Game of Ur, Senet, Tic-tac-toe, Rock paper scissors. The following pages are dedicated to important moments and events in the gaming industry, in their respective years.