gaming-history

In 1985, Super Mario Bros almost single-handedly revived the video game industry after its 1983 crash. The game's innovation and quality became the template for the entire industry.

Four decades after its 1984 release, Tetris remains the gold standard of game design. Simple rules, infinite complexity, and addictive gameplay made it history's best-selling game.

Video games went from a blinking dot on a screen in 1972 to a $200 billion industry in 50 years. The history is a story of technology, creative leaps, market crashes, and the democratisation of interactive entertainment into the world's largest cultural medium.