The Complete History Of Gaming

[@savage751]

36:36 that guy seeing the camera and then hiding his face 😂 that's an adult man buying a Barbie doll for himself right there lol

[@6Pc.ChickenMcnobody]

I'm so glad you made this. Excellent editing work. Funny and informative script. A new high bar for Team Triple Jump.

[@M00SHTY]

Wow, I wasnt expecting this. this is so cool

[@JB2FROSTY]

Other KZbinrs have been making this same video for years

[@brysonjack4866]

Hey! Well done, Ben and Team TJ! I really appreciate these long form videos! If this doesn't get at least 300K likes, I'll be bummed.

[@Chris-nw6ws]

Your gonna get bummed

[@ryanohara8938]

Oh yeah, here we go... long video time! I've never made a long video but I have watched them before so I'm going to give this everything I've got.

[@frankbrodie5168]

I was down visiting my sister last week. And the brother in law had an actual Atari 2600 sitting under the TV. And he popped Pacman on for a few minutes to demonstrate it. I still play many many older games. I pointed out to him that during the month of July I've definitely played arcade Pacman, Mrs. Pacman and Pacman Jr on emulator. (because we were discussing the differing level layouts of the Pacman games.) Fantastic video guys. Enjoying it immensely.

[@mario-mario822]

34:44 😂I love how the Nintendo prototype shape looks like a ps4 slim with the strip and all.🤔This is the most badass video you ever made 😁

[@TheSweetcornminer]

That was a truly masterful video, amazing work Ben, Kat and anyone else who worked on this. Also, whomever came up with the AO Lets go gag, thanks for the spit-take!

[@ThomasMikkelsenEverStoned77]

Relatively new to this channel but like what you're doing especially these longer videos & anything about the history of gaming, franchises or anything between always peek my interests so keep it up guys 😁👍

[@Djordje_Jovanovic]

For the "entire" history video there are a lot of important events missing. Like: Late 70's-Early 80's: The rise of arcade gaming. 1984-1992: 7800, Lynx & the decline of Atari. Mid 80's: The rise of home computers market. Early-Late 90's: Fighting games boom. 1993-1996: Jaguar & the fall of Atari. 1995: Sega Saturn's botched marketing & release in USA. Late 90's-Early 00's: The decline & fall of arcade gaming. 2000. John Romero's Daikatana is released. The game ruins the reputation & career of John Romero, 1 of the biggest gaming superstars of the 90's. Early-late 00's: Xtreme sports games boom. 2007: Ubisoft announces Beyond Good & Evil 2. As of 2024, the game is still not released, making it the title with longest development time (17+ years), suppressing previous record holder: Duke Nukem: Forever (15 years). 2016: Gamergate. 2018: GTAV suppresses 100 mil. copies sold. 2019-Present: DEI/ESG in AAA gaming. 2020: PS2 suppresses 155 mil. units sold & becomes best selling video game console of all time.

[@coemcoem7070]

Also Lack of citations I will try to find this comment again when I notice other missing things further into the video

[@pablogracia8247]

As always, great content, fruit no doubt of extremely detailed research as well as insightful and fun commentary. TripleJump are just the best. Thank you

[@notjustklownin9506]

Born in 86', grew up in the 90's, was a teen in 99', I'm glad I got to live through the early years of online console gaming, Mechassault was my go to as a teen, then I got to experience first hand the 360/PS3 era, those were my favorite times to game, especially playing halo with my brother and two friends online, FFXI online was amazing, back when you could talk trash without worrying about getting suspended.

[@canag0d]

Legend has it that Super Mario was just a clone of “nim”. Miyamoto was a thief and a hack! @2:00

[@MarylandBF]

I love watching you guys! I am related to Condon so I was super shocked to see you guys talking about the Nimatron!

[@drgonzo123]

I really do love these bespoke videos. Keep them coming!

[@tychodragon]

Video games have been my life, grew from playing the NES 24/7 as a kid to playing games for 16 hours straight as an adult. Could not image a world without video worlds. and to think we exist in a time when 99.999% of humans to ever exist never got to experience this technology or imagine worlds like we do today...

[@francoalmiron5107]

Great video you guys, also looking forward for your game!

[@ladydrace]

What a wonderful video! Great job! :D

[@CBlade0]

This is awesome! Well done and an incredible amount of work put in!

[@mudachaproductions]

No mention of the arcade gaming boom of late 70's/early 80's? Space Invaders? Pac Man? Feels like a glaring omission, especially since time was given to a Chess computer.

[@lamontyaboy718]

Seems like this was meant to be more about home video game consoles but I do agree any discussion talking about the history of video games should mention all the most important early arcade games since they no doubt had a major influence on the console games that came later on.

[@kermitthepog7063]

Flipping love a video essay so I do

[@n28utd]

Great work team triple jump, this must have taken some huge effort from all of you 👍

[@Mistahhuntah]

The video I've been waiting for.

[@Extinguisher10]

YES! There's our Simon "cameo"!! Keep up the great work

[@Extinguisher10]

Holy cow; a trilogy of Simon "cameos"!!

[@rayceeya8659]

There were more ET cartridges than Atari consoles. I have no idea what they were thinking.

[@Zuickathedestroyer7770]

Nice, great video!

[@ShowdeQuetzal]

I can hear Ben talk about videogames all day

[@josephferrel3413]

Good job on the video. I appreciate it very much.

[@paulbillows123]

Another fine vid. Great stuff

[@Pegfoxx]

I thank video games for helping me deal with people around me. I am a woman that is diagnosed with psychopathy. Basically I don't show empathy towards other people and I can be quite nasty sometimes without realizing it. However my Doctor at the time (a big thank you to Dr Rasheed) Introduced me to video games, and it stopped me attacking other people. I would put all my negative energy into killing baddies in games instead of hurting others. So again thank you Dr Rasheed & Nintendo.

[@jjayala]

My first "console" was a Sega game gear. Today I'm waiting for my retroid pocket 4 pro to arrive. Crazy times.

[@socialistprofessor3206]

I always have to comment when younger people talk about E.T. on the 2600. Although I can only speak anecdotally, many of us who were there had a blast with it. You have to remember, it was a different world back then. Couch co-op was what it was about and this was a great game to speed through and compete for time with your brothers.😅

[@kevinknasel4726]

by gosh, they did it!

[@MrBeardsley]

Technically Atari buried all those cartridges for a tax write-off, not out of shame. US tax laws allow companies to write off unsellable merchandise, but for it to be considered “unsellable” it has to be rendered unusable. Those laws were intended for merchandise that gets ruined before it can be sold, but they’re written so that a company can basically take any unsold merchandise and destroy it or dump it in a landfill.

[@Gemmasis]

It’s truly amazing how the Industry has evolved over the years. Not only that, but for gamers across the globe to be able to interact with others. I remember when my mum bought me my first ever PlayStation. I was thrilled and couldn’t wait to play the games that came included into the bundle. I had always been intrigued by games, but it was through my dear mother I became a gamer. But of course, there had to be a downside! I was constantly laughed at not just by other boys because I played video games, but even my own father said that, “Gaming is for boys, not stupid girls like you!” The general sexism towards female gamers was off putting to most, but I refused to give in. Years later I’m proud to say that that more and more female gamers are now starting to rise, and I for one will always be gamer for all my days!

[@darkfyraproductions7958]

was really not expecting this

[@zhanewithah7462]

other mightve done this video before but you did a good job highlighting the history pre pong which isnt often done also imo the first REAL video game is space invaders

[@freshguy-w8m]

Great video guys.

[@MicIsMyNick135]

Let's take a minute and praise these bunch of awesome nerds who were ahead of thair time and build the cornerstone of our all most favourite hobby! 🤘😎

[@MrBeardsley]

8:52 Please refrain from tasting the knob.

[@MrBeardsley]

Lots of people in the comments seem upset they didn’t talk about home computers like the Commodore 64 and breezed past would-be Atari 2600 competitors like the Intellivision, and I have to ask: What did you expect from a 90-minute overview of 50-plus years of history? If they were gonna cover every aspect of interactive digital media’s history, 90 minutes wouldn’t be enough to get through the 1970s.

[@MaxMcClure-r2y]

They kinda shot themselves in the foot by calling it the entire history of video games. I think it would've been better if this was a series of multiple videos released over a few months. But as is it is a nice enough concise video about the history of video gaming.

[@opera707]

This reminds me of a much longer, neverknowsbest video for some odd reason

[@bcarden133]

Probably because that's a much better video 🤔

[@darkfyraproductions7958]

for Atari the best way to get specific infos is atari 50

[@tehabi]

You guys skipped over the invention of the cartridge. The first console to use cartridges is the long forgotten Channel F and were invented by a man named Jerry Lawson.

[@willm5684]

Love it!

[@S_raB]

If you push the button & turn to knob simultaneously, is it an automatic concurrent dopamine dump?

[@bigtigerandlion]

16:52 pong

[@BriannaBow]

Hi everybody!!! How are you!!!!!

[@BriannaBow]

@@Boogie_the_cat I love cats 😻😻😻

[@glengreer9614]

Sick at home with COVID. Good thing my frens at TripleJump dropped this massive video!

[@guillepankeke2844]

"Entire story" my a! When the "Video Game Crisis" was happenning people were selling home computers. All this video has described, AS ALWAYS, is the home console history of games. Nothing about the HOME COMPUTER HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES! What is that about? there were no game developers like the guy who invented Tetris, that come from that background? is the history of video games the history of how to become rich with them, or we should include the GAME DEVELOPERS?

[@darkfyraproductions7958]

no indies either or resurgence of retro gaming especially via the collections released over the time

[@egementanik2170]

Exactly. Lots of missing points.

[@Feelthefelt]

Can someone give me a timestamp for when they talk about Bubsy.

[@Highretrogamelord]

Nothing about the Commodore 64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, etc.? You would think that that a British channel would feature them...

[@hayden7525]

So are more home computer than game console

[@Highretrogamelord]

@@hayden7525 Yeah, and? Home computers were also part of video gaming.

[@CHR1597]

The computer scene definitely deserved a mention, if only to say that it wasn't until the 90s that consoles took off at all in Europe, but I think the idea was to trace a line through history to where the industry is today. With all the respect to the microcomputers of the 80s, they kind of represent an evolutionary dead end when looking at games today.

[@messystudios8505]

Thr video should have been called the history of gaming consoles.

[@drgonzo123]

@@CHR1597I agree with you, they just wanted to show the crazy progress of how we got here, not make a full blown documentary. You can’t please everyone though. lol

[@frumiousgaming]

Strachey isn’t pronounced like itchy and scratchy 😅 it’s like achey (achey strachey heart)

[@SergKhrypun]

Where's all the new info from lol, I've thought I knew everything.

[@tonybarnes2920]

90 min video for the ENTIRE history of videogames. I'm sure this will cover EVERYTHING. I'm sure I'll be featured a few times, too. Wait, No?! Under-researched wikipedia rumor fodder you say? Right... that's what I thought.

[@chug4083]

I thougnt Microsoft made Operating systems, not actual PCs

[@aliensweathands]

👽

[@oscarx-ray3545]

🎮🎮⌚⌚

[@PeterDahu]

Good video but at the end, I disagree that only Sony and Microsoft are fighting for game supremacy while Nintendo just sits there. Nintendo is the king. Valve even tried to compete with Steam Deck.

[@repomanzilla]

HUGE STORY Xbox 360 marketplace is shut down and not working. Just got off phone with Microsoft and they have no eta for the fix and no plans to extend the deadline. So as of right now you can’t buy games via your Xbox 360 console or from online via browser on computer or anything. 😅….they have massively dropped the ball on this

[@koldking]

HYPPEEE

[@Extinguisher10]

I love E-Sports, but it's not real sports. Just like Golf

[@dmurphy55]

Game Historian here. I'm not sure where you got your sources, but there isn't a single historian worth their salt that considers Strachey's Draughts or Oxo a video game. Both are examples of programs that were designed to be technical demos first and games second and there are far too many examples of programs being used for this purpose to grant any of them a special status in the history of video game design.

[@heggy_69]

They look like games to me

[@darkfyraproductions7958]

what about dnd and PLATO stuff considered to be the first RPG as a video game?

[@dmurphy55]

@@heggy_69 Lots of mainframe tech demos were games - there jus not video games because mainframes did not use video display technology- the only reason Strachey is mentioned at all is because he was a famous computer scientist whose work was archived -

[@dmurphy55]

@@darkfyraproductions7958 good question - there is basically no such thing as a first "video game" due to technical differences between computer display terminals and the use of video in broadcasting- the term video game is being applied retroactively and improperly

[@dmurphy55]

@@darkfyraproductions7958 Before the plato examples you also have driving and flying simulators that driving and flying games are direct descenedents of

[@amithibsh9226]

Bit of a misleading title. Its more of a 'recap of console history' than anything else. Didn't feature many console and neglected most of PC's history.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

All professional sports are merely just glorified kid's games, and getting paid what the people get paid to play games is absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary. I see it as an amazing waste of time and money.

[@jsmith3946]

You may like video game but you guy know very little about them considering there are always 1 or two wrong facts in your videos like the video game crash it only effected the home consoles PC gaming was still going strong if Nintendo had not came along there would probably be no home console and the best would of probably be replace with the ZX spectrum or another home computer

[@Highretrogamelord]

Yup, they didn't even say anything about the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum or other major home computers, which is odd given that this is a British YT channel.

[@defacedmusic]

You're literally the 'Ackchyually' Meme guy, it's just a video, chill 😂

[@thelifeofcollinrs6030]

Oh yea out of hundreds of facts 2 make them completely wrong on everything. Also make your own video if you think you can do better

[@jsmith3946]

@@defacedmusic ya but this is suppose to be a fact based video

[@jsmith3946]

@@thelifeofcollinrs6030 weak bait

[@socialistprofessor3206]

Ok, I have to comment again. What is the evidence that E.T. and Pac-Man precipitated the video game crash in the 80s? Everyone says this on KZbin but you have to support that claim. There have been dozens of AAA flops that have not killed the industry so you need more to demonstrate the connection.

[@sanders7368]

The ENTIRE history of gaming... ...in an 88 minute video? 👍👍👍