1985- Russian programmer Alexey Prajitnov writes the famous game Tetris, which is based on another Russian puzzle game, Pentominos.
1986- The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) is released in the U.S. The 8 bit graphics and great sound make the NES a critical hit for Nintendo.
1989- One of the first of a line of many sim games is released by Will Wright. That game is Sim City, a game where you create and run a city.
1990- After seeing the success of the Sega Genesis's 16 bit graphics, Nintendo striked back with the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertaiment System). It does well, but the Genesis's CPU is faster.
1991- The first game in the strategy series Civilization is released and designed by Canadian designer Sid Meier.
1991- The second Street Fighter is released to critical acclaim for it's smooth animations and quick, complicated controls and helps to further popularize the fighting game genre.
1992- An extremely controversial fighting game, Mortal Combat is released. While very popular, it was controversial for it's use of digitalized actors and gory fighting moves.
1993- The release of Mortal Combat and games of that nature such as Doom resulted in a senate investigation, with the help of senators Joe Lieberman and Herb Kohl.
Well, that was an interesting few years. What happens next? Come back next time to find out.
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