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Time to Make History !

Welcome to the DGC Library !
Here, you'll find informations about Video Game History !
How did we go from Tennis for Two or Pong,
to Horizon or The Last of Us you may ask ?
Well, let's see !
(The articles will mainly focus on the US & JP Market.)

⚠️ Warning ⚠️
This section requires a lot of work,
Some elements are "Under Construction".

We will try with the DGC to give you the most essential informations to understand the overall history of video games in an interesting and fun way but keep in mind these subjects are REALLY huge, we just can't go on full details with everyhting. (and other sites already do this job far better then us)
Each articles will have a lot of ressources at the end if you want more informations so don't hesitate and be curious, go see above the DGC !

Early Generation
(1950 - 1970)

What is a video game anyway ?
OXO, Tennis for Two, Spacewar!..
Discover the early stages and how everything started !

The Beginning of Gaming ?
(1971 - 1977)

Computer Space, Pong, The Magnavox Odyssey, Fairchild Channel F..
Video Games aren't novelties anymore, you can make money out of it !
But the market is over saturated with Pong clones..
Well, time for the first and forgotten Video Game Crash !

Japan Invasion
(1978 - 1982)

People are tired of Pong and while the Atari 2600 is here,
will it be sufficient to rekindle the flame ?
Huh, what is it ?
Is it UFO ?! Wait watch out !
It's Space Invaders, from Japan !
Alongside, Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Galaxian, Frogger and many more !

The Final Crash
(1983~)

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The market is again saturated by video games.
Some of them are good, but the vast majority are in reality, really bad.
Everything is rushed, nothing evolve in a good way and people starts to be less interested by them, leading to the well known "Big Crash" of Video Games..

The True Revival
(1983 - 1987)

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Welcome to the 8-Bit Era of Video Game Consoles !

Be careful Kiddos, Nintendo is coming to town !
Who will have the courage to stop them ?

The Power Of Arcade Machines

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Who said everything was on gaming consoles now ?
If you want the last gen experience and high fidelity graphics, it's on the arcade baby !

Capcom, SNK, Konami, Namco, Taito, SEGA, Cave, Data East and many more..

Discover a defining era during the 80's & 90's where a lot of japanese studios crushed the market with new genre of games, beautiful pixel art and delicious soundtrack !