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The first arcade style video game that took coins was a hand built version of 'SpaceWars' called "The Galaxy Game". It was installed at the student union at Stanford University in September 1971. One one was built.

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either pac-man or space invaders

Atari's Pong and variations of it were what started it all. Then the Space Invaders/Pac Man craze which held on until new vector technology allowed for games like Asteroids and Start Wars. The very first avail game was pretty much what we know as Asteroids but was more complicated and unsuccessful since no one was ready for it, then called computer space

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The very first handheld game machine was 'Mattel Auto Race', which was produced in 1977.

The first handheld console to feature interchangable games, was the Microvision, made in 1979.

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Jacob Huys created the first video game called Tennis for Atari.

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Street fighter 2

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Pacman

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