The 1960s.
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1960
4 events- People
Andrew Braybrook born
Paradroid, Uridium, and the diary that showed how a game was made
- People
Richard Bartle born
Co-author of MUD, and the man who sorted its players into four suits
- Companies & Studios
Sega
An American coin-op business in Japan that became Nintendo's rival
- People
Will Wright born
The designer who made the level editor the game: SimCity, The Sims and Spore
1961
8 events- People
Koji Kondo born
The composer of Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda
- People
Masaya Matsuura born
The pop musician who made PaRappa the Rapper
- People
Richard Garriott born
Lord British, creator of Ultima
- People
Sandy White born
The sculptor who wired microprocessors into his art, then wrote Ant Attack
- People
Scott Miller born
The Texan who sold the rest of the trilogy
- People
Tokuro Fujiwara born
The designer of Ghosts 'n Goblins, and the producer behind Mega Man 2 and Sweet Home
- People
Yoshiki Okamoto born
From Time Pilot to Capcom's boardroom, and on to Monster Strike
- ScienceWorld context
Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbits Earth aboard Vostok 1, winning a major victory in the Space Race and inspiring a generation.
1962
8 events- People
Anita Sinclair born
Co-founder of Magnetic Scrolls, the London house behind The Pawn
- People
Brian Fargo born
Founder of Interplay and inXile
- People
Charles Cecil born
From ZX81 text adventures to Broken Sword
- People
Grant Kirkhope born
The trumpeter who scored Rare's Nintendo 64 games
- People
Hironobu Sakaguchi born
Final Fantasy's creator, and the founder of Mistwalker
- People
Ian Bell born
Co-author of Elite, who later put its source code online
- People
Jeff Minter born
Founder of Llamasoft: Gridrunner, the Mutant Camels, light synthesisers and Tempest 2000
- Techniques
The Game Loop
One frame at a time, fifty or sixty times a second
1963
3 events- People
Eiji Aonuma born
From Ocarina of Time's dungeons to producer of The Legend of Zelda
- People
Hideo Kojima born
The Konami planner who made hiding the point of the game
- PoliticsWorld context
President Kennedy assassinated
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas shocks the world and marks a turning point in American political culture.
1964
11 events- Culture & Community
BASIC Programming Culture
10 PRINT "HELLO"
- People
David Braben born
Co-author of Elite, author of Zarch and Frontier, founder of Frontier Developments
- People
Ed Boon born
From Williams pinball to Mortal Kombat and NetherRealm
- Culture & Community
Educational Gaming
Learning through play
- Companies & Studios
IDG
The Massachusetts computer-magazine giant that owned AmigaWorld and, from Christmas 1994, Amiga Computing
- People
Jordan Mechner born
Karateka, Prince of Persia and The Last Express, traced from film
- Genres
Management Game
Running the club, the airline or the park, through tables and decisions
- People
Manami Matsumae born
From Mega Man to Shovel Knight
- People
Mark Cerny born
From Marble Madness to the PlayStation 5
- People
Ron Gilbert born
Maniac Mansion, SCUMM and Monkey Island, and forty years of games since
- Genres
Simulation Games
Flying, farming, running a club or a city: games that model how something works
1965
15 events- People
Dave Jones born
DMA Design, Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto and Realtime Worlds
- People
David Simons born
The schoolboy who wrote Simons' BASIC
- People
Dino Dini born
The programmer who let the ball run free in Kick Off
- People
Julian Gollop born
From Rebelstar Raiders to X-COM and Phoenix Point
- People
Julian Rignall born
The arcade champion who became a games magazine editor
- People
Keiji Inafune born
Mega Man's artist, and the Capcom producer behind Onimusha and Dead Rising
- People
Louis Castle born
Westwood's co-founder, from a Las Vegas computer shop to Dune II, Blade Runner and Command & Conquer
- People
Manfred Trenz born
The Rainbow Arts artist who wrote Katakis and Turrican
- People
Satoshi Tajiri born
From insect collector and fanzine writer to Pokémon's creator
- People
Shinji Mikami born
The director of Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4, who says he does not like being scared
- People
Tetsuya Mizuguchi born
From Sega Rally to Rez: the producer who wanted games to feel like music
- People
Tim Cain born
Fallout's project leader, Troika co-founder and The Outer Worlds' co-director
- People
Tony Crowther born
Sheffield's fast-moving C64 star, from Blagger to Captive
- People
Toshihiro Nagoshi born
From Daytona USA to Yakuza
- People
Yuji Naka born
The programmer who made Sonic run
1966
9 events- People
Ben Daglish born
Sheffield's self-described tunesmith: W.E.M.U.S.I.C., Gremlin and The Last Ninja
- People
Graeme Devine born
From Spectrum shoot-'em-ups to The 7th Guest
- People
Jez San born
Starglider's author, and the man who sold Nintendo on 3D
- People
Jon Hare born
Sensible Software's designer and artist, from Wizball to Sociable Soccer
- People
Ken Levine born
From Looking Glass to BioShock and Judas
- People
Ken Sugimori born
The artist behind the first Pokémon
- People
Martin Galway born
Ocean's in-house composer, from Rambo to Wizball
- People
Matthew Smith born
The teenager who wrote Manic Miner, and what happened next
- People
Takaya Imamura born
The Nintendo artist who drew Captain Falcon, Fox McCloud and Tingle
1967
12 events- People
Chris Sawyer born
The Scottish programmer behind Transport Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon
- People
David Perry born
From Spectrum type-ins to Aladdin, Earthworm Jim and Gaikai
- People
Éric Chahi born
From Oric type-ins to Another World, and back to games by way of volcanoes
- People
John Romero born
Designer and programmer of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake
- People
Jonathan 'Joffa' Smith born
Ocean's Spectrum programmer: Hyper Sports, Green Beret, Cobra, Batman: The Caped Crusader
- Languages
Logo
The turtle that taught programming
- Companies & Studios
Marshall Cavendish
The London part-work publisher behind INPUT
- People
Raffaele Cecco born
The programmer behind Exolon, Cybernoid and Stormlord
- Companies & Studios
Tecmo
From Tehkan's Bomb Jack to Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive
- People
Tim Schafer born
From Lucasfilm's SCUMM adventures to Double Fine
- People
Tomonobu Itagaki born
Team Ninja's outspoken leader
- People
Yuzo Koshiro born
The PC-88 composer behind Ys, ActRaiser and Streets of Rage
1968
5 events- People
Chris Hülsbeck born
From a 64'er competition to the Turrican soundtracks
- People
Chris Roberts born
From BBC Micro games in Manchester to Wing Commander and Star Citizen
- People
Jeff Smart born
Editor of the cracking scene's paper fanzine, Illegal
- People
Junichi Masuda born
Pokémon's first composer, then its director
- People
Koji Igarashi born
The Castlevania producer who went independent
1969
4 events- People
John Tobias born
The artist and storyteller of Mortal Kombat
- Companies & Studios
Konami
The Osaka jukebox business whose games other companies' names sold
- Companies & Studios
MOS Technology
The chip maker behind the 6502, the VIC-II and the SID
- ScienceWorld context
Apollo 11 Moon landing
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon, watched by an estimated 600 million people worldwide.