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The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future: Herman, Leonard; Horwitz, Jer; Kent, Steve; Miller, Skyler (2002). "The History of Video Games". Gamespot. CNET. Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2009. Ars Technica's The evolution of gaming: computers, consoles, and arcade

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This article will need to be updated with the recent growing trends in vitual reality (including the HTC vive, oculus rift, playstation vr) and with motion capture technology (microsoft kinect, playstation move, HTC vive motion capture, etc).— Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.155.50.27 (talk) 03:01, 10 May 2016‎ (UTC)[reply]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 18 January 2022 and 29 April 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): IAutumnl (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Chloe Alexandria.

I want to play the wiki game from something to ultrakill, and people can go from video games to the History of it pretty easily, so please, can I change this to an Ultrakill link? :3 k MElwagi (talk) 00:20, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 00:44, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the source for the part on Spacewar! the author states that Steve had only just started in 1962. Most other sources also say that Spacewar! was developed in 1962. DJDoggyPaws (talk) 08:53, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 25 September 2025 and 5 December 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): 3van1228 (article contribs).

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