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Internet & Gaming timeline
The web, creators, platforms and video games.
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A wider chronology
The internet and the World Wide Web are related but distinct histories. Networks, protocols and research systems made global communication possible; the web added a widely usable way to publish and connect documents. Commercial services and social platforms then changed how people searched, shared and created online.
Video games developed alongside this networked world through arcades, home hardware, personal computers and online communities. Dates often mark a first message, public proposal, launch or release, while the cultural effect unfolds over years.
What this category covers
Themes to follow
Networks and protocols
Infrastructure and shared standards that allowed computers to communicate.
The open web
Documents, browsers and publishing tools connected through links and common standards.
Games and platforms
Hardware, software and distribution systems that shaped interactive entertainment.
Online culture
Communities, creators and services that changed participation and public media.
Across the category
Timeline highlights
Spacewar! is created
Spacewar! spread to other research computers and inspired later game designers.
Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan
The game became one of the most influential titles in console history.
The World Wide Web is proposed at CERN
Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal led to the first web server and browser.
Doom is released
Doom popularized networked deathmatch play and modding culture.
Hotmail launches as a webmail service
Outlook.com, formerly Hotmail, is a free personal email service offered by Microsoft.
Valve launches Steam
Steam is a digital distribution platform for PC games by the American video game studio Valve.
The first video is uploaded to YouTube
The video was uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim.
Oldest publicly available PewDiePie video is uploaded
The video “Minecraft Multiplayer Fun” was published on 2 October 2010. His actual first upload on the channel was deleted, so this question deliberately asks for the oldest publicly available video.
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