2000s: The Sims, a life simulator game made by Electronic Arts (EA), kicked off the decade.Senate’s attention, resulting in hearings.
The decade introduced Mortal Kombat (Midway Games), which brought video game violence to the U.S. Sonic the Hedgehog and the Sega Genesis game console dominated the early to mid-’90s before Sony released its PlayStation in the U.S. 1990s: Microsoft included Solitaire with Windows 3.0, introducing gaming to millions.Nintendo dominated the rest of the decade, debuting its Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985, the role-playing game Legend of Zelda in 1987, and the handheld Game Boy in 1989.
The decade’s hits included Atari’s arcade game Pong, computer game The Oregon Trail (developed by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium), the Atari Video Computer System, and arcade game Space Invaders (made by Taito).
