History of video games, Mobile

Timeline

Foundational Developments

On March 7th 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the Telephone,[1][2] sparking a telecommunication revolution by allowing people to talk to one another near instantly over long distances.

In 1966 inventor George Sweigert patents the cordless telephone,[3] laying the groundwork to take telephones on the go.

Many early game pioneers, such as Steve Wozniak, were also telephone phreakers.[4]

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Alexander Graham Bell operating a long distance telephone in 1892.

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George Sweigert, inventor of the full duplex cordless telephone.

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A Blue Box built by Steve Wozniak to Phreak.

1993

In 1993 the Siemens S1 phone is released, including a clone of Tetris named Klotz, but is hidden as an easter egg to dodge patent issues.[5]

1994

The IBM Simon touchscreen smartphone is released to consumers on August 16, 1994 at a cost of $1,100, lasting six months on the market and selling 50,000 phones.[6] This phone included a puzzle game called Scramble.[7]

Also released in 1994 is the MT-2000 phone by Danish company Hagenuk, which included a variant of Tetris.[7][8]

1997

Nokia includes Snake for the first time on the Nokia 6110, a very popular game being included in 400 million devices as of 2013, and which was also among the first multiplayer phone games due to it's two player support over inferred.[9]

2000's

On October 7th, 2003 the gaming focused Nokia N-Gage launches.[10]

By the end of the decade the Apple App Store becomes a widely used platform for downloading games on iPhones.[11]

Pokémon Go

In 2016 Pokémon Go became a widely popular augmented reality game.

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People playing a multiplayer game on their smartphones.

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People playing Pokemon Go in 2016.

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Pokemon Go Plus, a companion device for Pokemon Go players

2019

Apple launched Apple Arcade on September 19th, 2019.[12]

Notable Games

• Angry Birds
• Fruit Ninja
• Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
• Fire Emblem Heros
• Candy Crush Saga
• Subway Surfers
• Fortnite
• Temple Run
• Monument Valley
• Fate Grand Order
• Neko Atsume
• Snake
• Part Time UFO
• Send Me To Heaven
• Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper
• PUBG MOBILE
• 4 Pics 1 Word / 4 Bilder 1 Wort[13]
• Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion

Pokémon Go

This game prompted some interest in urban design.[14]

Flappy Bird

Became a phenomenon in 2014, then was pulled from app stores by its creator at the peak of its popularity.[15]

Rebel Inc.

A counterinsurgency simulator. In 2020 it's developers received assistance from the Afghan Embassy in London, including comment from then Ambassador H.E. Said T. Jawad.[16]

Console Phone Hybrids

• Nokia N-Gage
• Xperia Play

Many Microconsoles and hybrid consoles made after 2000 use mobile chipsets due to their low cost, integrated features, and low heat.

Consoles with integrated mobile internet

• Zeebo (3G)
• PlayStation Vita (3G version only)

Evolution of Smartphones

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Motorola DynaTAC 8000X from 1984

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Motorola MicroTAC 9800x, a mobile phone from 1989.

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1994 IBM Simon on charger, an early smartphone.

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1996 StarTAC, an early flip phone.

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The Nokia 6110 of 1998, the first to include Snake.

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2006 Sony Mylo (My Life Online)

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A first generation iPhone on display in 2007, surrounded by flip phones.

BlackBerry Curve 8310, a popular smartphone in 2007.

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Mockup of the game Edge running on a Sony Ericsson phone in 2008.

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The 2008 HTC Dream, the first major Android phone.

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2009 Motorola Droid

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A Samsung Focus running Windows Phone and 2010 Google Nexus S.

A Galaxy Nexus Android phone from 2011.

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The LG G5, a modular smartphone from 2016.

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A Samsung Galaxy Z Flip foldable smartphone in 2020.

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An iPhone 12 from late 2020.

References

• ↑ "Alexander Graham Bell". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
• ↑ "Studying Sound: Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922)- Hear My Voice Albert H. Small Documents Gallery Smithsonian's National Museum of American History". americanhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
• ↑ "A Brief History of the Cordless Phone". liGo Magazine. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
• ↑ Lapsley, Phil (20 February 2013). "The Definitive Story of Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Phone Phreaking" (in en). The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/the-definitive-story-of-steve-wozniak-steve-jobs-and-phone-phreaking/273331/.
• ↑ "The History of Mobile Video Games: Part One of Three". Exaud. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
• ↑ "First Smartphone Turns 20: Fun Facts About Simon". Time. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
• ↑ a b V, Cosmin. "Did you know: Nokia's Snake is not the world's first mobile game". Phone Arena. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
• ↑ T, Nick. "This was the world's first cell phone with a game loaded on it". Phone Arena. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
• ↑ Blog, Microsoft Devices (16 January 2013). "10 things you didn't know about mobile gaming". Microsoft Devices Blog. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
• ↑ "N-Gage Launch - IGN". Retrieved 4 November 2020.
• ↑ Wortham, Jenna (5 December 2009). "Apple's Game Changer, Downloading Now (Published 2009)". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
• ↑ "Apple Arcade: It's time to play". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
• ↑ https://4bilder1wortlosungen.de/
• ↑ Baker, Chris (21 July 2016). "Why 'Pokemon Go' Sucks in the Suburbs". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/why-pokemon-go-sucks-in-the-suburbs-103309/.
• ↑ Kushner, David (11 March 2014). "Exclusive: Flappy Bird Creator Speaks". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-flight-of-the-birdman-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-speaks-out-112457/.
• ↑ "Rebel Inc. now available in Afghanistan" (in en). www.gamasutra.com. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/360457/Rebel_Inc_now_available_in_Afghanistan.php.

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