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Social Studies Patrick Arias Project/Fair 4/10/09 The History of Video Games in America Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the basis for a new entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United States, Japan, and Europe. After a disastrous industry collapse in 1983 and a subsequent rebirth two years later, the video game industry has experienced sustained growth for over two decades to become an $11 billion industry, which rivals the motion picture industry as the most profitable entertainment industry in the world. In 1949-1950, Charly Adama created a "Bounc