1889 - The Pre-History
- Fusajiro Yamauchi e fumane Nintendo Koppai - k'hamphani ea karete ea ho bapala ea Japane. Hamorao ba tlohela "Koppai" lebitsong mme ba tsebahala feela ka Nintendo .
1917
- Barab'abo rōna Edwin Pridham le Peter L. Jensen ba theha khamphani ea Magnavox , eo e reheletsoeng ka morao-rao ea li-coil-loudspeaker.
1936
- Jukebox Manufacturer Seeburg Corporation e lokolla Seeburg Ray-O-Lite , papali ea mochine moo setšoantšisi se thunang ka letata le tsamaeang, e re ke sehlooho sa papali ea pele ea lipapali ka phunya e bonolo.
1947 - Age of Discover
- Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. le Estle Ray Mann ba hlahisa papali ea pele ea elektronike. Ho sebelisa sesepa sa li-cathode ray ho bontša hore ba etsisa seqhomane se chesang sepakaneng se koahetsoeng skrineng.
1952
- Bakeng sa phetolelo ea hae mabapi le ho sebelisana ha k'homphieutha, Alexander Sandy Douglas o hlahisa papali ea lipapali tsa k'homphieutha ea pele, hammoho le likhetho tsa bohlale ba maiketsetso le papali ea hae OXO (aka Noughts le Crosses) . U sebelisa k'homphieutha ea matloana a EDSAC, khoutu e ngotsoeng ka likarete tsa khalase le tube ea cathode ray ho bontša lipapali, papali e lumella ba bapalang ho hlōlisana le k'homphieutha papaling ea Tic-Tac-Toe .
1954
- Setsi sa Tšebeletso le Lipapali (SEGA) se thehiloe 'me se qala ho kenya mechine ea pinball Japane.
1958
- E le pontšo ea letsatsi la baeti ho Laborateng ea Sechaba ea Brookhaven, hlooho ea Instrumentation Division, Willy Higinbotham, e etsa Tennis bakeng sa Bobeli, papali ea libapali tse peli tse nang le letheba (bolo) e otlollang morao ho feta mola (letlooa) . Sebapali se seng le se seng se sebelisa sekontiri le konopo hore se sebelise bolo 'me se fetole hore na se tla otloa joang. Melao e romella melaetsa khomphuteng e fetola boemo ba boleng ba motlakase ho ea oscilloscope. Joale letšoao leo le bolella k'homphieutha hore na ho na le sebaka sefe se ka tsamaisang bolo.
Tennis ea Two e atisa ho thoe ke papali ea pele ea video, haholo hobane ke eona ea pele e fumanehang bakeng sa ho shebella phatlalatsa.
- Midway Manufacturing Company e bula menyako ea eona ho etsa lihlahisoa tsa boithabiso.
1961-1962
- Litsebi tsa k'homphieutha tsa MIT, Russell, "Slug" Russell, Martin "Shag" Graetz, Wayne Witanen le bafani ba bang ba 'maloa ba hlahisa Spacewar! e le moemo oa lenaneo le lecha la PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) k'homphieutha. Papali e le 'ngoe ea papali e na le liketsoana tse peli tse tsejoang e le "mokotla" le "pentšele" tse fofang haufi le ho thunngoa ha torpedoes. Papali eo e boetse e na le mokokotlo oa linaleli le motlakase o fokotsang sekepe sa hau ho isa karolong e fapaneng ea skrine. Se otlolotsoeng ka laborateng ea k'homphieutha, papali ena e tla kenngoa ka mekhoa e tlang ea k'homphieutha ea PDP e le demo. Setefane ea sebetsang ka moetapele o fumana lebitso la bososello "slug" mekhoa ea hae ea ho sebetsa butle, 'me ho nka lilemo tse peli ho ntlafatsa papali eo.
1966-1967
- Setsebi sa tšireletso Sanders Associates mosebeletsi Ralph Baer o kopa papali ea video ho shebella thelevisheneng. Papali ka boeona e na le matheba a mabeli a lelekisang. Ka boikemisetso ba ho hlahisa theknoloji e le sesebelisoa sa koetliso ea masole, mmuso o ntse o tsoela pele ho tšehetsa morero ona ka lebokose le bitsoang Brown Box Project . Baer le sehlopha sa hae ba boetse ba etsa papali ea tennis bakeng sa Brown Box.
Ralph Baer o tsoela pele ho qapa mekhoa e mecha ea marakeng ea 'maraka oa video ea console ea lehae hammoho le ho qapa mochine oa moemori oa elektronike Simon.
1969
- Rick Blomme o kenyelletsa papali ea lipapali Inthaneteng ha a etsa lipapali tse peli tsa Spacewar! bakeng sa PLATO, nako ea pele ea k'homphieutha ea sechaba e arolelanang tsamaiso e tla ba ntate-moholo oa inthanete ea inthanete le inthanete. Morero oa lipapali tsa PLATO tse peli li ka hlōlisana ka Spacewar! ho tloha lik'homphieutha tse fapaneng.
- Bally Technologies, Inc. k'hamphani e etsang lipapali tsa papali ea papali ea chelete e kang mechine ea marang-rang, thepa ea Midway Manufacturing. Qetellong k'hamphani e tla fetola lebitso la bona ho Bally-Midway.