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This is a chronological list of years in video games that indexes the years in video games pages. Years are annotated with significant events in the history of video games.

1970s

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Further information: 1970s in video games and Early history of video games

1980s

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Further information: 1980s in video games

1990s

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Further information: 1990s in video games

2000s

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Further information: 2000s in video games

2010s

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Further information: 2010s in video games

2020s

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Further information: 2020s in video games

See also

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References

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