The game of paintball that we know and love was invented in the 1970s. But, if youd lived in the early 1900s, you might have played an earlier form of paintball known as wax dueling: a sport where men would partake in duels using pistols that fired wax bullets.

Cap guns have a history that predates the American Civil War. In 1859, the J E Stevens Companya toy manufacturer that specialized in the production of cast-iron toysreleased a firecracker pistol similar in design to the modern-day cap gun.

Duck Hunt, released in 1984, it pits players against an army of ducks. This wasnt the first time that people had the opportunity to shoot fictional ducks with imitation firearms for the purposes of entertainment that honor instead goes to 1936s Ray-O-Lite Rifle.

Name the first role-playing game that utilized a scaled gaming board, a gamemaster, and a set of rules that governed how players moved and attacked foes, theres no doubt that youd say Dungeons Dragons created in 1974. Kriegsspeil, invented in 1812, it was used by the Prussian Army to teach military tactics to officers-in-training.

Monopoly created in 1934 was itself inspired by a 1904 board game called The Landlords Game. Created by Elizabeth Magie

Its generally assumed the first remote-control toys were produced in the 1960s. However, the first remote-control toy was actually invented in the late 1890s by and this might not come as a huge shock to some people famed inventor and Edison punchbag Nikola Tesla.

To many, roller skates are synonymous with the 1970s. Actually, the first roller skates were invented in the 1770s by a Belgian named John Joseph Merlin.

The game has existed in some form since the 16th century. Originating in India, the objective for players back then was still the samereach the end of the board by climbing ladders and avoiding snakes

The 1985 video game Little Computer People. Like The Sims, players had the ability to customize their houses and command their characters to perform actions

One example held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art is made from terracotta and dates to between 460 and 450 B.C.. In addition, several ancient vasessuch as this example which dates to 440 B.C., depict children and adults playing with yo-yos.