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Odyssey
During January of 1972, Magnvox™ released the Odyssey- the first fully-released gaming console. -
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Video Gaming: A History
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Atari
The Atari is one of the first home gaming systems with a port-or recreation of a game-of an arcade machine, famously known as Pong. -
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FairChild Programable Microchip
The FairChild is the first of its kind and will revolutionize the history of home videogame consoles: ROM hacks. It was a microchip that consumers could program games into, allowing any game to be played on any console at anytime (if the console could handle it). -
The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
The NES is the 1st of many Nintendo™ consoles. Unknowingly, Nintendo's™ NES was going to revolutionize gaming with the new styles of games, such as Super Mario being the first platformer. Nintendo™ had no idea what they were to become one of the biggest videogame companies in history. -
Master System
SEGA™, Nintendo''s™ greatest rival, released their first console in 1986 called the Master System -
GameBoy
The [GameBoy](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_video_game_console_releases_in_North_America) was the first handheld gaming system. Being clunky compared to today's standards, this was only the beginning of handheld gaming devices released by Nintendo™. -
Genesis
The Genisis is SEGA's™ first successful console. It is also the console SEGA's™ mascot was born on, Sonic The Hedgehog. -
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