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The relaese of the Atari Lynx
In 1989, Atari released the Atari Lynx, a handheld console with color graphics, to much fanfare. -
The foundation of Atari
The original Atari, Inc. founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. -
The popularity of the the first game console
The first home video games didn't appear until the early 1970s and didn't become widely popular until 1975 -
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1st Gen of Gaming Consoles
The period of the start of gaming. -
The competitor to Atari starts...
In 1973, Atari secretly spawned a "competitor" called Kee Games, headed by Nolan's next door neighbor Joe Keenan, to market to different groups. -
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Second Game Console Gen (1976-1983)
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The beginning of Telstar
The Telstar Classic (model 6045) was also released in 1976
Atari engineer Allan Alcorn originally designed and built Pong as a training exercise. -
Atari faces legal action
Atari faced legal action against Ralph Baer, the inventor of the Magnavox Odyssey, and his employer, Sanders Associates over its similarities with a game included in Magnavox's console. -
Nintendo gets popular
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1983 was there breakout. They're system got peoples eyes & they're sales went up. -
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Third Generation Consoles (1984 - 1992)
Gaming brands are getting more popular and others are making better consoles -
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Sixth Generation Consoles The “128-bit Era” (1998 - 2004)
Many big gaming consoles die out but sparks a new trend of games. -
Sega makes a competitor game for Nintendo
Nintendo became the largest worldwide market share in the fourth generation. Sonic the Hedgehog, to compete with Nintendo's Mario series of games. -
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Fourth Generation Consoles (1992 - 1996)
Several other companies released consoles in this generation, but none of them were widely successful. -
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Fifth Generation Consoles (1993 -2003)
The First Generation is another great gen for game companies -
Nintendo Mortal Kombat vs Sega Mortal Kombat
In 1994, Mortal Kombat was one the biggest game released to Nintendo & Sega. Nintendo took out the gore while Sega left the gore via putting in a code (A, B, A, C, A, B, B). Sega was being more favored at the time, causing their console sales to increase. -
Gameboy takes the gaming game ;)
In 1995, The first handheld, Sega Nomad had a lifespan of two years. Nintendo's Game Boy Color became the best-selling handheld video console of the fifth generation. -
Nintendo tries to be better than Atari Jagur
In 1996, the Nintendo 64 tried to out perform the Atari Jaguar by referencing its 64-bit power. -
Microsoft enters the gaming console world
In 1999, Software giant Microsoft made the surprising announcement that they were going to enter the video game industry with a console based on PC hardware -
5th gen has "redo" of old consoles but with better software
The fifth generation saw the increase of emulation, this led the seventh generation consoles to make many older games available for purchase or download. -
Dreamcast discontinued
The Dreamcast was discontinued in 2003. -
Xbox gets a upgrade
The Xbox 360 offered games rendered natively at high-definition video (HD) resolutions, -
Wii uses controllers
the Wii focused on integrating controllers with movement sensors as well as joysticks. -
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Seventh Generation Consoles (2005 - 2010)
It is estimated that video game consoles represented 25% of the world's general-purpose computational power in the year 2007. -
Xbox & Gamecube goes bye bye
The GameCube and Xbox were discontinued in 2008. -
Gaming consoles take a rise in sales
It is estimated that video game consoles represented 25% of the world's general-purpose computational power in the year 2007. -
Playstation 2 goes bye bye.
The PlayStation 2 was discontinued in 2013, which ended the sixth generation. It was a time when many trends were started that would reach their height in the Seventh Generation. -
PS3 can stream Blu-Ray
The PlayStation 3 offered HD movie playback via a built-in 3D Blu-ray Disc player, -
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Eighth Generation Consoles 2012 - ??
The most recent generation of gaming
