Erics timeline

  • The Atari2600

    The Atari2600
    The Atari 2600 was released to the public on September 11th 1977 with it being the first popular game console to play games such as Pong Asteroids and Air sea battles.
  • The Nintendo Entertainment System

    The Nintendo Entertainment System
    Due to the video game crash of 1983 most consoles didn't survive until the NES was released and revived video games as a whole. This Console can play games such as Mario Bros, the legend of Zelda and Duck hunt.
  • The Sega Genesis

    The Sega Genesis
    After seeing the success Nintendo was getting, Sega wanted to rival them by creating the first 16 Bit console way stronger than the 8 Bit NES. Games that ran on the console were Sonic, Contra and castle Vania
  • The Super Nintendo Entertainment System

    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System
    After Realizing Sega had the upper leg, Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System running at 16-Bits.Games that can run on the console were Starfox, super Mario world and Donkey Kong country.
  • The PlayStation

    The PlayStation
    Sony also saw the success of Nintendo and Sega and Decided to make the PlayStation able to play games in 3D making it so fascinating. The games it ran are Crash Bandicoot, Rayman and Gran Turismo
  • The Nintendo 64

    The Nintendo 64
    A year after The PlayStation was released, Nintendo realized that they had to step up their games as well so they started making a console that also plays 3d games and 3rd party games as well. The games you can play are Mario64,Mortal Kombat Trilogy and Pokémon stadium.
  • The DreamCast

    The DreamCast
    Sega decided to release The Dream cast but sadly this would be the last console made by Sega because of the poor sales it made even though it had a great textures and Online play. The games it can run are Sonic Adventures, soul Caliber and Resident evil Code veronica.
  • The PlayStation 2

    The PlayStation 2
    The PlayStation 2 was such a revolutionary console for the Graphics and Games it ran for the time. Its so popular its also the reason Sega stopped making consoles. The PlayStation 2 is also the highest selling Game system selling 115 million Units. The games that ran on the system were Gta San Andreas,FIFA 01 and Twisted Metal Black
  • The GameCube

    The GameCube
    The GameCube was released on September 14th 2001 and was a success because of how popular the games were especially how comfortable the controller was(people still use it till this day).The games it ran were Super smash bros Melee, Super Mario Sunshine and Resident Evil 4
  • The Xbox

    The Xbox
    Microsoft decided to make a big decision by releasing the Xbox making it a competitor against Nintendo and PlayStation. It had so much classics that made the console so famous. Because of this, we had our 3 most important Company's in Video game history Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox. The games it ran were Halo,Spiderman and Red dead Revolver