Evolution of Video Games Consoles

By crecondor

  • Nim Game Computer

    Nim Game Computer
    A computer that played the game Nim. Over 10 thousand people played this very difficult game; the computer won over 90% of the time.
    http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline

  • Grand Strategy Game

    Grand Strategy Game
    Grand Strategy was a game that simulated the cold war; was the first simulating game.

  • Spacewar!

    Spacewar!
    spacewar! was the first video game that was based on a computer.

  • BASIC

    BASIC
    John Kemeny invents a computer time sharing system called BASIC that lets basically anyone code very basic video games.

  • Brown Box

    Brown Box
    The Brown Box was the first video game console that could play multiple games instead of one, it was the prototype to the Odyssey, which was created almost 6 years later.

  • PONG

    PONG
    Pong, the first arcade tennis game was created and became one of the most popular arcade games ever created.

  • Gameboy

    Gameboy
    The Nintendo Gameboy was the first handheld, cartridge change, video game console. 118.69 million units were sold worldwide.