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worlds first video game
the first video game ever was known as "tennis for two". -
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creation of the fairchild F
behold the second video game console to be made. -
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atari releasses console game system
Atari introduces its first cartridge-based home video system called the Video Computer System which later becomes known as the Atari 2600. It retails for $249.95 -
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Atari enter the computer industry
Atari attempts to enter the computer industry to compete with Apple. The product is not taken seriously, and the Atari 400 and 800 are taken from the market. -
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birth of the Atari "cosmos"
Atari develops a handheld console that displays holograms. Named "Cosmos," this product was never released. -
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Mattel kicks in
Mattel's Intelivision debuts and is the first real competitor of the Atari 2600. It has better graphics than Atari's 2600, but a higher retail price ($299). -
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the first of Electronic Game mags
Arnie Katz and Bill Kunkel found the first video-game magazine, Electronic Games -
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Atari releases the Atari 5200
Atari releases the Atari 5200 to compete with Coleco's Colecovision. -
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Nintendo's almighty step into the spot light.
Nintendo introduces the Famicom in Japan—later known as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the U.S. Since Atari controls such a large percentage of the market, they do not plan to market the product in the U.S. Instead the company offers Atari the rights to distribute the product in the U.S. These plans fall through and Americans do not see Nintendo until 1985. -
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minecraft but less exploring and more long blocks and destruction
The popular game Tetris is developed by Russian programmer Alex Pajitnov. It is played on a PC. -
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all hail nes,the true lord of retro gaming.
Nintendo releases the handheld Game Boy for $109.
NEC releases the first 16-bit console in the U.S. It is called the TurboGrafx-16 and sold for $189. It is the first system to run video games stored on compact discs.
The true arcade experience comes into American homes when Sega debuts the Genesis, its first 16-bit home game console, for $249.95.
Atari tries to enter the handheld market with the Lynx, a color handheld console retailing for $149 -
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here comes the nes's lil' radical bro the SNES
Super NES is released in the U.S. by Nintendo for $249.95. -
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he's got the moves like jaguar
Atari releases the Jaguar, attempting to be the first 64-bit console on the market. The product actually runs two 32-bit processors -
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bullcrude of the rating set
Resulting from the Senate investigation, the Entertainment Software Rating Board is created. Rating are now given to video games and are marked on the games' packaging to indicate the suggested age of players and violent content. -
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the ps1 arrives but is not as good as the pc
sony releases the playstation one for 100$'s -
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microsoft and it's way to hate it's customers
Microsoft releases the Xbox with the game halo and other cool things. But Microsoft hates their buyers now -
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valve arrives and the pc master race thrives,woohoo.
during 2003,valve releases steam for the pc causing consoles to look like the trash that they are. -
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nintendo dang son (D.S)
Nintendo releases the D.S for everybody,allowing everyone play games modally just like the game boy. -
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oh look console trash.
the Xbox 360 gets released during 2005