game and console timeline

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  • nintendo

    nintendo
    developers and publishers of DK mario bros and the legend of zelda and etc.
  • William Higinbotham

    William Higinbotham
    creator of tennis for two
  • Allan Alcorn

    Allan Alcorn
    creator of pong
  • Alexey Pajitnov

    Alexey Pajitnov
    creator of tetris
  • tennis for two

    tennis for two
    In October 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong, and it was quite a hit at a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house.
  • John Romero

    John Romero
    one of the many people who helped work on doom
  • Alex Seropian

    Alex Seropian
    creator of Stubbs the zombie
  • Magnavox odyssey

    Magnavox odyssey
    the Magnavox odyssey was the 1st generation console it was the first console made it was developed and published in 1972 made by the Engineer Ralph Baer
  • pong

    pong
  • Fairchild channel f

    Fairchild channel f
    The Fairchild channel f was a second generation console and really kicked off the developments of consoles
  • atari 2600

    atari 2600
    the Atari 2600 was a 2nd generation console and really helped to revolutionize the gaming industry this console was released in 1977
  • Markus Persson

    Markus Persson
    creator of minecraft
  • Electronic arts (EA)

    Electronic arts (EA)
    creator of many of our sports games today like madden and more
  • Mario bros.

    Mario bros.
  • Nintendo entertainment system(NES)

    Nintendo entertainment system(NES)
    The Nintendo Entertainment System also know as NES was the first of its kind it was the first Nintendo console to be released it was released july 15th 1983
  • tetris

    tetris
  • The Legend Of zelda

    The Legend Of zelda
  • Sega genesis

    Sega genesis
    Designed by an R&D team supervised by Hideki Sato and Masami Ishikawa, the Genesis was adapted from Sega's System 16 arcade board, centered on a Motorola 68000 processor as the CPU, a Zilog Z80 as a sound controller, and a video system supporting hardware sprites, tiles, and scrolling.
  • gameboy

    gameboy
    The Game Boy is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989 it really revolutionized the console industry being really mobilized and able to fit in your pocket
  • super Nintendo entertainment system

    super Nintendo entertainment system
    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo,[b] Super NES or SNES[c] is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea,[16] 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania, and 1993 in South America. In Japan, it is called the Super Famicom (SFC).[d] In South Korea, it is called the Super Comboy[e]
  • DOOM

    DOOM
  • PlayStation 1

    PlayStation 1
    The PlayStation 1 was the first PlayStation made of its kind which was soon to grow the industry much larger and there is still new ones being developed this console was first released in japan and then a year later in the U.S.
  • virtual boy

    virtual boy
    the virtual boy was one of Nintendo's really unique consoles worn like what we know as virtual reality today but there was many flaws to it
  • Grand Theft Auto

    Grand Theft Auto
  • donkey kong

    donkey kong
  • rockstar games

    rockstar games
    creator of the grand theft auto series
  • Microsoft Xbox

    Microsoft Xbox
    The Microsoft Xbox was the first of its kind the first Xbox ever made this xbox really helped to revolutionize the gaming console
  • Stubbs the zombie

    Stubbs the zombie
  • Activision blizzard

    Activision blizzard
    this developer company is home to many of known games today like call of duty game and more
  • Minecraft

    Minecraft