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Brown Box
The first video game console debuted as a bulky rectangular brown wooden box with two attached controllers, The name "Brown Box". Invented by Ralph H. Baer . also known as "The Father of Video Games", he developed the brown video game console such that it can be hooked up with any ordinary TV sets. There were only six simple games for the console, named ping-pong, tennis, handball, volleyball, chase games and a light-gun game. -
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Game Console History
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Magnavox Odyssey
The demonstration of the "Brown Box" led to the licensing of the technology by Magnavox in 1972, resulting in the release of the first official home video game console – Magnavox Odyssey. Just as the earliest films do not have sound, the first video game console is silent as well, with graphics which we would consider very basic by today’s standard. -
Atari Sears Tele-Games Pong System
Atari’s PONG arcade machine was so popular in 1973 that Atari decided to market the game as a home console two years later in 1975 -
Magnavox Odyssey 200
Magnavox decided to improve its Odyssey system and released not one, but two different improved versions of the original console, the Magnavox Odyssey 100 and 200. This is smaller than the Magnavox Odyssey 100 -
Coleco Telstar
Coleco’s first video game system, Telstar, was well-received for its capability to play games in colour and for having different difficulty levels. -
Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild didnt meet with much sucess fot their first game console (Fairchild Channel F) -
The Wonder Wizard Model 7702
The Wonder Wizard by General Home Products was even said to be pretty much the same as the Odyssey 300 by Magnavox, other than having better and larger paddle controllers. -
Nintendo Color TV Game Series
Nintendo, the company which eventually became a major player in the video gaming industry for the next three decades, delivered their first series of video game console from 1977 to 1979. The Color TV Game Series were only for sale in Japan. These consoles essentially followed in the footsteps of Atari and featured Pong-style games. -
RCA Studio 2
RCA didn’t meet with much success with their first and only consoles -
Atari Video Pinball
Unsurprisingly, Atari came up with new console such as the Video Pinball to compete with Magnavox. -
Bally Astrocade
Bally Astrocade came out in about 1987 and was celebrated for its superior graphic capabilities. For some reason, It didn't last long -
Coleco Telstar Sportsman
Coleco continued with its line of consoles of all sorts, in an attempt to pit against the mighty Atari 2600. Coleco had consoles for playing shooting, car racing and pinball games. -
Mattels Intellivision
Mattel introduced its Intellivision console in 1979, which actually intimidated Atari 2600 with its exceptional capabilities. -
Epoch Casette Vision
The Epoch Cassette Vision was a video game console made by Epoch. Despite the name, the console used cartridges, not cassettes, and it has the distinction of being the first successful programmable console video game system to be made in Japan. -
Vectrex
The Vectrex is a video game console created by Smith Engineering. The Vectrex is the only console of its kind to use vector graphics. -
Casio PV-1000
The PV-1000 was a video game console manufactured by Casio and released in Japan. The PV-1000 was powered by a Z80A micro-processor, and had only 2 KB RAM available, with 1 KB devoted to its character generator. It had a 256x192 pixel resolution and had 8 available colours. -
Sega Master System
The Sega Master System is a video game console made in 1986. It was not very popular in North America and Japan but was very popular in Brazil. One of the most popular game of the Sega Master System was Sonic the Hedgehog. -
Atari 7800
Atari was slowly slipping out of the console market despite yet another undertaking in its latest system, the Atari 7800. The draw was that it offered backward compatibility with the phenomenal Atari 2600, allowing players to enjoy classic games of the past. -
NEC TurboGrafx-16
Newcomer TurboGrafx-16 by NEC tried to target both Sega Genesis and Nintendo’s SNES and NES consoles but was ultimately overtaken by them in 1991, ranking fourth in the video game market -
NEC Super Grafx
This is an enhanced version of the version before this, the NEC TurboGrafx -16,this was also not well-received. -
Phillips CD-i
The first CD console was launched by Philips (1991) – the CD-i. Regrettably, the console was more commonly recognized as a failure for its sub-standard games and frustrating controllers. -
Sega Genesis 2
Sega with its immense success of its MegaDrive/Genesis system, went on to expand it into a series, with the Genesis 2. It also developed an entirely new console, Saturn, to rival against the rest of the CD-based consoles. -
Playstation 2
The PlayStation 2 is Sony's second video game console. Some games are online and a few connect with the PlayStation Portable. The PS2 is very successful and games are still made for it. -
xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console released by Microsoft. The Xbox 360 competes against the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3. -
Playstation move
Playstation move is a motion sensing game controller
