Game Consoles

By Daniel_Kaegi

  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey
    Made by Ralph Baer. Prototype was "The Brown Box". Sold about 100,000 units. Lacked a CPU. Only games it had was tennis,volleyball,hockey,chase, ping-pong, checkers, target shooting using a lightgun and a golf putting game.http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm

  • Pong Home Console

    Pong Home Console
    Only console with a single chip that provided digital on screen scoring and attractive sounds.Ony played the game https://www.atari.com/history/dedicated-consoles

  • Atari 2600

    Atari 2600
    Atari VCS is the first successful microprocessor-based hardware gaming system, with interchangeable cartridges containing the game code. The success of the early Pong games created a demand for more and better video games to be played at home. After $100 million in design and development, Atari released their new Video Computer System (VCS) in October of 1977. http://www.atariage.com/2600/

  • Intellivision

    Intellivision
    First Console Rivalry with Atari 2600. Released in 1979 by Mattel Electronics. In 1984 rights to Intellivision are sold. http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg70-intelli.htm#page=reviews

  • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

    Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
    Metroid and Kid Icarius both created for NES first. First game console created by Nintendo, a former trading-card company. http://www.ultimatetop10s.com/top-10-interesting-facts-about-nintendo/