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Release of Magnavox Odyssey
First home video game console -
Pac-Man arcade release
Highest grossing video game -
North American Video game crash of 1983
Massive recession of the video game industry. Revenue for companies dropped by 97 percent the crash itself brought an end to the second generation of consoles -
Tetris
Massively successful and sold more than 170 million copies -
NES
Revitalized the gaming market after the crash -
Legend of Zelda
One of Nintendo's most prominent game series -
Street fighter
Capcom's staple fighting game -
Megaman
A platformer/shooter hybrid made by capcom -
Gameboy Release
An 8bit handheld game device which was a massive success and beat out its competitors by a significant margin -
SNES Release
the second home console made by Nintendo and came with 16 bit -
Doom
Considered to be one of the most significant titles because it pioneered the FPS Genre -
Pokemon
Released for the Gameboy it became the second most popular media franchise next to Mario -
Release of the Nintendo 64
Was apart of the fifth generation consoles and brought 64 bit processing into gaming -
Super Mario 64
First mario game to use 3D graphics instead of sprites -
Crash Bandicoot
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Ocarina of Time
Considered to be one of the greatest games of all time -
System shock 2
Considered to be far ahead of its time and influenced many FPS' in the future -
Ps2 Release
First console to have backwards compatibility -
GameCube Release
Part of the 6th generation of consoles was praised for its controller and high quality games -
Halo
Praised as being the best FPS to play on a console -
Xbox release
Brought online gaming to the gaming community -
Def Jam: Fight for NY
Fighting game featuring popular rappers from the time -
Release of Nintendo DS
The successor to the Gameboy Advance the DS innovated by having two screens one of which being a touchscreen -
Team Fortress 2
Took 9 years to develop and went through multiple iterations -
Super Mario Galaxy
Considered by critics to be one of the most revolutionary games of all time
