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magnavox odyssey
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gran track 10
single player atari game -
Coleco Telstar
Pong variants on a domestic television receiver and available to any manufacturer -
Atari 2600
Two joysticks, two paddle controllers, and a cartridge game - initially Combat later Pac-Man -
Space Invaders
Shooting game - players defeat waves of aliens with a laser and earn points -
Intellivision
Four games available and a pack-in game: Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack -
Pac Man
Became a social phenomenon that sold related merchandise and inspired an animated television series and a top-ten hit single -
Donkey Kong
Move the character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles -
Tron
A computer hacker is trapped inside a digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial-type games -
Mario Brothers
Mario, a Italian-American plumber, and his brother Luigi must defeat creatures from the sewers below New York -
Tetris
Tile-matching from the Soviet Union -
NES
First console to play and openly court third-party developers -
Final Fantasy
Known for innovation, visuals, full-motion videos, photo-realistic character models, and orchestrated music -
Nintendo’s Game Boy
First successful handheld - predecessor of all other Game Boys -
Sega Game Gear
Full-color backlit screen with a landscape format -
sonic the hedgehog
Successful; increased the popularity of Sega's console and established Sonic the Hedgehog as the company's mascot -
Super Nintendo
Advanced graphics and sound capabilities -
Sony PlayStation
PS2 released in 2000 is best-selling home console to date -
Sega Saturn
Powerful machine for the time, but its design made harnessing power difficult -
PlayStation 3
Can output high-definition video for games and movies in up to 1080p