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The story begins ..
There are several discussions about what was the first game ever. Some Cathode Ray Tube Amusement and Thomas Goldsmith Device or Chess Alan Turing is considered the first pieces of electronic entertainment. However, Tennis for two, created in 1958 by physicist Willy Higinbotham is considered by most as the first video game in history. -
First Maquinita
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created in 1971 the first maquinita history, wore a black and white TV screen and ran a game called Computer Space. The player controlled a small rocket and had to dodge the missiles and destroy the alien ships. -
The first console was not Atari
Although many consider the Atari Pong as the first home console in history, three years before her, Ralph Bear launched Magnavox Odyssey. Had a total of 27 games were released for the console. -
Atari arrives home
Bushnell and Dabney in 1975 launched the Atari Home Pong Console. The first units were sold at Sears under its brand Tele Games. The console was a recreation of the coin machine of the same name. -
Successful market
In 1977 Atari 2600 Atari launches the first console to use cartridges with a microprocessor and circuits containing games. The console at that time was quoted at $ 299. Atari was positioned as one of the most important companies in the industry. That same year Activision became the first developer of games for Atari. -
Is me Mario
Which would become the iconic image of Nintendo, Mario Bros, did not have its own game until 1983 with Mario Bros and Super Mario Bros. 1985 His first appearance was in the game Donkey Kong 1981 as Jump Man. The character, created by Shigeru Miyamoto, has appeared in over 200 games so far and have sold over 210 million units of games famous Italian plumber. -
The first console war
In 1986 the first real console war live. Nintendo enters the market with the NES, Sega introduces his team and Sega Master System Atari releases the Atari 7800 to keep players hooked. Fun fact: Nintendo is the oldest gaming company. The company known worldwide for characters like Mario and Donkey Kong, was founded in 1889 and was known in the Japanese country by making the deck of cards for the game Hanafuda. -
Portable enter the big leagues
The Game Boy was not the first portable console in history, but if the first successfully. According to Time magazine 1989, console Nintendo managed to sell over a million units during its first few weeks. The device is sold with the popular Tetris game of skill. -
Sonic is our rooster says Sega
The Japanese Sega also released in 1991 the first Sonic game to compete with the popular figure of Mario among children. The character has appeared in games, TV series and comics and it is estimated that their games have sold over 80 million units worldwide. -
Sony decides to enter
In 1994, Sony decides to give a headache to Nintendo and Sega with its first video game console, the PlayStation. Unlike its predecessors the console was the first to use a CD format and no cartridges for games. According to the christened Sony Play 1 was the first video game console in history to surpass the figure of 100 million units. -
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII, one of the best-selling games of PlayStation 1 role, was designed for the Nintendo 64. However, because the console was still using the format cartridges space to store the title was insufficient. The player should have bought 13 rounds instead of four CD in which it was stored for PlayStation. -
XBOX
Microsoft's Xbox was initially known as DirectXbox and the Redmond company not conceived as a console, but merely as a device to show the development industry video games the benefits of programming graphics under the Direct X technology Microsoft. -
Pokemon GO
Pokémon GO is a pioneer adventure video game developed by Niantic augmented reality, Inc. The game is to search, capture and fight with the characters in the saga Pokémon hiding in real-world locations, which states that must physically move through the cities to progress. The application reinforces the concept of social interaction, because it requires physical meetings of users in different locations of their populations.
