History of Electronic Games

Sega

Mar 2, 1951

Sega was launched.

Magnavox Odyssey

Mar 2, 1972

Magnavox Odyssey was the first home game consol.

Atari

Mar 2, 1972

"Pong" was a coin opperated arcade game.

Atari

Mar 2, 1977

Atari 2600 was introduced.

Namco

Mar 2, 1980

Pac-Man was introduced and became the most popular arcade game.

Atari

Mar 2, 1983

Atari released the game version of "E.T. the Extraterrestial". The game was rushed and sloppy, and caused a decline in customer confidence in video games.

Mario

Mar 2, 1983

Created by Nintendo, "Mario Brothers" was a full color, platform arcade game.

Tetris

Mar 2, 1984

"Tetris" was a tile-matching game created by the Soviet Union.

Nintendo

Mar 2, 1985

NES was an 8-bit consol by Nintendo. Revitalized the US industry after the game crash of 1984.

Nintendo

Mar 2, 1986

"The Legend of Zelda" was first created by Nintendo

Atari

Mar 2, 1986

Atari re-establishes its suppremacy over Nintendo and Sega with the Atari 7800.

Nintendo

Mar 2, 1989

Nintendo introduces the Game Boy

Nintendo

Mar 2, 1991

Super Nintendo is introduced.

Nintendo

Mar 2, 1991

Super Nintendo was the best-selling consol of the 16-bit era.

Sony

Mar 2, 1995

Sony PlayStation1 introduced.

Nintendo

Mar 2, 1996

Nintendo released the Nintendo 64; 64-bit home consol system.

Sony

Mar 2, 2000

Playstation2 is introduced.

Microsoft

Mar 2, 2001

Microsoft Xbox was Microsoft's first consol, which allowed players to play online.

Nintendo

Mar 2, 2001

Nintendo Game Cube was introduced and used compact disks, but was discontinued in 2007.

Nintendo and Sony

Mar 2, 2005

Wii and PlayStation3 came out.