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Sega was launched
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Magnavox Odyssey was released
Magnavox Odyssey was the worlds first game console the sold about 340,000 units. A prototype was made that can be found at the Smithsonian called the Brown box -
Atari Inc. created a coin operated game
The coin operated game that was created is called Pong which is based off table tennis and that was the first game to gain widespread popularity. -
Maze Wars
Maze Wars was one of the first games to have FPS(frames per second) -
Chuck E Cheese's was the first family entertainment center for young children
Chuck E Cheese is a pizza restaurant that has arcade games,amusement rides, an animatronics show, climbing equipment, tubes, and slides. They also are the reason that the video games imag has improved. -
Intellivision was the first to pose a threat to Atari
Intellivision was released by Mattel Electronics and was sold for $299. Only four games came with it and a pack-in game which was Las Vegas Poker and Blackjack. By 1982 Mattel earned a profit of $100,000,000. This caused a threat to Atari and they was the first to do so. -
Namco released PacMan
Pacman was considered the most famous arcade game of all time and also a social phenomenon. -
Nintendo released Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong came out by Nintendo who licensed to Coleco and developed a home version -
Video game crash
Atari had a dela that left their consumers hungry. There were too many consoles which gave them too many choices and also poor game titles were created and too many games based on ET. -
NES came out
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Sega Master System came out
The Master System was released as a direct competitor to the NES that failed to topple Nintendo, but was popular in European markets -
Atari created game with color LCD
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Turbo Express comes out
Most advanced of its time and could play games on a credit-card sized device called HuCards -
Super Nintendo comes out
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Sony released the PlayStation
Playstation was the first series of PS consoles and to ship 100 million units -
Sony released the PlayStation
Playstation was one of the 3 console's to dominate -
Sega Saturn comes out
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Sega Dreamcast comes out
Sega Dreamcast was used as a comeback frrom Sega Saturn but when playstation 2 was released it was unable to gather momentum and was discontinued in 2001 -
Sony releases PlayStation 2
Playstation 2 is known as the best seeling console in history and sold over 150 million. It produced for 12 years having over 3870 game titles available. -
Nintendo released GameCube
Gamecube was the fourth to use compact dics and sold 22 million units worldwide but was discontinued in 2007. -
Microsoft released the Xbox
The Microsoft costed $299.99. They were the first to sell 24 million units. It also allows you to play online. In 2008 it was discontinued. -
Microsoft releases Xbox 360
Xbox live lets you compete online and download stuff. This sold 80 million units worldwide, it was the 7th highest selling cconsole -
Nintendo released the Wii
The Wii comes with a wireless controller that is used as a handheld pointing device and can detect acceleration in three dimensions. The wii also receives messages and updates through the internet even while in standby mode. -
PlayStation 3 comes out
Playstation 3 was the first to use blu-ray disc.It comes in a 20 GB and 60 GB model, the playstation can also output high definition for games and movies.
