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In 1951 Sega was launched
In 1951 Sega was launched
Sega (service games)
The console timeline is broken into seven generations
Each generation saw an increase in technology -
Magnavox Odyssey
World's first game console
Predates the Atari Pong home consoles
Prototype known as the “Brown Box” is now at the Smithsonian
340,000 units sold -
PONGARANG!!!!!
A coin-op arcade game by Atari Inc
Based on table tennis
First game to gain widespread popularity - launched the industry boom -
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First Generation Games
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Gran Track 10
A single-player racing arcade game by Atari
Player races against the game clock, accumulating points -
Maze Wars
One of the first FPS
Players wander in a maze
Used tile-based movement
Other players are eyeballs that can be shot or harmed -
Magnavox Odyssey
Played cartridges
Keyboard; used for educational games, selecting options, or programming
First game was an instant classic: Quest for the Rings -
Coleco Telstar
By Coleco - AY-3-8500 chip
Pong variants on a domestic television receiver and available to any manufacturer -
APF TV Fun
Pong clone manufactured by APF formally a electronics developer
Four built-in games (Tennis, Hockey, Single Handball, and Squash) -
Second Generation Games 8-bit
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Fairchild Channel F
The world's second cartridge-based video game console, after the Magnavox Odyssey -
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Second Generation Games
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Atari 2600
Popularized game cartridges - popular in the 1980s
Originally Atari VCS; later changed to "Atari 2600" in 1982, after the release of Atari 5200 -
Space Invaders
Grossed $2 billion worldwide by 1982
Pixilated alien has become a pop culture icon, often used as a symbol representing video games as a whole -
Intellivision
By Mattel Electronics at $299
Four games available and a pack-in game: Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack -
Asteroids
Popular and influential game - 70,000 sold by Atari
Vector display and 2D view
Control a spaceship in an asteroid field traversed by flying saucers -
Pac Man
Namco - considered among the most famous arcade games of all time
Became a social phenomenon that sold related merchandise and inspired an animated television series and a top-ten hit single -
Donkey Kong
By Nintendo - platform
Move the character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles -
Frogger
Move frogs home by crossing a busy road and navigate a river - skillful players obtain bonuses -
Galaga
Fixed-shooter game
Control a space ship while aliens fly in formation and come down at the player's ship to either shoot or collide -
Tron
A computer hacker is trapped inside a digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial-type games -
Q-Bert
Isometric platform with puzzle elements where the player controls the character from a third-person perspective -
Tetris
Tile-matching from the Soviet Union
Name is from the Greek numerical prefix tetra- four segments
