History of Electronic Games Time Line

1972 - Magnavox Odyssey

1972

The Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first game console. It Predates the Atari Pong home consoles. The prototype is known as the “Brown Box” and is now at the Smithsonian. Over 340,000 units were sold.

1974 - Gran Track 10

1974

This is a single-player racing arcade game by Atari. It's about a Player that races against the game clock, accumulating points. Early diode-based ROM was used. Controls, steering wheel, shifter, accelerator, and brake pedals were all firsts for arcade games

1974 - Maze Wars

1974

One of the first FPS games that was made. Players wander in a maze in the game and used tile-based movement. Other players are eyeballs that can be shot or harmed. Players gain points for shooting other players and lose them for being shot.

1976 - APF TV Fun

1976

Pong clone manufactured by APF formally an electronics developer.
Four built-in games (Tennis, Hockey, Single Handball, and Squash)
The game had a speaker and two controller knobs. It was powered by AC; adapter or batteries and had limited success.

1976 - Fairchild Channel F

1976

It was the world's second cartridge-based video game console, after the Magnavox Odyssey. It sold for $169.95. Originally called Video Entertainment System (VES), but when Atari released VCS, it was renamed.

1977 - Chuck E Cheese’s

1977

This was the first family entertainment centers aimed for young children. It's a pizza restaurant with arcade games, amusement rides, an animatronics show, climbing equipment, tubes, and slides. It Helped improve the image of video games.

1980 - Pac Man

1980

Pac Man was considered among the most famous arcade games of all time. It became a social phenomenon that sold related merchandise and inspired an animated television series and a top-ten hit single. It appealed to both genders and generated more than $2.5 billion by the 1990s.

1981 - Galaga

1981

Galaga is a fixed-shooter game. You control a space ship while aliens fly in formation and come down at the player's ship to either shoot or collide. Players fire at enemies, and once all enemies are vanquished, at which point the player moves to the next stage

1983 - Mario Brothers

1983

Mario Brothers was made by Nintendo and is a platform arcade game. It has full color. Mario, an Italian-American plumber, and his brother Luigi must defeat creatures from the sewers below New York.

1989 - Nintendo’s Game Boy

1989

First successful handheld redecessor of all other Game Boys. It was originally bundled with Tetris and sold 118.69 million worldwide. It had 8-bit for $89.95.

1989 - Atari Lynx

1989

World's first with a color LCD display by Atari. Advanced features and graphics, and ambidextrous layout. It failed to attract quality third-party developers, and was eventually abandoned

1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog

1991

Sonic the Hedgehog is a platform by Sega. It was successful; increased the popularity of Sega's console and established Sonic the Hedgehog as the company's mascot. Led to subsequent games in Sega's flagship Sonic the Hedgehog series

1991 - Super Nintendo

1991

Super Nintendo has advanced graphics and sound capabilities. Ran 3D graphics better, helping usher in 3D in the fifth generation. Best-selling of the 16-bit era and remains popular well into the 32-bit era.

1994 - Sony PlayStation

1994

It is 32-bit by Sony and first of a series of PS consoles. First to ship 100 million units. PS2 released in 2000 is best-selling home console to date and has a PlayStation network.

1996 - Nintendo 64

1996

Nintendo 64 was Nintendo's third home console $199. Its 64-bit processor sold 32.93 million units worldwide. It Released Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64. The Slogan: "Get N, or get Out!"

1999 - Sega Dreamcast

1999

Sega Dreamcast was the first sixth-generation console. It was a successor to the Sega. It was hailed as ahead of its time but failed to gather momentum when PS2 was released and was discontinued in 2001.

2001 - Nintendo GameCube

2001

It was Nintendo's fourth system that used compact discs. It Sold 22 million units worldwide. Discs are encrypted and unreadable by most DVD drives and was discontinued in 2007.

2001 - Microsoft Xbox

2001

Microsoft's first console with 24 million units sold. It Allowed players to play online and costed $299.99. It discontinued in 2008 and followed by the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

2005 - Xbox 360

2005

It was made by Microsoft after the XBOX. It had problems at first.
Xbox Live allows players to compete online and download content.
It also streams media from PC and sold 80 million units worldwide.

2006 – Nintendo Wii

2006

It was made by Nintendo for a broader audience. As of 2012, the Wii led PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales 12/2009, broke sales record for a single month in the US. The notable features include: controller, WiiConnect24, and Virtual Console.