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SEGA
Sega is founded -
Magnavox Odyssey
The Maganov Odyssey is created, world's first console -
Pong
Pong becomes the first game to gain huge popularity -
Gran Track 10
Gran Track 10 comes out with different and new controls -
Maze Wars
Maze Wars launches as one of the first FPS games -
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is released and popularized game cartridges -
Chuck E. Cheese's
First family entertainment centers that had arcade games and improved the image of games -
Space Invaders
Space invaders is released and was so successful it caused a shortage in Japan -
Pac-Man
Pac-Man is considered the most famous game of all time and it appealed to both genders -
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong is released and the ape as well as the hero become Nintendo's most famous characters -
The Mario Brothers
Mario Brothers is released by Nintendo -
Tetris
Tetris is released and is considered the best game of all time -
The Video Game Crash
Due to a large variety of games and a failed creation of ET, game consoles weren't being bought where as low-end computers were -
NES
The Nintendo Entertainment system is released and helps bring back the game industry -
Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda is released and begins the start of its franchise -
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy is created and its known for its innovation, visuals and full motion videos -
Nintendo Game Boy
The first handheld game console is created by Nintendo -
Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog is released and begins its franchise and establishes it as the mascot of Sega -
Sony's Playstation
Sony's first Playstation comes out and begins its involvement as well as its beginning of a franchise -
Microsoft's first Xbox
Microsoft begins its involvement in the game industry and begins its line of consoles
