History of Video Games

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  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey
    Worlds First game console, "The Brown Box"
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    First Gen

  • Maze Wars

    Maze Wars
    One of the first FPS games, tile based movement

  • Magnavox Odyssey ​

    Magnavox Odyssey ​
    Played cartriges, "Quest for the Rings"
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    Second Gen

    Mid-1970s cartridges moved to CPU-based consoles ​

  • Chuck E Cheese

    Chuck E Cheese
    First family entertainment centers aimed at young children, helped improve the image of video games

  • Atari 2600

    Atari 2600
    Popularized game cartridges - popular in the 1980s

  • Space Invaders

    Space Invaders
    Created in Japan, later liscensed in the US, responsible for a temporary coin shortage in Japan

  • Pac Man

    Pac Man
    Made by Namco, considered one of the most famous games of all time

  • Donkey Kong

    Donkey Kong
    By Nintendo, The hero and ape became two of Nintendo's most popular characters

  • The Video Game Crash

    Caused mainly by the delay of Atari's 7800 console, too many E.T. games caused the downfall of Atari and many other startup game companys, led to the ​introduction of personal computers like the Commodore 64, and lasted for 2 years.

  • Tetris

    Tetris
    Tile-matching game from the Soviet Union​, for the Commadore 64 and IBM PC

  • NES

    NES
    8-bit console by Nintendo​, Most successful of its time sold over 60 million worldwide ​

  • Atari 7800

    Atari 7800
    Replaced Atari 5200, and re-established Atari's supremacy over Nintendo and Sega ​

  • The Legend Of Zelda

    The Legend Of Zelda
    Fantasy action-adventure created in Japan and published by Nintendo​

  • Nintendo's Game Boy

    Nintendo's Game Boy
    First successful handheld - predecessor of all other Game Boys​
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    3rd Gen (Handheld Games)

  • Sonic The Hedgehog

    Sonic The Hedgehog
    By Sega, Successful; increased the popularity of Sega's console and established Sonic the Hedgehog as the company's mascot​
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    4th Gen

    16-bit era
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    5th Gen

    32-bit and 64-bit games

  • Sony Playstation

    Sony Playstation
    By Sony, 32-bit, First of a series of PS consoles ​

  • Nintendo 64

    Nintendo 64
    Nintendo's third home console
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    6th Gen

    128-bit era

  • Sega Dreamcast

    Sega Dreamcast
    First sixth-generation console​, Was hailed as ahead of its time but failed to gather momentum when PS2 was released​

  • Xbox 360

    Xbox 360
    By Microsoft, after the Xbox

  • Nintendos Wii

    Nintendos Wii
    Fifth home game console by Nintendo. ​
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    7th Gen

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    8th Gen

    Increase of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as the major processor