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SEGA
SEGA comes into existance -
Worlds first game console
the Magnavox Odyssey is made 340,000 units were sold. it's the predaceser of the Atari Pong home consoles -
First FPS
SEGA releases Maze Wars. The players gain points for shooting other players and lose them for being shot -
advacement
a keyboard is introduced with the 1975 model of the Magnavox Odyssey -
Atari 2600
popularized game cartidges -
Chuck E Cheese's
first family entertainment centers aimed at young children. helped improve the image of video games -
Space Invaders
grossed 2 billion worldwide and its pixilated ailen has become a pop culture icon often used to reprsent video games as a whole -
MARIO
Nintendo introduces Mario brothers a platform arcade game in full color -
Tetris
one of the most well known and easly reconizable games in history -
Video Game Crash
the video game industry crashed as the market was flooed with consoles and bad games (ET) and personal computers were introduced -
NES
Nintendo releses the NES a 8-bit console. Sold over 60 million units worldwide was also the first console to play and openly court third-party developers -
SEGA responds
SEGA releases its own 8-bit console the Master System it failed to overtake the NES but was popular in european markets -
Handheld games
Nintendo releases the Game Boy for $89.95. 118.69 million units were sold worldwide -
Atari Lynx
First color LCD display in a haldheld game system it also had advanced features and graphics with an ambidextrous layout -
Sega Genesis
suported over 900 games and primary competitor of the Super NES -
TurboExpress
most advaced handheld game system of its time it has a 2.6 inch screen 64 sprite 16 per scane line dispaly in 482 colors at once out of a color palette of 512 colors -
Sonic
SEGA releases Sonic the Hedgehog on the genesis. Sonic goes on to become the mascot of SEGA games -
Super Nintendo
hads advanced graphics and sound capabilities ran 3-d graphics the best of its time and was the best selling of the 16-bit era -
Sony PlayStation
32-bit console released by Sony first in the PS series first to ship 100 million units -
Microsoft Xbox
allowed online play and had 24 milion units sold was followed by the Xbox 360 and Xbox One
