history of video games

  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey
    prototype know as the brown box is now at the smithsonian
    340,000 units sold
    worlds first game console
    predates the atari pong home consoles
  • Pong

    Pong
    a coin-op arcard game by atair inc
    based on table tennis
    first game to gain widespread popularity -launched the industry boom
    led to a successful patent infringement lawsuit from the magnavox odyssey
  • Gran Track 10

    Gran Track 10
    a single player racing arcade game by atari player races against the game clock accumulating points
    controls steering wheel shifter accelerator and brake pedals were all firsts for arcade games
  • maze Wars

    maze Wars
    one of the first fps players wander in a maze
    used title based movment
    other players are eyeballs that can be shoot or harmed
    and lose points for being shot
  • Fairchild Channel F

    Fairchild Channel F
    this system was renamed the (VES)
    its the worlds second cartridge -based video game console after the magnavox odyssey
    sold for 169.954$
  • Coleco Telstar

    Coleco Telstar
    battery powered and external components were required
    pong variants on a domestic television receiver and available to any manfacturer
    there are 14 different telstar
  • APF TV fun

    APF TV fun
    it hade built in games of different sports
    hade a speaker and controller knobs
    powered by AC batteries
    limited success
    got destoyed in the crash and never came back
  • Atari 2600

    Atari 2600
    two joysticks two paddle controllers and a cartidge game initially combat later pac-man
  • Asteroids

    Asteroids
    popular game and 70,000 sold by Atari
    vector display and 2D view
    shoot asteroids and saucers while not colliding or being hit by counter-fire
  • Pac Man

    Pac Man
    became a super popular video game and hade a lot of merchindices and revenew
  • Mario Brothers

    Mario Brothers
    was a plumer who destroyed creatures from the sewers of new york
    full color
    nintendo platform
  • NES

    NES
    8 bit console by nintendo
    sold 60million coipes world wide
    brought video games back from the crash
    slogan now you're playing witrh power
  • Sega Master system

    Sega Master system
    8 bit cartridge based by sega
    competitor to NES
    popular in european markets
    and hade a gun attatchment
  • The Legend of Zelda

    The Legend of Zelda
    created in japan and published by nintindo
    hade a heroic story and link a elef who saves a princess Zelda
    sold 67.93 million copies
  • Nintendo's Game boy

    Nintendo's Game boy
    8 bit is sold for 89.95
    first successful handheld predecessor of all other Game Boys
    Originally bundled with Tetris
    sold 118.69 million worldwide
  • Sega Genesis

    Sega Genesis
    supported over 900 games
    sold 40 million units worldwide
    competitor of the super (SNES)
    and all time favirot game sonic
  • Sonic the Hedgehog

    Sonic the Hedgehog
    platform by sega
    sonic is the company's mascot
    led to a sequle for the sonic games
    was in color and pixlies
  • playstation

    playstation
    32 bit by sony
    first playstation consoles
    ship 100 million units
    has a playstation network or internet connection
    was the best seling of its time
  • Nintendo 64

    Nintendo 64
    nintendo's third home console $ 199
    64-bit processor sold 32.93 million units worldwide
    released super mario 64 and pilotwings 64 solgan get N or get out
  • Playstion 2

    Playstion 2
    the playstation was the good 3D graphices and lots of games made orer 1,000 games made and it hade the first memory trasfer data that worked on any ps2 system
    hade internet and you could playonline