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Magnavox Odyssey
The world's First game console -
Gran Track 10
A single-player racing arcade game by Atari -
Fairchild Channel F
The world's second cartridge-based video game console, after the Magnavox Odyssey -
Chuck E Cheese
First family entertainment centers aimed at young
children. -
Atari 2600
Originally Atari VCS; later
changed to "Atari 2600" in
1982, after the release
of Atari 5200. Two joysticks, two paddle
controllers, and a
cartridge game - initially
Combat later Pac-Man. -
Space Invaders
Shooting game - players defeat waves of aliens
with a laser and earn points -
Asteroids
Popular and influential
game - 70,000 sold by Atari Vector display and 2D view. Control a spaceship in an
asteroid field traversed
by flying saucers. -
Pac Man
Namco - considered
among the most famous
arcade games of all time , became a social
phenomenon that sold related merchandise and inspired an animated television series and a top-ten hit single. -
Donkey Kong
By Nintendo - platform. Move the character
across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. -
Q-Bert
By Gottlieb, Isometric platform with
puzzle elements where
the player controls the
character from a third-
person perspective. Object is to make all
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Tetris
Tile-matching from the Soviet Union. Name is from the Greek numerical prefix tetra- four segments
Electronic Gaming Monthly's 100th issue had Tetris in first place as "Greatest Game of All Time“. -
Handheld Games-Gameboy
First successful handheld -
predecessor of all other
Game Boys -
Sonic The Hedgehog
Successful; increased the
popularity of Sega's console
and established Sonic the
Hedgehog as the company's
mascot -
Nintendo 64
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Sony PlayStation 2
Best-selling console
in history, selling over 150 million. Over 3870 game title are available. Produced for 12 years. -
Period: to
Eighth Generation
Includes Nintendo's Wii U, Sony
PlayStation 4, and Microsoft's Xbox
One. Face competition for smart phones,
tablets, and smart TV.