History of video games by: Zariah Polk

By n0t_.zp

  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey
    The world's First game console

  • Gran Track 10

    Gran Track 10
    A single-player racing arcade game by Atari

  • Fairchild Channel F

    Fairchild Channel F
    The world's second cartridge-based video game console, after the Magnavox Odyssey

  • Chuck E Cheese

    Chuck E Cheese
    First family entertainment centers aimed at young
    children.

  • Atari 2600

    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

    Space Invaders
    Shooting game - players defeat waves of aliens
    with a laser and earn points

  • Asteroids

    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

    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

    Donkey Kong
    By Nintendo - platform. Move the character
    across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles.

  • Q-Bert

    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
    cubes the same color.

  • Tetris

    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

    Handheld Games-Gameboy
    First successful handheld -
    predecessor of all other
    Game Boys

  • Sonic The Hedgehog

    Sonic The Hedgehog
    Successful; increased the
    popularity of Sega's console
    and established Sonic the
    Hedgehog as the company's
    mascot

  • Nintendo 64

    Nintendo 64

  • Sega Dreamcast

    Sega Dreamcast
    First sixth-generation console
    •Successor to the Sega
    Saturn as a comeback
    effort
    Was hailed as ahead of its
    time but failed to gather
    momentum when PS2 was
    released
    Discontinued in 2001

  • Sony PlayStation 2

    Sony PlayStation 2
    Best-selling console
    in history, selling over 150 million. Over 3870 game title are available. Produced for 12 years.

  • Nintendo GameCube

    Nintendo GameCube
    Nintendo's fourth
    system used compact
    discs
    Sold 22 million units
    worldwide
    Discs are encrypted
    and unreadable by
    most DVD drives.
    Discontinued in 2007
  • Period: to

    Seventh Generation

    Started on November 22, 2005 with the
    release of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and a
    year later with Sony's PlayStation 3 on
    November 17, 2006 and Nintendo's Wii
    on November 19, 2006
    Each new console introduced a new type
    of breakthrough in technology
    Wii appears to be the leading seller of
    this generation

  • Nintendo's Wii

    Nintendo's Wii
    Fifth home game console by Nintendo.
    Direct successor to the GameCube.
    Nintendo states that its console targets
    a broader demographic than Microsoft's
    Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.
    Has a wireless controller, Wii Remote,
    can be used as a handheld pointing
    device and detect acceleration in three
    dimensions.
    WiiConnect24, enables it to receive messages and updates
    over the Internet while in standby mode.
    Released in 2005. During the week of September 12, 2007
  • 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.