History of video games by: Zariah Polk

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  • 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

    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
    cubes the same color.
  • 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

  • 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.