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History of Video Games

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    1st Generation

  • Home Pong

    Home Pong
    One of the earliest arcade video games and the very first sports arcade video game
  • Telstar Series

    Telstar Series
    Produced by Coleco, 14 consoles from this series were made. 1mil were sold
  • Color TV-Game Series

    Color TV-Game Series
    Made by Nintendo, 4 of these consoles were made and sold in 1977-1980
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    2nd Generation

  • Atari 2600

    Atari 2600
    Popularized the use of microprocessor-based hardware and ROM cartridges made by Atari
  • Intellivision

    Intellivision
    Made by Mattel, test marketed in 1979 official release in 1980
  • Colecovision

    Colecovision
    Coleco, Licsensed Nintendo's Donkey Kong for use on this console
  • Atari 5200

    Atari 5200
    Released by Atari, Could play 2600 games with an adapter
  • Famicom / NES

    Famicom / NES
    By Nintendo, 2 different version, Famicom in Japan, NES everywhere else
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    3rd Generation

  • Master System

    Master System
    Made by Sega, Succeeding the SG-1000, the Master System was released as a direct competitor to the Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Atari 7800

    Atari 7800
    Made by Atari, is the 4th Atari Console
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    4th Generation

  • Mega Drive / Genesis

    Mega Drive / Genesis
    Sega's 3rd Console, Called Mega Drive and Genesis, 16-bit
  • TurboGrafx

    TurboGrafx
    Titles available on the then-new CD-ROM format. Produced by Hudson Soft and NEC
  • Super Famicom / Super NES

    Super Famicom / Super NES
    Nintendo, Super Famicom in JP, and SNES and the Americas
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    5th Generation

  • Saturn

    Saturn
    MAde by Sega, Had Online multplayer
  • Playstation

    Playstation
    Sony's first ever console produced
  • Nintendo 64

    Nintendo 64
    Nintendo's Burst into the 3D 64 Bit Market
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    6th Generation

  • Playstation 2

    Playstation 2
    Sony's second home console still retains the most selling Console ever to this day
  • Gameboy

    Gameboy
    32-bit handheld gaming system developed by Nintendo
  • GameCube

    GameCube
    Nintendo's second 3D home console, 128-bit
  • Xbox

    Xbox
    Microsoft's First ever Home Console, Halo 2 is the Best selling game (and personally the 2nd best halo)
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    7th Generation

  • Xbox 360

    Xbox 360
    Xbox's Brother, Went through 3 itterations, Normal, Elite, and "E", also had cmera peripheral named "Kinect"
  • Playstation 3

    Playstation 3
    Sony's 3rd console, also 3 itterations, Normal, Slim, and Super Slim
  • Wii

    Wii
    Nintendo's 7th gen console, 2 itterations, Wii and Wii Mini
    Wii was packed with a game called "Wii Sports"
  • Playstation Vita

    Playstation Vita
    Succesor to Playstation Portable, designed and developed by Sony
  • Wii U

    Wii U
    Nintendo, the first 8th generation console, Features a new innovative tablet controller
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    8th Generation

  • Playstation 4

    Playstation 4
    Sony's 8th Gen console, Controller features similar gamepad to the Wii U but smaller on the controller itself,
  • Xbox One

    Xbox One
    Microsoft, Originally came packaged with a new version of the Xbox Kinect, but was later removed in newer versions and sold as an optional peripheral