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Magnavox Odyssey
World's first gaming console, has 340,000 units sold -
Fairchild Channel F
World's second video game system, original called Video Entertainment System but was renamed after Atari released the VCS -
Atari 2600
Popularized game cartridges,originally the Atari VCS but renamed in 1982 after the release of the Atari 5200 -
Space Invaders
Created in Japan and was later licensed in the US, was so successful that it caused a coin shortage in Japan -
Intellivision
The first to pose a threat to Atari, by 1982 over 2 million had been sold -
Pac Man
Considered among the most famous arcade games of all time -
Donkey Kong
Dominated the market in the early 1980s and 1990s -
Tetris
Has sold more than 70 million copies, in January 2010 it was said that Tetris has sold more than 100 million copies for mobile phones alone since 2005 -
Video Game Crash
The delay of the Atari 7800 left people waiting for the next big thing, had too many poor games and too many consoles to choose from, millions of consumers shifted their attention from buying game consoles to low-end computers with similar prices, had lasted 2 years and the market was revived due to the success of the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario Bros. -
NES
Sold over 60 million units worldwide, helped revive the video game industry in the US after the crash and set the standards for consoles, first console to support third-party developers -
Sega Master System
Was released as a direct competitor to the NES but failed to topple it but was popular in Europe -
Game Boy
Was the first successful handheld, has sold 118.69 million worldwide -
Sega Game Gear
Sega's response the Game Boy though its short battery life and lack of support and titles held it back -
SNES
The best-selling of the 16-bit era, had advanced graphics and sound capabilities, remained popular into the 32-bit era -
Sony PlayStation
First to ship 100 million units, 32-bit -
Sega Saturn
32-bit, sold 9.5 million units worldwide, was powerful for the time but its design made harnessing power difficult -
Nintendo 64
Nintendo's third console, 64-bit processor, sold 32.93 million units worldwide -
Sega Dreamcast
First sixth-gen console, was the successor of the Sega Saturn as a comeback effort, was hailed as ahead of its time but failed to get momentum after the PlayStation 2 was released -
PlayStation 2
The best-selling console in history, sold over 150 million, had 3870 game titles available -
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo's fourth system, used compact discs, sold 22 million units worldwide, discs are encrypted and are unreadable by most DVD drives
