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Magnavox Odyssey
This was the first home video game console, even with just 12 built-in games, no color, and no save data, it is still the first console and it had inspired many other consoles. -
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 made history with its better games, better color graphics and sharper sound than the original systems. -
NES
The NES revived video games inside of the US and popularized video games into pop culture. -
Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis is important because it showed that video games are just toys for kids, but that video games can be a form of art. Also, it popularized video games in general. -
Turbografx-16
The Turbografx-16 might be one of the most important consoles in history due to the fact it was the first console with a CD add-on, which is a necessity for todays generation of consoles. -
SNES
The SNES had advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared to their other consoles. -
Playstation 1
The first Playstation was basically the TurboGrafx and the Genesis in one, but even better, The disk drive on this really did a lot for consoles nowadays and this signaled Sony's rise to power in the video game industry. -
PS2
The PS2 is important as well as the Xbox, showed that consoles can be a hub for entertainment as well. The PS2 was DVD player as well as a PS1 and PS2 due to the backwards-compatability. The PS2 was really ahead of its time when it was released in 2000. -
Xbox
The Xbox is important, it was really popular and brought the idea of consoles being hubs for entertainment as well. Xbox would become part of the "big three" of video game companies. -
Wii
The Wii broadened the entire video-game console market and established the largest user base.