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Timetoast Timeline Project 9b
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Atari
The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers. The company's products, such as Pong and the Atari 2600, helped define the computer entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid 1980s. -
Nintendo
The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was released in the United States on October 18, 1985. The original system was packaged with two controllers and, depending on the model, a specific game like Super Mario Bros. or Duck Hunt. -
Sega Genesis
The Sega was originally released in Japan as the "Mega Drive", in America as the "Sega Genesis". The reason for the two names is that Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in North America. Suggested retail price $189.99 -
Playstation 1
In addition to playing games, the PlayStation has the ability to read and play audio CDs. Suggested retail price $299 -
Nintendo 64
The N64 was the last commercial cartridge based console to be produced.The three games Resident Evil 2, Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and Conkers Bad Fur Day jointly hold the record for the largest capacity N64 games cartridge, at 64MB. -
Playstation 2
On November 29, 2005, the PlayStation 2 became the fastest game console to reach 100 million units shipped, accomplishing the feat within 5 years and 9 months from its launch. The PS2 has sold over 153 million units worldwide as of March 31, 2011. -
XBox
The Xbox is the first video game system to feature an internal hard disk drive; at 8GB, owners did not need memory cards for storage purposes. It was discontinued in 2006 after selling over 24 million consoles worldwide. The classic Xbox contains a variety of non-gaming features as well, including the ability to rip music from CDs to the hard drive and DVD playback with the Xbox DVD remote. -
XBox 360
The suggested retail price was $299.99. As well as gaming, the Xbox 360 can also be used for watching movies and listening to music. Unlike the original Xbox, the 360 has wireless controllers and other accessories. -
Playstation 3
The PlayStation 3 is convex on its left side, with the PlayStation logo upright, when vertical (the top side is convex when horizontal) and has a glossy black finish. -
Wii
As of March 2012, the Wii leads the generation over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, and in December 2009 broke the record for best-selling console in a single month in the United States.A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and detects movement in three dimensions. -
XBox Kinect
Kinect is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs.Based around a webcam-style add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, it enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller, through a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands
