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First Console: "Brown Box"
Console History A german inventor made the Brown Box. It only had one game on it and it was a game where two players controlled squares to catch each other. -
Console Odyssey Released
Made by the creator of the brown box. The Odyssey had 6 cartridges all with two games on them and a total of 12 games. They all featured lines and dots as graphics -
Pong was released
Console HistoryThe chip in the console made a sound when the ball hit the paddle which was a new thing. -
Atari VCS
The atari used classic arcade games like Space Invaders and became a household name. -
Release of the Intellivison
The intellivison was atari's main competition. It featured better graphics than the atari and synthesized voices in game. -
NES by Nintendo
Nintendo's first console. Nintendo was originally a japanes playing card company. The NES featured some of the greatest games such as Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Final Fantasy. This was the best selling console of its time. -
Nintendo Gameboy
This was the first portable console. Featured 8-bit graphics like the NES and a white and black LCD screen. It got several makeovers over the years such as: the gameboy pocket, gameboy color -
Sega Genesis
The first console to have 16-bit and featured Sega's best selling game sonic the hedgehog. -
Neo-Geo
The neo-geo wasn't as sucessful as the other consoles due to its huge price, 650$ and each game costs around 200$. It was supposed to bring arcade games into the house. -
Windows by Microsoft
Microsoft released windows, along with a number of applications to go with it such as word or exel. -
Invention of The World Wide Web
Tim berner-lee, a researcher at CERN, developed HTML which then expanded into the WWW. -
Windows 3.0
Microsoft's 3rd operating system. -
Super NES
After getting beaten by the sega genesis with it's 16-bit graphics nintendo released their own 16-bit console. It had a slow start but it definitely caught up with the genesis. SNES released new versions of Super Mario, Zelda. Metroid and a new game called Donkey Kong. -
Sony Playstation
The playstation's graphics dominated with 3D images in 32-bit. The first console to use CD-rom technology. Its popular franchises included Tekken, Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil and EA games. -
Nintendo 64
The first console to have 3D graphics AND in 32-bit. Its game cartiridges loaded much quicker than playstation's CDs and did not require memory cards -
PS2
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Facebook Launched
Created by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook is now the most popular social networking site in the world. -
Youtube Launched
Founded by Steve Chen, this is the most popular media site in the world. -
Twitter Launched
Created by Jack Dorsey, Twitter is the second most popular social networking site in the world.
