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video games
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pong
First game to gain widespread popularity - launched the industry boom -
magvavox odyssey
worlds first gaming console -
Gran Track 10
A single-player racing arcade game by Atari -
Maze Wars
One of the first FPS
Players wander in a maze -
Coleco Telstar
Pong variants on a domestic television receiver and available to any manufacturer -
APF TV Fun
Pong clone manufactured by APF formally a electronics developer -
Fairchild Channel F
The world's second cartridge-based video game console, after the Magnavox Odyssey -
Atari 2600
Popularized game cartridges - popular in the 1980s
Originally Atari VCS; later changed to "Atari 2600" in 1982, after the release of Atari 5200 -
Space Invaders
Created in Japan - later licensed in US
Shooting game - players defeat waves of aliens with a laser and earn points
So successful it caused a temporary shortage of coins in Japan -
Intellivision
First to pose a serious threat to Atari -
asteroids
Popular and influential game - 70,000 sold by Atari
Vector display and 2D view
Control a spaceship in an asteroid field traversed by flying saucers -
Pac Man
Namco - considered among the most famous arcade games of all time
Became a social phenomenon that sold related merchandise and inspired an animated television series and a top-ten hit single -
Donkey Kong
By Nintendo - platform
Move the character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles -
Atari 7800
Replaced Atari 5200, and re-establish Atari's supremacy over Nintendo and Sega -
Sonic the Hedgehog
Platform by Sega
Successful; increased the popularity of Sega's console and established Sonic the Hedgehog as the company's mascot -
Sony PlayStation
32-bit by Sony
First of a series of PS consoles
First to ship 100 million units -
Nintendo 64
Nintendo's third home console $199
64-bit processor sold 32.93 million units worldwide
Released Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64 -
Sony PlayStation 2
Best-selling console in history, selling over 150 million
Over 3870 game title are available
Produced for 12 years -
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo's fourth system used compact discs
Sold 22 million units worldwide -
Microsoft Xbox
Microsoft's first console with 24 million units sold
Allowed players to play online
$299.99
Discontinued in 2008 -
Xbox 360
By Microsoft after the XBOX
Had problems at first
Xbox Live allows players to compete online and download content
Streams media from PC
Sold 80 million units worldwide - seventh highest-selling console -
Nintendo Wii
by Nintendo for a broader audience
As of 2012, the Wii led PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales
12/2009, broke sales record for a single month in the US
