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Tennis For Two, the first video game, is introduced at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY. The games creator was William Higinbotham, a nuclear physicist who had previously worked on the Manhattan Project for the US Government. Image site: http://pongmuseum.com/history/WillyHiginbotham-PaleolithicPong.php
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Pong is released in the US by Atari (Midway) Games Image Site: http://www.pong-mythos.net/index.php?lg=en&main=Pong_Arcade-197&site=01:01:03
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Pac Man released by Namco Image site: http://www.answers.com/topic/super-pac-man
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Nintendo Entertainment System released in US
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Super Nintendo released in the US Image: http://www.playerschoicevideogames.com/cat_super.cfm
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Sony Playstation released in Japan
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Sony Playstation 2 released in Japan Image: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/ps2.htm
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Nintendo GameCube released in the US Image: http://www.the-games-blog.com/gamecube-was-3d-capable
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Microsoft Xbox released in the US Image: : http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2010/12/22/xbox-shot-in-cleveland
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Microsoft Xbox 360 released in the US Image: http://www.indiastand.com/articles/xbox-360-1-million-consoles-sold
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Sony Playstation 3 released Image: http://tolecnal.net/2008/05/sony-denies-repair-of-a-playstation-3/
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Nintendo Wii released in the US
