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Brown Box
1st Video Game Console w/ TV DATES ARE NOT ACCURATE; ONLY PUT CHRONOLOGICALLY -
1st Home Video Game Console
Magnavox Oddysey -
1st Commercially Successful Video Game
Pong -
1st Arcade Racing Game & 1st Game to Use ROM
Gran Trak 10 -
Earliest First Person Shooter
Maze Mars -
Atari releases Breakout
Breakout prototype made by Apple co-founders -
Atari Releases Most Successful Console of its Time
Video Game Computer System (Atari 2600 or UCS) -
Atari Creates Pizzeria Arcade
Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre -
Nintendo Releases First Home Console
Color TV Game 6 -
Notable Releases
Space Invaders, Space Wars, Bee Gee -
Notable Releases (cont.)
Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Monaco GP, Flight Simulator -
Notable Releases (cont.)
Pac-Man, Missile Command, Defender, Centipede -
Notable Releases (cont.)
Galaga, Donkey Kong, Frogger -
Notable Releases (cont.)
Q-Bert, Tron, Megamania, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Joust -
Sega Releases SG-1000
Released to the Japanese market, this famous company gains little success. -
Nintendo Releases NES
Super Mario Bros. was sold near its release, and the game ended its reign as the top selling video game in 2008 with 40 million copies sold. -
Sega Releases Sega Master System
Tries to compete against the NES -
Sega Releases its Most Successful Console
Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis for US sales) sold 29 million units. -
Sony and Nintendo Release Battle
Near the same release date, Nintendo's Wii console and Sony's Playstation 3 console fight for the sales. -
Nintendo and Sony Release Battle Vol. 2
Nintendo's DSi versus Sony's PSP Go