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DJS - Video Game Timeline

By DJSandAGC

  • 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