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The first console, the "Brown Box"
Television Engineer Ralph Baer and coworkers made the first video game console to work on a standard Television set.
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Odyssey
After Baer's team presented the Brown Box to Magnavox, they created the Magnavox Odyssey.
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Pong
Nolan Bushnell founds Atari in 1972 and later creates the company first hit Pong.
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Atari 2600 VCS
Bushnell sells Atari to Warner Communications. Warner backs Atari's project for a cartridge based system, the Atari VCS rename the Atari 2600.
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Intellivision
Mattel released the Intellevision to challenge Atari.
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Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo, originally a Japanese playing card company, released the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
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Genesis
The superior 16-bit technology of the Sega Genesis helped it gain an edge over the NES.
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Game Boy
Nintendo's second hit was the Game Boy, the first major hand held system.
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Neo Geo
SNK's Neo Geo, using 24-bit, was a home-console years ahead of it competitors
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Super NES
Nintendo released its own 16 bit console, the SNES, in competition to the Sega Genesis.
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Playstation
The 32 bit Sony console, PlayStation, stressed 3-D gameplay, successful over 2-D gameplay.
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Nintendo 64
Nintendo's N64 was the last of mass marketed cartridge based consoles.
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Playstation 2
Sony's 128 bit Playstation achieved mass popularity with backwards compatibility and functioned as a DVD play.
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Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo's first 128 bit console, non-cartridge system, used 3 inch 1.5 GB game disc.
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Xbox
Microsoft creates the Xbox using PC technology, giving it better performence than other 128 bit consoles.
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GameBoy Advance
The GameBoy Advance, was a backwards compatible system that could display over 32000 colors on a LCD screen.
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Nintendo DS
The DS was a portable device with two screens and one of the screens being a touch screen. It was also backward complatible with GameBoy games.
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Playstation Portable
The PSP was released with wireless capabilities, high quality gameplay and non gaming functions, to compete with Nintendo's domaince of handheld gaming.
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Xbox 360
The first of the seventh generation, the Xbox 360, featured a sleek design, wireless controllers, USB ports and an enhanced online experience through Xbox Live.
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Nintendo Wii
The Wii had a motion sensor built into the controller to allow the game to be controlled by the player.
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Playstation 3
The PS3 offer backward compatibility, internet capabilities, and functions as a Blu-ray player.
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Wii U
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PlayStation 4 (2014 or 2015
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PlaysStation 4 (2014/2015)
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Xbox 720
