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Tokyo olympic

Oct 10, 1964

It means Japan recovered rapidly after Word War 2 and returned to the global community again.

brown box

Jan 8, 1967

Ralph Baer documented and patented his idea to use a television as a game display device in 1966. Over the next two years, several early versions of these devices were built by him at Sanders Associates in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

pong

Nov 8, 1972

Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games; it is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics.

Atari

Jan 8, 1977

Atari corp. released home video game 'Atari 2600'

color TV game 6

Jul 1, 1977

This is the first game console which was released by Nintendo.

SG-1000

Jul 15, 1983

This home video game was released by Sega Corp.

family computer

Jul 15, 1983

This was released by Nintendo and it becomes popular all over the world.

game boy

Apr 21, 1989

This is hand held game and was released by Nintendo. At first, it was sold 12,500 yen.

super famicon

Nov 21, 1990

Nintendo released it. This is improvement version of the family computer.

play station

Dec 3, 1994

This was released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.. Sony Inc. competed with Nintendo and Sega corp. at this time.

game boy color

Oct 21, 1998

This is improvement of the game boy. The screen becomes color from monochrome.

PS2

Mar 4, 2000

This was released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.. This game machine become popular rapidly and are sold 980,000 machine after the selling.

Game Boy unit shipments approach 100 million mark

Jun 15, 2000

Nintendo that has been competed with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., expected to deliver more than 100 million units of Game Boy portable video game machines. The sales were good in 1996 because of the Pokemon game software. Since the new version of this software released in 1999, the sales have grown again.

game boy advance

Mar 21, 2001

This was released by Nintendo. It is hand held game and can charge and fold.

Microsoft, NTT unit link up on Xbox

Mar 30, 2001

Microsoft Corp. and NTT Communications Corp. announced that they cooperate with each other to open a new web site for online games and Xbox. This service was begun in 2002.

September Eleven Terror Attacks

Sep 11, 2001

19 hijackers took control of four commercial passenger jets flying and Two of the aircraft were deliberately flown into the main two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, with a third hitting the Pentagon in Virginia. It caused many victims.

game cube

Sep 14, 2001

It is home video game and was released by Nintendo. A lot of control button was provided.

X-BOX

Feb 22, 2002

This is home video game and was released by Microsoft Corp.. Microsoft Corp. is a computer software corporation.

'Famicom' pioneer scores professorship

Nov 7, 2002

Masayuki Uemura who involved in the development of the Nintendo video game such as family computer, serves as a professor of an univercity.

New Tamagotchi hits U.S. market

Aug 12, 2004

New Tamagotchi that can communicate with others and become friend each other, went on sale in New York and San Francisco.

nintendo DS

Dec 2, 2004

This is hand held game and was released by Nintendo. There are two screens, touch screen and microphone.

PSP

Dec 12, 2004

This is hand held game and was released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. It has a lot of function like phone.

PS3

Nov 11, 2006

This is home video game and released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.. This game machine can downroad and play online game.

Wii

Dec 2, 2006

This is home video game and was released by Nintendo. The control stick is unique, different from other home video's controls.

Nintendo's Wii game console debuts to long lines nationwide

Dec 3, 2006

Enthusiastic fans, about 2000 people lined up to get the Nintendo Co.'s new Wii video game at the Yurakucho Bic Camera in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. The new Wii video game looks like a TV remote and can be use wielded, and anyone can play with everyone.

nintendo DSi

Nov 1, 2008

The good point is a big screen. Compared with the DS, the size of screen doubled.

PSP Go

Nov 1, 2009

This was released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.. The software limited the downroad version only.

movie

Jan 10, 2010

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nintendo 3DS

Feb 26, 2011

The concept is that to bring, sound each other and everyday is pleasant. The screen becomes 3D. It is bid deveropment of technology.

PSP Vita

Dec 17, 2011

'Vita' means 'life' in English. Sony want to change life to play, so named it.

Senkakus flareup escalated

Apr 17, 2012

Tensions between Japan and China over the islets began bubbling earlier 2012. Tokyo gov. Shintaro Ishihara said the capital planned to purchase three of the islets from their private Japanese owner.