Game console and games timeline

  • Sega

    Sega

    distributed coin-operated amusement-type games
  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey

    first game console
  • Pong

    Pong

    based on table tennis, and named after the sound generated when the ball is hit
  • Maze Wars

    Maze Wars

    Players wander around a maze, moving backward or forward, turning right or left in 90-degree increments, and peeking through doorways.
  • Gran Track 10

    Gran Track 10

    The player raced against the game clock, accumulating as many points as possible.
  • Coleco Telstar

    Coleco Telstar

    Originally a Pong clone based on General Instrument's AY-3-8500 chip.
  • Fairchild Channel F

    Fairchild Channel F

    The world's second cartridge-based video game console
  • space invaders

    space invaders

    Shooting game where the players defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn points
  • asteroids

    asteroids

    Player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field
  • pac man

    pac man

    game where you collect the items to gain points to move to the next round
  • galaga

    galaga

    player fires upon the enemies, and once all enemies are vanquished, the player moves onto the next stage.
  • Donkey Kong

    Donkey Kong

    Players moved the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles who must rescue a damsel in distress, Lady, from a giant ape
  • role position

    role position

    arcade racing game by Atari
  • Tron

    Tron

    a computer programmer transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer, where he interacts with various programs in his attempt to get back out.
  • Q-Bert

    Q-Bert

    an isometric platform game with puzzle elements where the player controls the titular protagonist from a third-person perspective
  • mario brothers

    mario brothers

    Mario and his brother Luigi, must defeat creatures from the sewers below New York.
  • tetris

    tetris

    tile-matching game originally designed and programmed in the Soviet Union
  • Sega Master System

    Sega Master System

    8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega
  • The Legend of Zelda

    The Legend of Zelda

    A high fantasy action-adventure video game series created in Japan and published by Nintendo.
  • Final Fantasy

    Final Fantasy

    The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy RPGs, but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise.
  • Nintendo’s Game Boy

    Nintendo’s Game Boy

    The first successful handheld console, and was the predecessor of all other iterations of the Game Boy line.
  • Atari Lynx

    Atari Lynx

    The Lynx holds the distinction of being the world's first handheld electronic game with a color LCD display
  • Super Nintendo

    Super Nintendo

    Advanced graphics and sound capabilities that compensated for its slow CPU, compared with other consoles at the time.
  • Sony PlayStation

    Sony PlayStation

    The original PlayStation was the first of a series of consoles and hand-held game devices
  • Sony PlayStation 2

    Sony PlayStation 2

    Sony's second video game console, the successor to the successful PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3