Game History

  • Cathode ray tube

    Cathode ray tube
    It records and controls the quality of an electronic signal
  • First Computer Game

    First Computer Game
    Technology: vacuum tubes Memory: 1K words, 17 bits, mercury delay line Speed: 714 operations per second
  • SEGA

    SEGA
    distributed coin-operated amusement-type games such as jukeboxes and slot machines
  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey
    World's first game console
  • Pong

    Pong
    based on table tennis, and named after the sound generated when the ball is hit.
  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey
    Allowed each game to be a completely unique experience, with its own background and foreground graphics, gameplay, scoring, and music
  • Fairchild Channel F

    Fairchild Channel F
    The world's second cartridge-based video game console, after the Magnavox Odyssey
  • Atari 2600

    Atari 2600
    Video game console credited with popularizing the use of a microprocessor and cartridges containing games
  • Chuck E Cheese’s

    Chuck E Cheese’s
    First type of family entertainment centers aimed at young children
  • Space Invaders

    Space Invaders
    Created in Japan, and was later licensed by the Midway in the US
  • Asteroids

    Asteroids
    Used a vector display and a 2D view that wraps around in both screen axes
  • Pac Man

    Pac Man
  • Donkey Kong

    Donkey Kong
    By Nintendo platform game genre
  • Galaga

    Galaga
    Fixed shooter game by Namco in Japan and Midway in US
  • Tron

    Tron
    about 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
  • Atari 7800

    Atari 7800
    Designed to replace the unsuccessful Atari 5200, and re-establish Atari's market supremacy against Nintendo and Sega
  • Nintendo’s Game Boy

    Nintendo’s Game Boy
    A handheld game console by Nintendo, for $89.95
  • Sonic the HedgeHog

    Sonic the HedgeHog
    A platform video game developed by Sega
  • Super Nintendo

    Super Nintendo
    Advanced graphics and sound capabilities that compensated for its slow CPU
  • Sony PlayStation

    Sony PlayStation
    was the first of a series of consoles and hand-held game devices, which included successor consoles and upgrades
  • Nintendo 64

    Nintendo 64
    , was Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market
  • Sony PlayStation 2

    Sony PlayStation 2
    second video game console, the successor to the successful PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation
  • Xbox 360

    Xbox 360
    Xbox Live service allows players to compete online and download arcade games and content such as demos, trailers, TV shows, music videos, or rented movies
  • PlayStation 3

    PlayStation 3
    “3rd home game console by Sony and the successor to the PlayStation 2
  • Nintendo's Wii

    Nintendo's Wii
    Has a wireless controller, Wii Remote, can be used as a handheld pointing device and detect acceleration in three dimensions