Game History By dee52 Jan 1, 1947 Cathode ray tube,It records and controls the quality of an electronic signal Jan 1, 1951 Sega, first coin-operated machine Jan 1, 1972 Pong, first arcade video game Jan 1, 1974 Maze wars, one of the first FPS game Jan 1, 1976 Coleco Telstar, the ciruit was intended to be battery powered aand minimum number Jan 1, 1976 Fairchild Channel F, The world's second catridge based video game console Jan 1, 1977 Atari 2600, video game console credited with popularizing the use of a microprocesor and catridges containing games Jan 1, 1978 Space Invaders, shooting game where the players defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon Jan 1, 1979 Asteroids, most popular and influential games selling 70,00 by Atari Jan 1, 1981 Galaga, The player contols a space ship at the bottom of the screen Oct 1, 1997 Grand theft auto, Each game in this series allows players to take on the role of a criminal or a wannabe in the big city Nov 27, 1998 Dreamcast, 1st 6th generation console Jan 1, 2001 Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo's 4th home game console Jan 1, 2001 xbox, microsoft's 1st 6th generation console Nov 15, 2001 Halo, only playable on microsoft consoles Nov 22, 2005 xbox 360, microsoft's 1st 7th generation console Nov 17, 2006 ps3, sony's 1st 7th generation console Nov 15, 2013 Ps4, sony's 1st 8th generation console Nov 18, 2013 wii u, Nintendo's 1st 8th generation console Nov 22, 2013 xbox 1, microsofts 1st 8th generation console