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In 1967 Ralph Baer created the first video game console prototype named Brown Box, which allowed people to play a simple game of tennis when connected to a television screen. -
Pong is a coin-op arcade game
by Atari Inc. First game to gain widespread
popularity and launched the industry boom -
The Magnavox Odyssey is the first commercial home video game console. The hardware was designed by a small team led by Ralph H. Baer at Sanders Associates. Predates the Atari Pong home consoles -
The Atari 2600 is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc.Popularized game cartridges -
popular in the 1980s -
Shooting game - players defeat waves of aliens with a laser and earn points. Pixilated alien has
become a pop culture icon, often used as a symbol
representing video games as a whole -
Pac-Man, originally called Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. Is considered among the most famous arcade games of all time. Highest brand awareness of any video game character. -
you play as a character (later named Mario)
across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles tossed by donkey kong and rescue a damsel. The hero and ape became two of Nintendo's most popular characters. -
Platform arcade game by Nintendo where you defeat creatures from sewers which was the first real intro to Mario and Luigi. -
The crash was attributed to many factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality. -
Tetris is a puzzle video game created by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. Electronic Gaming Monthly's 100th issue had Tetris in first place as "Greatest Game of All Time“. -
8-bit console by Nintendo which was the most successful of its time,having sold over 60 million worldwide. -
Fantasy action adventure created in Japan and published by Nintendo where Link must rescue
Princess Zelda. -
The Game Boy is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo, launched in the Japanese home market on April 21, 1989, and was the first successful handheld. -
A16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. -
Platform by Sega which was successful and increased the popularity of Sega's console and established Sonic the Hedgehog as the company's mascot. -
First of a series of PS consoles which will end up being the best selling home console. -
64- bit video game entertainment system created by Nintendo. Released Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64. -
Best-selling console in history, selling over 150 million with Over 3870 game titles available. -
console that allowed players to play online which was followed by the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. -
Video game console that in 12/2009, broke sales record for a single month in the US.