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Sega
Sega was finally launched in 1951, before Sega launched coin arcade games ruled the world of video games -
First Game Console
The first ever gaming console released in 1972 known as the Magnavox Odyssey or the "brown box" about 340,000 units were sold -
Pong
Also released in 1972 Pong was one of the first games ever to really become popular and it was only based on table tennis -
Gran Track 10
This game brought new equipment to gaming such as Brakes, gas pedals, steering wheel, etc. It was a single player racing game created by Atari which also made Pong -
Maze Wars
The first ever first person shooting game which involved walking through a maze and fighting enemies who are eyeballs -
Coleco Telstar
A brand new gaming console with games programmed in it such as different Pong variants -
APF TV fun
Another game console including 4 built in games which are Tennis,hockey,single handball, and squash -
Fairchild Channel F
The second cartridge based gaming console after the Magnavox Odyssey sold for 170$ -
Atari 2600
Popularized game cartridges and was just a basic console with 2 joysticks and 2 paddle controllers -
Space Invaders
Created in Japan and licensed in US, You were to defeat multiple waves of aliens by shooting with lasers -
Intellivision
One of the first competition against Atari and by 1982 over 2 millions of these consoles were sold -
Pac Man
One of the most famous and known arcade games in the world developed by Namco -
Donkey Kong
Developed by Nintendo was the platform style game where you must rescue the princess while avoiding different obstacles -
Frogger
Also made in 1981 you had to move frogs across busy roads and avoid the cars very similar to today's "crossy road" -
Galaga
Another space shooting game very similar to space invaders where you fight off waves of variable enemies -
Tron
Based of the movie Tron you participate in gladiatorial type games -
Mario Brothers
Series created by Nintendo where characters "Mario" and his brother "Luigi" must fight enemies below the streets of New York -
Tetris
A game about matching the right blocks with the right color and comes from the Soviet Union -
NES
One of the most popular consoles ever released and created by Nintendo which sold 60 million of these worldwide -
Nintendo Game boy
The first successful handheld console also made by Nintendo and sold 1118.69 million worldwide
