Generations of Gaming

By stagg01
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    First Generation Consoles

  • First Generation

    First Generation
    The first video games appeared in the 1950’s, But the very first video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey
    Released in 1972.
    First console that could be connected to a TV set.
    One of the games that was released for the first generation consoles,
    Still a very popular and well known game…… Was of course…… Pong. At first it was a very basic game,
    but has been developed over the years with increased quality within the graphics.
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    Second Generation Consoles

  • Second Generation

    Second Generation
    The first console categorized in second generation of consoles
    Was the Fairchild Channel F.
    But the most popular was the Atari 2600. Two very popular games during second generation,
    Donkey Kong and Pac-Man.
    Still popular and played a lot still.
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    Third Generation Consoles

  • Third Generation

    Third Generation
    The first console categorized in third generation of consoles,
    Was the SG-1000.
    But the most popular console was the NES (after the 1983 crash).
    One very popular game that is well known was…… Super Mario Bros.
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    Forth Generation Consoles

  • Forth Generation

    Forth Generation
    The first console categorized in forth generation of consoles,
    Was the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16.
    It was very successful due to it haven a CD-ROM format.
    One game that was released for the fourth generation was Sonic the Hedgehog.
    Which had a massive and successful franchise.
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    Fifth Generation Consoles

  • Fifth Generation

    Fifth Generation
    The best selling console in fifth generation of consoles was,
    PlayStation which sold a total of 100 million systems.
    One of the most iconic games from this generation which has had a massive franchise was,
    Super Mario 64.
    The game was a massive success when released for Nintendo 64.
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    Sixth Generation Consoles

  • Sixth Generation

    Sixth Generation
    Video gaming has now moved onto more PC like architectures and uses DVD’s for gaming media.
    The best selling console in sixth generation and in history of consoles was,
    The PlayStation 2 which sold more than 155 million consoles.
    Two best selling games of this generation were,
    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas which was a best seller for PlayStation 2.
    Halo 2 which was a best seller for Xbox.
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    Seventh Generation Consoles

  • Seventh Generation

    Seventh Generation
    Xbox 360 was one of the consoles introduced within the seventh generation.
    The new disc formats were,
    Blue-ray for PlayStation 3 and
    HD DVD for Xbox 360.
    The best selling game for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was,
    Grand Theft Auto: V as it sold nearly 33 million copies on these consoles
    The best selling game for Nintendo Wii was,
    Mario Kart.
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    Eighth Generation Consoles

  • Eighth Generation

    Eighth Generation
    PlayStation 4 now has a share button on the controller which allows users share recorded gameplay to friends. This generation of consoles hasn’t been available for a long time and many more games are being released.
    The best seller for PlayStation 4 a the moment is,
    Killzone Shadow Fall as it sold 2.1 million copies as of March 2014.