history of electronic games

By darius mcmillon

  • Cathode ray tube

    The strength of the electronic signals produced by the amusement device can be controlled by control knobs which influences the trajectory of the CRT's light beam.

  • SEGA

    SEGA
    within a few years Service Games began importing these machines to American military bases throughout Japan

  • Magnavox Odyssey

    world’s first game console

  • Pong

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

  • maze wars

    One of the first First-person shooter (FPS) game

  • APF TV fun

    It featured 4 built in games, a speaker, and 2 controller knobs. Could not add more games.

  • Second Generation

    by the mid-1970's cartridges moved to CPU based consoles.

  • Space Invaders

    A shooting game where the players defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible.

  • Intellivision

    By 1982 over two million Intellivision consoles had been sold, earning Mattel a $100,000,000 profit.

  • Pac Man

    was considered among the most famous arcade games of all time.

  • Donkey Kong

    Dominated the video game market in the 1980s and early 1990s

  • Nintendo Entertainment System

    8-bit video game console released by Nintendo.

  • The Legend of Zelda

    A high fantasy action-adventure video game series created in Japan and published by Nintendo.

  • Final Fantasy

    Developed and owned by Square Enix

  • Nintendo’s Game Boy

    A handheld game console by Nintendo, for $89.95.

  • Atari Lynx

    The Lynx holds the distinction of being the world's first handheld electronic game with a color LCD display.

  • Sonic the Hedgehog

    A platform video game developed by Sega.

  • Super Nintendo

    advanced graphics and sound capabilities that compensated for its slow CPU, compared with other consoles at the time

  • Fourth Generation

    The 16-bit era was the fourth generation of video game consoles

  • Fifth Generation

    Bit ratings for consoles largely fell by the wayside during this era, with the notable exception of the Nintendo 64.

  • Sony PlayStation 2

    As of September 19, 2007, 120 million PS2 units have been sold worldwide.

  • Nintendo GameCube

    Nintendo's 4th home game console

  • Microsoft Xbox

    Microsoft's first game console - competed directly with PlayStation 2, and the Nintendo GameCube.

  • Seventh Generation

    Started on November 21, 2004 with Nintendo DS.

  • Xbox 360

    1st console to provide wireless controller support at launch.

  • Nintendo's Wii

    5th home game console by Nintendo

  • PlayStation 3

    “3rd home game console by Sony and the successor to the PlayStation 2

  • Gran Track 10

    A single-player racing arcade by Atari

  • The first Computer Game

    The first Computer Game
    had a library of short programs called subroutines stored on punched paper

  • Chuck E Cheese’s

    Chuck E Cheese’s
    First type of family entertainment centers aimed at young children.