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Game Consoles
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Atari 2600 (VCS)
This was a video computer system which was $199.00 -
Nintendo NES
This was a successful arcade game which had removable cartridges. -
Sega Genesis
This was a better version of the previous product and the graphics were much better, this took over the NES throne! -
Sony Playstation
Nintendo asked sony to develop a CD-ROM add on called the Playstation. -
Sony Playstation 2
The Playstation 2 was more popular than most consoles at the time. -
Microsoft X-Box
The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and later on March 14, 2002 in Europe. -
Nintendo Game Cube
This console was a release to all the new games that were made, it basically just made games more popular. -
Microsoft X-Box 360
The Xbox 360 is Microsoft’s newest video game console, the successor to their original Xbox. It was released on November 22, 2005 in North America, December 2 in Europe, and December 10 in Japan. -
Nintendo Wii
The console was known by the codename of "Revolution" until April 27, 2006, when it was renamed Wii, spelled with two "i"s to imply an image of players gathering together, as well as to represent the console's controllers. -
Sony PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 was released in North America on November 17, 2006. During its first week of release in the United States, PlayStation 3s were being sold on eBay for more than $2300 USD. Reports of violence surrounding the release of the PS3 include a customer shot, campers robbed at gunpoint, customers shot in a drive-by shooting with BB guns, and 60 campers fighting over 10 systems.
