History of Video Game Design

By Joe L

  • Beginnings

    Beginnings
    Tennis for two

  • Computer Space

    Computer Space
    space

  • Generation 2

    Generation 2
    Atari Commercial

  • Pac Man

    Pac Man
    Pac Man, the highest grossing arcade game, was released

  • Gaming crash

    Gaming crash
    ET

  • Generation 3 begins

    Generation 3 begins
    First 8 bit consol released, the Nintendo Entertainment system

  • First Mario Game

    First Mario Game
    The first game of the mario franchise was released

  • Generation 4

    Generation 4
    sega genesis game consol

  • Gameboy

    Gameboy
    The Game Boy was relesed and would dominate the handheld game market for years

  • Generation 5

    Generation 5
    Generation 5 came withe the addition of CD roms to play video games on.

  • Generation 6

    Generation 6
    Generation 6 games

  • Generation 7 starts

    Generation 7 starts
    first release of 7th generation

  • Second release fo Gen 7

    Second release fo Gen 7
    Play station 3 was the second consol in the 7th generation

  • The 3rd entry

    The 3rd entry
    Wii

  • Generation 8

    Generation 8
    Wii U is the first to be realeased followed by the xbox one and the Play Station 4