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Worlds First game console, "The Brown Box" -
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One of the first FPS games, tile based movement -
Played cartriges, "Quest for the Rings" -
Mid-1970s cartridges moved to CPU-based consoles
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First family entertainment centers aimed at young children, helped improve the image of video games -
Popularized game cartridges - popular in the 1980s -
Created in Japan, later liscensed in the US, responsible for a temporary coin shortage in Japan -
Made by Namco, considered one of the most famous games of all time -
By Nintendo, The hero and ape became two of Nintendo's most popular characters -
Caused mainly by the delay of Atari's 7800 console, too many E.T. games caused the downfall of Atari and many other startup game companys, led to the introduction of personal computers like the Commodore 64, and lasted for 2 years.
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Tile-matching game from the Soviet Union, for the Commadore 64 and IBM PC -
8-bit console by Nintendo, Most successful of its time sold over 60 million worldwide -
Replaced Atari 5200, and re-established Atari's supremacy over Nintendo and Sega -
Fantasy action-adventure created in Japan and published by Nintendo -
First successful handheld - predecessor of all other Game Boys -
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By Sega, Successful; increased the popularity of Sega's console and established Sonic the Hedgehog as the company's mascot -
16-bit era
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32-bit and 64-bit games
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By Sony, 32-bit, First of a series of PS consoles -
Nintendo's third home console -
128-bit era
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First sixth-generation console, Was hailed as ahead of its time but failed to gather momentum when PS2 was released -
By Microsoft, after the Xbox -
Fifth home game console by Nintendo. -
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Increase of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as the major processor