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Pong was a coin-op arcade game by Atari Inc.
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The Odyssey² may be best remembered for its fusion of board and video games: The Master Strategy Series. The first game released was the instant classic Quest for the Rings!, with gameplay somewhat similar to Dungeons & Dragons.
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The world's second cartridge-based video game console, after the Magnavox Odyssey (although it was the first programmable cartridge system as the Odyssey cartridges only contained jumpers and not ROM information).
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Originally known as the Atari VCS—for Video Computer System—the machine's name was changed to "Atari 2600" in 1982, after the release of the more advanced Atari 5200.
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Created in Japan, and was later licensed by the Midway in the US.
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Most popular and influential games selling 70,000 by Atari.
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Pac Man was the best game in the world!
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Players moved the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles who must rescue a damsel in distress, Lady, from a giant ape named Donkey Kong.
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It has sold more than 70 million copies. In January 2010, it was announced that Tetris has sold more than 100 million copies for cell phones alone since 2005.
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It was sold under the name Sega Genesis in North America, as Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in that region.
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66 2.6 in. screen, the same as the original Game Boy, and could display 64 sprites at once, 16 per scanline, in 482 colors from a palette of 512.
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Commercially successful, increasing the popularity of Sega's 16-bit console and establishing Sonic the Hedgehog as the company's mascot character.
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Additionally, the system's support for numerous enhancement chips (which shipped as part of certain game cartridges) helped to keep it competitive in the marketplace.
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It was the first console to have an optional CD module, allowing the standard benefits of the CD medium: more storage, cheaper media costs, and redbook audio which gave it a very wide variety of software.
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The original PlayStation was the first of a series of consoles and hand-held game devices, which included successor consoles and upgrades including the Net Yaroze, PSOne , PocketStation, PlayStation 2, PS2, PlayStation Portable, DVR and DVD recorder based on the PS2, and PlayStation 3.
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Many of the ancillary chips in the system were "off of the shelf". This increased the complexity of the design since less custom hardware was used.
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It was released with two launch games (Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64).
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The third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the Turbo
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The PlayStation 2 “PS2” is Sony's second video game console, the successor to the successful PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation
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Released 16 months before the PlayStation 2 (PS2), and 3 years before the Nintendo GameCube and the Xbox.
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Microsoft's first game console - competed directly with PlayStation 2, and the Nintendo GameCube.
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Uses a proprietary storage medium, the Nintendo GameCube Game Disc, and have a capacity of approximately 1.5 gigabytes.
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Direct successor to the GameCube. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3.
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Xbox Live service allows players to compete online and download arcade games and content such as demos, trailers, TV shows, music videos, or rented movies
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Initially available in 2 configurations, 20 GB and the 60 GB model. However, the 20 GB model was discontinued due to a lack of consumer demand and lower profit margins
