The History of Game Consoles

By Mei A
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    The History of The Game Console

  • Magnavox Odyssey

    The first game cosole made for home use.

  • Atari 400

    Designed to have a keyboard fit for home use and children.

  • Mattel Intelvision

    Designed so that you could multi task, ("Play games and balance your checkbook!").

  • Milton Bradley Vectrex Arcade System

    This was different because you played the games on a monitor which was already built into the game console instead of separate.

  • Nintendo NES

    Nintendo brought the new idea of each game having a separate cartridge so that you could play as many games as you liked on one console.

  • Philips CD-1

    Philips came up with the idea of using CD’s instead of cartridge.

  • Sony PlayStation

    The first play station

  • Microsoft X-box

    This was Microsoft’s first product in the area of game consoles.

  • SSD XaviXPORT

    This game console uses image recognition and infrared sensors that detect player’s movements.

  • Nintendo Wii

    The first game that you can play by using physical gestures without a wire connected.