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Atari is released!
The atari is released, with a wide range of family-friendly games made between 1872-1983, including the infamous E.T. game, considered the "worst game of history". -
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History of the first consoles
the birth of a new gaming industry! learn of the atari's most popular games, creating sagas and series that continued even to today! -
Pac-Man was made for Japan and North America!
Toru Iwatani created this game for the atari, it being released for japan in May 22nd, 1980, and released 5 moths and 4 days laters for North America. it revolutionized gaming, by adding a totally new genre of games for atari. it was extremely popular, even in that time when space shooters were the most popular. It even inspired two sequels, and several animated shows. -
Original Donkey Kong is Made!
The Donkey Kong game was created in july 9th, 1981. This game was the first to contain a soon-to-be famous icon, Mario. You played as the protagonist attempting to save a princess from a barrel-throwing ape, Donkey Kong, by climbing ladders, smashing barrels with occasional hammers, or simply jumping over them, until he reached the damsel in distress, later dubbed princess peach. A little more than two years later, Super Mario Bros was released for the same system-Atari. It has many spin-offs. -
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The Birth of Nintendo!
The NES made TONS of games that grew into HUGE game series, and are incorporated not only in spin-offs of the orginal games, but also in games such as SUPER SMASH BROS. and NINTENDO VS. SEGA games that exist to this day and are very popular. I intend to touch the most popular ones. -
Mario Bros. Evolves
Mario Bros (atari July 4th, 1983) and Donkey Kong (atari July 9th,1980) inspired nintendo to make their own spin-off of the Mario Bros. to see if it would help them make a new saga. On September 13th, 1985 the game Super Mario Bros. was released. -
Legend of Zelda was Created!
One of the coolest RPG games was created February 21st, 1986. It Made way to become a very popular Nintendo RPG series, and like all the games here was featured in Super Smash Bros. -
Kirby's Adventure is made
One of the cutest nintendo characters EVER. Kirby <3. The game centered around the pink...alien...blob thing that could eat anything, and turn into it. it's cooler than you think. young'ns. The creation of this game, Kirby's adventure, in March 23rd, 1993 created one of the most adorable game series nintendo ever made. Pikachu is nothing compared to my kirby ^w^. -
Sony Creates the first PlayStation
Sony creates the first PlayStation, and while it had much better games than Xbox, when it came out with it's (slightly) better graphics, this surged a rivalry between the two. -
Pocket Monsters Red Was Made for North America
Pocket Monsters Red, AKA Poke'mon Red, was created for the Gameboy in Februrary 27th, 1996. Originally made in Japan under that name, it was a popular game, very much like Final Fantasy with the Turn-Based Fighting mechanics. It was the only game in this entire list to have a television series based off it. An Anime series to boot. -
Microsoft Creates Xbox!
Microsoft Creates the first Xbox -
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Xbox and PlayStation were made!
Microsoft, the creator of the Microsoft PC, made the first Xbox. A generalized family entertainment gaming console (GFEGC), it made way to THOUSANDS if not MILLIONS of new games, accesible from discs instead of cartridges. It had amazing graphics, but sparked rivalry with Sony and the PlayStation. These consoles are rivals even today, and gaming continues to be revolutionized. -
NES is released!
The actual NES games can't be played without the first nintendo console EVER. The device that made them richer than dreamable. The Nintendo Entertainment System.
