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The Magnavox Odyssey was released in September of 1972 to begin the first generation of gaming.
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The Pong arcade box was released by Atari which pushed them into the spotlight.
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Coleco develops and releases the Telstar, a game console that featured Pong variants for its games.
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Nintendo throws their hat into the ring and tries to make their own game console after spending about 60 years making cards. The Color TV was also the best selling console in the first generation.
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The Atari 2600 was the first console to be released under the second generation in September 11, 1977.
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Activision was created by disgruntled Atari employees and became the first third-party game developer.
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Although ET for Atari received good reviews when it first came out, people began to realize that its terrible and it slowly started to make the video game industry decline.
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About a year after the release of ET for the Atari, the gaming industry went through a big depression that lasted until 1985.
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After the game crash of 1983, Nintendo pulled the gaming industry out of the depression with the release of the NES.
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Super Mario Bros. is released in North America and becomes one of the main games that helps the gaming industry out of the crash of 1983.
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Nintendo and Sega become the two biggest rivals in the gaming industry.
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Sega releases its first console to North America.
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Handhelds made it possible to take your favorite games on the road and opened up all new possibilities for game design.
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The gameboy was the first handheld game system to be released and could only display 2 colors, black and green.
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Being released on the same day as the Gameboy, Super Mario Land was the first handheld video game ever released.
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The fourth generation of gaming began on November, 21 1990 with the release of the SNES.
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In this generation Sega beats Nintendo to the punch by making the first 16-bit console.
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After seeing Nintendo release the Gameboy, Sega rushed to create a competitor to the Gameboy.
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The SNES was one of the first 16-bit game consoles to be released and became the standard for the rest of the 4th generation.
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Developed by Sony, the CD-i's main selling point was that it could be used for multimedia needs. It was a commercial failure, only selling 1 million copies before it was discontinued.
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The fifth generation of gaming had 3 main consoles the Nintendo 64 (N64), the Sega Saturn and the Playstation.
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After the failure of the CD-i, Sony decides to try to make a console again and creates the Playstation, the best selling console in the 5th generation.
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Once again, Sega releases their console a year before Nintendo. However this system was a 32-bit console, not a 64-bit console.
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Nintendo releases their 64-bit consoles and releases some of the most critically acclaimed games of all time.
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The sixth generation of gaming began with the release of the Sega Dreamcast.
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After the commerical success of the original Playstation, Sony continued the trend with the Playstation 2.
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Microsoft makes their debut into the gaming industry with the X-Box.
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Nintendo enters the sixth generation with the release of the Gamecube.
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Much like the sixth generation there are three main consoles in this generation. However, Sega stopped making consoles after the Dreamcast.
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Microsoft creates and releases the first console of the seventh generation and sets the bar for their competitors.
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Sony releases their seventh generation console and becomes some sort of rival to Microsoft and the XBox.
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Nintendo releases their seventh generation console to major commercial success, becoming the best selling console of this generation.
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We are currently in this generation and like the sixth and seventh generations there are three main consoles made by Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.
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Nintendo is the first company to release their eighth generation console and is set apart because of its unique controller.
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Sony releases their eighth generation console and becomes unique because of its design.
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Microsoft releases their eight generation console and becomes the console with one of the best library of games of all time.
