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The first video game console ever created was the 'Brown Box' by Ralph Baer, he was known as the 'Father of Video Games'.
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After Ralph Baer created the 'Brown Box', they moved on to the Magnavox Odyssey, the first commercial video game console. This console features up to 12 games
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After Nolan Bushnell founded the company 'Atari' in 1972, Atari created the game console 'Pong'
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Realizing that one video game's popularity wouldn't last, Atari began working on a catridge based system that could play multiple games.
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Mattel released 'Intellivision', and the start of an early 80s console war between Atari and Mattel. The Intellvision features slightly better graphics than the Atari 2600
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Nintendo, originally a Japanese playing card company released the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. It was known as the Famicon in Japan
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The second creation of Nintendo, the first major handheld console. The gameboy undergoes several makeovers over the years including the Gameboy Pocket in 1996 and the Gameboy Color in 1998
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The debut of SNK's 24 bit Neo-Geo in 1990 marks a home system that is years ahead of it's competitors with huge detailed graphics
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This is the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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The launch of Sony's Playstation marks the arrival of the most popular of the 32 bit era of video games.
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The Nintendo 64 is released, marking the last market system to use cartidges. Cartidges eliminate the use of SD mory cards as you can store things on it
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Sony releases the Playstation 2, the first 128 bit system. This also functions as a DVD player
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Microsoft makes it's own foray into the console market with the release of the XBOX in 2001
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Nintendo releases an the Nintendo DS, an attempt to intergate more computer functions into the the handheld consoles. The DS features dual screen nd touch screen technology.
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The next step in the Gameboy evolution is the Gameboy advance that is compatiable and can play games from the Gameboy Pocket and Gameboy Color
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In direct challenge to Gameboy's dominance of the handheld console market, Sony releases the Playstation portable in early 2005
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Microsoft released their new XBOX 360 which allows you to go on social networks at the same time.
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Nintendo releases the Wii, which is controlled by your movement. This is the first ever video game console to have this system
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Sony released the new PS3 which has improved an has develpoed more technology than the PS2 and PS1
