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Cathode ray tube amusement device
It records and controls the quality of an electronic. The strength of the electronic signals produced be the amusement device can be controlled by control knobs which influenced the trajectory of the CRT's ion beam.
Creator- Thomas Tolivan Goldsmith Jr. -
Magnavox Odyssey
Worlds first game console. Prototype known as the brown box. Currently in the Smithsonian.
Creator- Ralph Baer -
Pong
A coin-op arcade game based on a table tennis, and named after the sound generated when the ball is hit. First video game to achieve widespread popularity. Creator- Atari Inc. -
Maze Wars
One of the first FPS games (first person shooter). Players would wander around a maze, moving backward or forward, turning right or left in 90-degree increments, peeking through doorways. -
Chuck E Cheese's
First type "family" entertainment centers aimed at young children. It is a sit-down pizza restaurant, with arcade games, amusement rides, an animatronics show, climbing equipment, tubes, and slides. Helped change the view of video games.
Creator- Nolan Bushnell -
Atari 2600
Video game console credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor and cartridges containing games.
Creator- Atari inc. -
Space invaders
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Pac-Man
One of the most famous arcade games of all time. It became a social phenomenon that sold merchandise and inspired a animated television show. It generated 2.5 billion dollars in quarters by the 1990s. -
Frogger
By Konami
The player directs frogs to their homes while avoiding obstacles. -
Donkey Kong
Platformed game genre, players must move the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles and must rescue a damsel in distress lady, from a giant Donkey Kong.
Creator- Nintendo -
ET the game
One of the many poor games that were the main causes of the crash of 83. Based off the movie ET. -
Video game crash
The delay of the Atari's 7800 consoles left a little to captivate consumers hungry for the nest big thing.
A flood of consoles on the us market gave consumers too many choices -
Mario Brothers
In this game, Mario a Italian-American plumbers and his brother Luigi, must defeat creatures from the sewers below New York. -
Tetris
Is a matching game originally made by the Soviet Union and was the first entertainment software exported from them and published for the Commodor 64. -
Legend of Zelda
A high fantasy action adventure game created in Japan.
One of Nintendo's most important franchises.
Creator- Nintendo -
Final Fantasy
The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games also known as “RPG’s”
Well known for innovations, music and visuals
Creator- square enix -
Gameboy
A handheld game console by Nintendo, for $89.95
First successful handheld console and was the predecessor of all other iterations of the Gameboy line. Bundled with Tetris which gave it more attention. -
Sonic the Hedgehog
Platformer video game produced by SEGA. Commercially successful, increasing the popularity of SEGA's 16 bit console -
Sony Playstation
A 32 bit console made by Sony.
By march 2005 it sold 102.49 million units sold. First console to sell over the 100 million mark. -
Nintendo 64
The n64 was nintendo’s third home console for the international market.
Named after its 64 bit system. -
Playstation 2
The PS2 is Sony's second video game console, the successor to the successful PlayStation. -
Gamecube
Nintendo's 4th home console game. The most compact, next to the dreamcast, of the 6th generation. -
Microsoft Xbox
Microsoft's first game console- completed directly with Playstation 2 and the Gamecube -
Wii
Successor of to the Gamecube. Targeted a larger demographic than Xbox and Playstation
