Video Game History By facebooker_805628674 Jan 1, 1972 Atari and Pong Period: Jan 1, 1972 to Jan 1, 1977 First Generation Consoles Period: Jan 1, 1977 to Jan 1, 1983 Second Generation Consoles Oct 1, 1977 Atari 2600 Jan 1, 1980 Intellivision Jan 1, 1982 Colecovision Jan 1, 1982 Infamous "ET" game for Atari 2600 Period: Jan 1, 1983 to Jan 1, 1995 Third Generation Consoles Oct 8, 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System Jun 1, 1986 Sega Master System Period: Jan 1, 1989 to Jan 1, 1999 Fourth Generation Consoles Sep 15, 1989 Sega Genesis Aug 23, 1991 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Period: Jan 1, 1993 to Jan 1, 2006 Fifth Generation Consoles May 11, 1995 Sega Saturn Sep 9, 1995 Sony Playstation Sep 9, 1996 Nintendo 64 Period: Jan 1, 1998 to Jan 1, 2011 Sixth Generation Consoles Sep 9, 1999 Sega Dreamcast Oct 26, 2000 Playstation 2 (PS2) Nov 15, 2001 Xbox Nov 18, 2001 Nintendo Gamecube (GCN) Period: Jan 1, 2004 to Dec 31, 2011 Seventh Generation Consoles Nov 22, 2005 Xbox 360 Nov 17, 2006 Playstation 3 (PS3) Nov 19, 2006 Wii
