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in 1958 the first video game was created. It was a table tennis game that was created by Physicist William Higinbotham. This sparked the golden era for video games.
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Late 60's Ralph Baer, a German immigrant, created the first in home gaming console. Baer was considered the father of video games.
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1975 joystick was introduced into arcades and used for the arcade machines. This creation would soon influence the use of joysticks on home game consoles controllers
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NES is an 8 bit home console that was created by Nintendo July 15, 1983. The creation of the NES boosted Nintendo's ego.
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The Sega Genesis also known as the Mega drive was created and released to North America in 1988. Sega Genesis is an 16 bit home console.
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The CD-ROM was the first console that used CD's. It was released December 4, 1988. The CD-ROM was created by Panasonic.
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Marathon was a first person shooting game which was the first of it's kind. Marathon was released December 21, 1994. It was developed and produced by Bungie.
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The first console to have 64-bit graphics. The Nintendo 64 was released to North America in 1997. Th Nintendo 64 gave a boost to Nintendo's popularity.
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Dreamcast was the first console to introduce online gaming. Dreamcast was released October 14, 1999 in North America. It was created by Sega, and later on became a flop so Sega never made another console and just makes games.
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The PS3 was the first console that could use blu ray. The PS3 was made by Sony and was released November 11, 2006
