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First Video Game
William Higinbotham creates the first video game. The game is a tennis game. It used a cathode ray tube to show the tennis court -
The First Home Console
The Odyssey which was created by Ralph Baer is the first home console ever made. It used squares and moved around to hit a ball. This did not see very much success. -
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is released. This was the first console that offered interchangeable cartridges. The Atari 2600 also had a joystick and multicolored games. -
The Video Game Crash
The Video Game industry experiences a crash at this time. Most believe that it was due to the oversaturation of the market. The game that is thought to be the worst game ever created, E.T, was also a cause of this. -
NES
Nintendo releases the NES which is a lot better than the consoles that were out at that moment. The Legend of Zelda, Mario, and Metroid are the most popular franchises that came out of the NES. -
The First Console War
Sega released its Genesis console which is supposed to be the competition to the NES releasing Sonic the Hedgehog. In response to this, Nintendo releases the SNES. -
Video Games In Movies
At this time, Video games started getting appearances in movies. Mario Bros and Mortal Kombat each got live-action films for their respective series. -
Playstation 2
The Playstation 2 is released. The Playstation 2 is the most bought home console of all time. The console used DVD's instead of cartridges. -
Next Generation of Consoles
The Wii U, Xbox one, and Playstation 4 are released. The Wii U was the only one to be considered a failure. The Xbox and Playstation both later got upgrades to handle 4k video -
Current Generation
Nintendo releases its current console, the Nintendo Switch while Microsoft and Sony release their consoles, Xbox series X and Ps5 3 years later. All have seen much success.
