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Magnavox Odyssey
Magnavox Odyssey became the first videogame console with moderate success in the States. -
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Videogame history
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Ping Pong
The ping pong videogame, a pioneer of arcade videogames, was originally made by Atari and released for the first time in 1972. -
Pac-Man
Pac-Man was first released in Japan on May 22 of 1980, and later introduced in the U.S. Pac-Man has been acknowledged as one of the biggest landmarks in videogame history and one of the highest grossing videogames of all time. -
NES
NES once considered the best-selling console of its time, helped to revitalize the US videogame industry from the videogame crash experienced in 1983. NES is considered as the single greatest videogame console in history by IGN. -
Fifth generation of videogame consoles
This generation lasted from 1993 to 2002 and was dominated by three consoles, the Sega Saturn, the Sony Playstation, and the Nintendo 64. -
Online Gaming
Online gaming, now a big hobbie for millions of gamers worldwide, was first introduced by Dreamcast in the mid 90's and gave the player the opportunity to compete with another gamer from any part of the world. -
The sixth generation of videogame console.
The sixth generation era, aslo known as the 128-bit era, included the Sega Dreamcast, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, and the Microsoft Xbox. The Playstation 2 is the only console of this generation to still remain in production. -
Seventh generation of videogame consoles
The seventh generation is the current generation as of 2012 and includes the Wii, the Xbox 360, and the Playstation 3. Each new console introduced a new type of breakthrough technology.