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Brown Box
In January 27 1972 Magnavox launched the Brown Box as the world's first home video game system. Sold at $100, the Odyssey has simple black-and-white graphics, enhanced by plastic overlays for the television screen. -
Atari Is Born
The corporation, Atari was founded. -
Pong
Pong originaly a coin-operated arcade game by Atari inc Pong is taken off the sport of table tennis or ping pong. After a while Atari partnered with Sears and in 1975 released a home version of Pong under the Sears Tele-Games. It was the best selling thing. -
Atari 400/800
Designed as a home based computer system with superior graphics. These units were released for nearly one whole decade. -
ColecoVision
The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, and the means to expand the system's basic hardware.By Christmas of 1982, Coleco had sold more than 500,000 units, -
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
The NES is the first console made by Nintendo, and remains the best selling video game system in history. -
Gameboy
Nintendo releases it's second system, and the first major handheld gaming system. -
Playstation
Sony launches the Playstation, the most popular 32 bit console. This is the first console to stress 3D gaming over 2D, and being the first to use disks, was considerably cheeper than cartridge systems. -
Nintendo 64
The final major system to use cartriges. Cartriges load faster than disks, and eliminate memory cards. -
Playstation 2
The worlds first 128-bit system. Features backward compatibility for Playstation games and can be a DVD player. The PS2 is the most popular console from the 128 bit era, and the first console to play games over the internet. -
XBOX
Microsofts first console. Game library includes Halo: Combat Evolved, one of the best selling games of all time. -
Game Cube
Nintendo's first system to use optical disks as the primary storage device. -
Game Boy Advance
The next version of the Gameboy has a LCD screen that can display up to 32,000 colors. -
Playstation Portable (PSP)
The PSP, like the DS, has wireless connectivity and High Quality graphics.It was also Sony's first portable gaming system. -
Playstation 3
The PS3 features Blue Ray technology for crystal clear resolution, and 80 GB of memory. The PS3 is the next generation of gaming, with all the fancy features like a mini home audio game system computer of sorts. -
The Wii
This is Nintendo’s 5th Game System. The wii sold more units than Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 combined in 2007. The Wii also has a very unique wireless Bluetooth technology. -
ZEEBO!
Zeebo is a 3G-enabled entertainment and education system from Zeebo Inc. It not only enables users to play video games, but also connect to the Internet, communicate on line and run educational applications. -
Kinect
Kinect (is a line of motion sensing input devices by Microsoft for Xbox 360 and Xbox One video game consoles and Windows PCs. Based around a webcam-style add-on peripheral, it enables users to control and interact with their console/computer without the need for a game controller, through a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands. -
Nintendo 3DS
The 3DS boasts a larger top screen that displays glasses free 3D, as well as a new circle control pad and an updated software library. -
Wii U
The system is expected to be released in 2012 and was unveiled during Nintendo's press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 on June 7, 2011. The Wii U is Nintendo's sixth home console and the first Nintendo console to produce 1080p high-definition graphics, and features a new controller with an embedded touchscreen. The controller allows a player to continue a gaming session by displaying the game even when the television is off.
