The First Prototype of a home gaming console was created " The Brown Box" console. In.vented by Ralph H. Baer.
Nolan Bushnell an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Utah College of Engineering Founds Atari
The Magnavox Odyssey was developed from the brown box prototype and released August 1972. The Odyssey was the first commercial home gaming system ever released.The Odyssey originally featured six games with very basic graphics and lacking audio capabilities.
Atari releases its first home gaming console with one interactive game Pong! This is the first home game console to incorporate an on screen score board and and sound when the ball hits the paddle.
Magnavox releases two new gaming platforms the Magnavox Odyssey's 100 and 200. These new consoles were very similar to the original release with only slight improvements made to graphics and controllers.
New brands start to emerge on the to get a piece of the the gaming console craze. Such as Fairchild Channel f, The Wonder Wizard and RC Studio.
Atari releases the Atari 2600, video pinball, and the atari stunt cycle and tightens its grip on the home gaming community.
Coleco Telstar , develops its first range of consoles that are highly acclaimed due to their capabilities of playing with colour and on different difficulty levels
Nintendo Releases its first series of colour consoles in Japan. The games followed in the footsteps of atari with similar games available to play.
Gaming consoles are now emerging from various newcomers and the gaming console capabilities are evolving at a rapid rate, soon to be leaving the days of a ball and two rectangles a distant spec in the rear vision mirror.
Mattell releases Intellivision to challenge the atari 2600. The Intellivision featured slightly better graphics then its predecessors and also incorporated the first use of synthesised voices in video games.
Atari 2600 remained at the top owing to its cartridge-based console equipped with better graphics and games.
Pac man is released in Japan, it is one of the most significant video games in history considered a classic it is still widely popular today
The gaming industry begins to experiment with non-Pong games like fighting, platform, adventure and RPG games.
The first ever vidoe game featuring the two plumber brother Mario and Luigi is released by Nintendo. An Instant Classic and initial game in the ever-growing Mario Bros franchise.
Sega Releases its first Gaming console the Sg 1000 in Japan And later that Year in Australia and New Zealand. The Sega was not well-known since it was mostly distributed in Asia and never launched in North America
The Nintendo entertainment system is revealed and became the best selling gaming system of its generation. This is what put nintendo on the charts.
Some might say the most significant RPG ( role playing games ) ever released The Legend of Zelda Is released in Japan for Nintendo. It has grown to become a significant
Nintendo and Sega Rise to the top of the video gaming market as atari and other companies cannot compete with their sky rocketing popularity.
Game Developers Square Enix still in motion today release the first Final Fantasy RPG Game Still a thriving Franchise in todays Gaming culture.
Nintendo hits it big with its first model of the Game Boy the first successful handheld gaming console. Tetris boosted the consoles popularity upon its release.
A significant increase of the use of game storage on compact discs arrises.
The introcduction of the compact disc lead to superior memory storage and also allowed a shift from 2D to 3D game play
Sony steps into the market with its first ever release the Playstation. This is A pivitol moment in the history of modern gaming as the Playstation incorporates excellent 2player systems with the use of compact discs and portable memory cards.
Nintendo 64 is released. The most popular system for Nintendo yet. It is the last standing platform to continue using catridges for game storage. The cartridges load much faster then compact discs and eliminate the factor of loading screens. The cartridges also have the capability for storing data which eliminate the use of memory cards.
sony releases the playstation 2, it features the ability to play games form its previous console and also involves online capability and doubles as a dvd player.
Microsofts first release into the gaming console market. It use of PC technology allows a faster processing speed then its other rivals but slowly finds its feet in the market. Halo Xbox's most successful First person shooters grows to become one of the most popular games in history
Nintendo falls from popularity in the home gaming market but finds it feet within the portable market. Releasing the gameboy advance with backwards capability which allows games to be played from all predecessor nintendo consoles and an lcd screen it is the most prominent portable console of its time.
Playstation directly challenges Nintendos stranglehold on the portable gaming community, with the release of the Playstation Portable. The Playstation Portable features high quality graphics and non gaming features such as wireless connectivity, photo and video capabilities.
Microsoft releases their second gaming console the XBOX 360, with new ergonomic controllers and high quality graphics, the Xbox 360 is major hit and the online gaming community continues to expand with XBOX LIVE. XBOX's exclusive online gaming system.
Sony Releases its third console onto the market which is now almost completely dominated by Sony Playstation and Xbox Gaming systems.
Nintendo explodes back on to the market with its release of the Nintendo Wii, to compete with the XBOX and Playstation. It Targets a broader demographic from children to adults with its motion censored interactivity. The Wii fit an interactive fitness module of the console is a massive hit which is the first concept of its type introducing a physical fitness element to a home entertainment system.
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