Let’s Start With Some Answers… Inordinate Excessive Perhaps Thousands… Hundreds

Inordinate

Excessive

Perhaps Thousands…

Hundreds

A, B, A, B, Select…

…“Start” 7(or so) Generations in (about) a Quarter First Gen: 1972-1977 “ The Golden Age”: 1979-1983 Second Gen: 1976-1984 Third Gen: 1983-1982 Fourth Gen: 1987-1996 Fifth Gen: 1993-2002 Sixth Gen: 1998-2006 Seventh Gen: 2004-present

7(or so) Generations in (about) a Quarter

First Gen: 1972-1977

“ The Golden Age”: 1979-1983

Second Gen: 1976-1984

Third Gen: 1983-1982

Fourth Gen: 1987-1996

Fifth Gen: 1993-2002

Sixth Gen: 1998-2006

Seventh Gen: 2004-present

“Tennis Anyone?” The Early Consoles

The Early Consoles

“Pac-Man Fever” “ Golden Age of Video Arcade Games”

“ Golden Age of Video Arcade Games”

A Star Is Born From the arcade to the living room

From the arcade to the living room

Enter The Hedgehog Better, Faster, Smaller

Better, Faster, Smaller

Level Up More Technology and Competition

More Technology and Competition

A Whimper & A Bang Sweet Dreams, Sonic; Hello, Halo

Sweet Dreams, Sonic; Hello, Halo

And Then There Were Three