Console Video Game History

A History of Video Games

Interesting Facts Nintendo – established in 1889 as a playing card  company Sony – started in 1947 as Tokyo Telecommunications  Engineering Company. Made first pocket-sized battery- powered radio. 1951 - Ralph Baer suggests adding an interactive game to  TV. Management ignores the idea. 1954 – Service Games starts making coin operated  games. SErvice GAmes later becomes SEGA.

Interesting Facts 1958 - physicist Willy Higinbotham invents an interactive  table-tennis-like game that is displayed on an oscilloscope 1961 - Steve Russell creates Spacewar, the first  interactive computer game 1967 - Ralph Baer leads a team that creates an  interactive game that can be played on a TV screen.

Pong Arcade 1972  Atari Home Version 1975 

Atari 2600 (VCS) Introduced in 1977  Original Retail Price: $249  Number of Games: nearly 1000  Asteroids Centipede

Atari 2600 Pac-Man Donkey Kong Pitfall! Frogger

Intellivision Introduced in 1980  Original Retail Price: $299  Number of Games: about 180  Astrosmash Bump ‘N’ Jump

Intellivision Major League Baseball BurgerTime Pac-Man Snafu

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Introduced in 1985  Original Retail Price: $199  Number of Games: about 850  Bases Loaded Double Dragon

Nintendo Entertainment System Excitebike Super Mario Bros. Tecmo Super Bowl Legend Of Zelda Super Mario Bros. 3 Tetris

Sega Genesis Introduced in 1989  Original Retail Price: $249  Number of Games: about 650  Columns Earthworm Jim

Sega Genesis Micro Machines NBA Jam Sonic The Hedgehog Mortal Kombat

Super Nintendo (SNES) Introduced in 1991  Original Retail Price: $249  Number of Games: about 780  Donkey Kong Country Madden NFL ‘96

Super Nintendo Uniracers Super Mario Kart WWF Royal Rumble Super Mario World

Sony Playstation Introduced in 1994  Original Retail Price: $299  Number of Games: over 1500  Crash Bandicoot Gran Turismo 2

Sony Playstation NFL Blitz 2000 Tomb Raider Tekken Doom

Nintendo 64 Introduced in 1996  Original Retail Price: $199  Number of Games: about 310  Cruisin’ USA Mario Kart 64

Nintendo 64 Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Super Mario 64 GoldenEye 007 Super Smash Brothers

Sega Dreamcast Introduced in 1998  Original Retail Price: $199  Number of Games: about 330  Crazy Taxi Soul Caliber

Sega Dreamcast NFL Quarterback Club 2001 Sonic Adventure Quake III Arena Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six

Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) Introduced in 2000  Original Retail Price: $299  Number of Games: over 1600  Grand Theft Auto III ESPN NFL 2K5

Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) Metal Gear Solid Virtua Fighter 4 Final Fantasy X Need For Speed: Underground

Microsoft Xbox Introduced: November 15, 2001  Original Retail Price: $299  Number of Games: over 1000  Ghost Recon 2 Mech Assault

Microsoft Xbox WWF RAW Project Gotham Racing Halo 2 MLB 2K5

Nintendo Gamecube Introduced: November 18, 2001  Original Retail Price: $199  Number of Games: over 600  Metroid Prime Super Smash Bros. Melee

Nintendo Gamecube Super Mario Sunshine Resident Evil Zero Mario Kart: Double Dash Mario Party 7

Microsoft Xbox 360 Introduced: November 22, 2005  Original Retail Price: $299/$399  Number of Games: about 155  Project Gotham Racing 3 Call of Duty 2

Microsoft Xbox 360 Tiger Woods 2006 Gears of War Gun Quake 4

Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) Introduced: November 17, 2006  Retail Price: $499/$599  Number of Games: about 40  Resistance: Fall of Man NBA 2K7

Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) Call of Duty 3 Need For Speed Carbon Ridge Racer 7 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Nintendo Wii Introduced: November 19, 2006  Retail Price: $249  Number of Games: about 60  Mario Party 8 Excite Truck

Nintendo Wii Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Super Paper Mario Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Wii Sports

Sources GameSpot – The History of Video Games  http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/index.html  Business Week – A Brief History of Video Game  Warfare http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/game_consoles/index.htm?chan=search 

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