4. History
1958 1 First video game developed by Willy Higginbotham
1972 2
Magnavox Odyssey: First home
video game System.
1977 3 Atari released first home console with removable cartridge
1986 4 NES: first console by Nintendo
1988 5 Sega’s 16 bit megadrive is introduced.
5. History
1989 1 Nintendo’s first handheld console: Gameboy introduced.
1994 2 32 bit consoles were launched.
1994 3 Play Station: first console by sony.
1996 4 64-bit consoles launched by Nintendo
1998 5 Dreamcast: first console with built in modem released by S
6. History
2000 1 Sony’s PlayStation 2 launched
2001 2 Xbox by Microsoft is launched
2004 3 Nintendo’s the DS and Sony’s PSP were launched
2005 4 Xbox 360 makes it’s debut
2006 5 PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s wii is launched
9. Atari
In 1976 Atari 2600 was the first game console and
one of the most successful consoles in the history.
10. SEGA
• In 1989 Sega genesis was released in north America .
• Sega was competing Nintendo and had slogan such as
“Genesis does what Nintendon’t “
11. Nintendo
• Nintendo is a Japanese multinational corporation.
• In 1983 NES a –bit video game console, was released. It
helped revitalize the video game industry and set the
standard for subsequent consoles in everything from game
to business practices.
12. Super Nintendo
• In 1990 SNES a 16 bit video game console
was released. Which proved to be global
success.
13. Xbox
• X-box was produced by Microsoft, it was Microsoft’s first into
the gaming console market.
• It was released in 2001.
• The X-box has an online multiplayer gaming service called X-
box live.
14. Wii
• The Wii is the fifth home video game console
released by Nintendo. A new feature that the Wii
offers is wireless controller which can be used as a
handheld pointing device and can detect
acceleration in three dimensions.