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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.
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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 2000 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: over 700 Project Gotham Racing 3 Halo 3
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 500 Resistance: Fall of Man Grand Theft Auto IV
Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) Call of Duty 3 Need For Speed Carbon MLB ’08: The Show Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Nintendo Wii • Introduced: November 19, 2006 • Retail Price: $249 • Number of Games: about 800 Mario Party 8 Excite Truck
Nintendo Wii Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Super Paper Mario Mario Kart Wii 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