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History of Gaming

History of Gaming. Vinay Reddy. The used a top-loading cartridge connected to televisions through a coaxial cable. W as the first widely available an marketed home video game player. Thanks to the Atari 2600, video games were no longer just something for arcades. 1977. Atari 2600.

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History of Gaming

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  1. History of Gaming Vinay Reddy

  2. The used a top-loading cartridge connected to televisions through a coaxial cable. • Was the first widely available an marketed home video game player. • Thanks to the Atari 2600, video games were no longer just something for arcades. 1977 Atari 2600

  3. In 2009, the Nintendo Entertainment System was named the single greatest video game console in history by IGN, out of a field of 25. 1983 Nintendo Entertainment System

  4. An 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. • It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line. • It was originally bundled with the puzzle game Tetris. Despite many other, technologically superior handheld consoles introduced during its lifetime, the Game Boy was a tremendous success. 1989 Game Boy

  5. A16-bit video game console that was released byNintendo • The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was Nintendo's second home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). • The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other consoles at the time. 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

  6. The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. • The PlayStation was the first "computer entertainment platform" to ship 100 million units, which it had reached 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch. 1994 Playstation

  7. Named for its 64-bit CPU. • Of the consoles in the fifth generation the Nintendo 64 was the last contender and the most technologically advanced. However, the console's storage medium had limitations that harmed the market competitiveness. 1996 Ninendo 64

  8. Released by Sega in late 1998 • Successor to the Sega Saturn. • It was the first entry in the sixth generation of video game consoles, releasing before its contemporaries — Sony's PlayStation 2, Microsoft's Xbox and the Nintendo GameCube. 1998 Dreamcast

  9. The PS2 is the best-selling console of all time, having reached over 150 million units sold as of January 31, 2011. • Further, Sony said it currently has 10,828 titles available for the system and that 1.52 billion PS2 titles have been sold since launch. • In late 2009, with developers creating new games and the console still selling steadily a decade after its original release. 2000 Playstation 2

  10. The Xbox was discontinued in late 2006, although the final Xbox game, Madden NFL 09 was released in August 2008. • Support for out-of-warranty Xbox consoles was discontinued on March 2, 2009. 2001 Xbox

  11. The Nintendo GameCube is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the sixth generation era. • The system itself is the most compact and least expensive, next to Sega's Dreamcast, of the sixth generation era consoles. • It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and the predecessor of the Wii. 2001 Nintendo GameCube

  12. Some major features of the Xbox 360 are its integrated Xbox Live service that allows players to compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and movies and its Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities. 2005 Xbox 360

  13. A major feature that distinguishes the PlayStation 3 from its predecessors is its unified online gaming service • Other major features of the console include its robust multimedia capabilities,connectivity with the PlayStation Portable,and its use of the Blu-ray Disc as its primary storage medium. • The PS3 was also the first Blu-ray 2.0-compliant Blu-ray player on the market. 2006 Playstation 3

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