Gaming

History of Gaming

  • The Atari

    The Atari
    The prototype of the Atari was called " The Brown Box". That is known as the smithsonian.The first concole sold over 340,000 units with the very first game known as " Pong".
  • The Gran Track 10

    The Gran Track 10
    The Gran Track 10 was a single lplayer racing game made by Atari Inc. the objective of the game is that the player race against the game clock earning points.
  • APF TV Fun

    APF TV Fun
    Four built in games in one concole. The games that were included are Tennis, Hockey, Single HAndball, and Squash.
  • Chuck E Cheese's

    Chuck E Cheese's
    Chuck E Cheese's halped improve the gaming image for family fun.
  • Space Invaders

    Space Invaders
    Space Invaders was created in Japan and later licencesed in the US. It was a shooting game were players would shoot waves of aliens and earn points to win. The game was so successful that there was a coin shortage in Japan
  • Astroids

    Astroids
    70,000 sold by Atari, the game was in a 2D world The objective of the game was to shoot astroids and flying saucers wihtout getting hit by them
  • Pac-Man

    Pac-Man
    One of the most popular, wel known games to date
  • Galaga

    Galaga
    you play as a spaceship shooting waves of aliens. players shoot at the enemies, after all enemies are killed the players move on top the next level.
  • Space Invaders popularity

    Space Invaders popularity
    By 1982 Space Invaders grossed over $2 billion dollars world wid. the game was so popular that the symbol for the game is now known for a symbol of gaming.
  • Tetris

    Tetris
    Tetris is a colorful til placement game.You plae the tiles into a place that will fit, if you cannot finish the round you lose.
  • The Video Game Crash

    The Video Game Crash
    The Video Game Crash was because of poor game titles and too many game titles based on the movie ET.
  • The Gameboy

    The Gameboy
    Nintendo's Gameboy was the first sucessful handheld that was bundeld with tetris.It was an 8-bit handheld sold for $89.95. The Gameboy sold $118.69 million world wide.
  • Sony's Playstation

    Sony's Playstation
    The Playstation was a 32-bit console. First of the series of ps consoles, also first to ship 100 million
  • Sega Dreamcast

    Sega Dreamcast
    couldn't compete with ps2, secessar to the seg saturn as an effort to comeback
  • Ps2

    Ps2
    Sony's PS2 is the most sucessful home gaming console to date, best selling consol in history selling over 150 million, over 3,870 game titles, and produced for 12 yrs.
  • Xbox

    Xbox
    Xbox was the first console to allow players to play online. this was microsfts first concole and sold over 24 million units at the price of $300, but was discontinued in 2008
  • The Gamecube

    The Gamecube
    sold over 22 million units world wide.
  • Xbox 360

    Xbox 360
    The Xbox 360 had problems at first, but it allowed players to compete wityh eachother online and dlc. streams media from pc
  • Nintendo Wii

    Nintendo Wii
    This console is more for a broader audience,
  • PS3

    PS3
    First to use a blu-ray disk. can output high definition for games and movies.