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History of Video Games

  • Magnavox Odyssey

    Magnavox Odyssey
    The Magnavox Odyssey was the first game console build
  • Atari 2600

    Atari 2600
    The video entertainment system came out in 1976 but was better because it had cartridges , the Atari 2600 was the most popular game in the second generation .
  • when the golden age starts for video games

    when the golden age starts for video games
    Tomohiro Nishikado created this game which was called space invaders and after this video games start to develop more and more . This game was actually manufactured in japan . After everyone saw this everyone took the idea and added more things to it and start to manufacture it themselves .
  • Video games crash era

    Video games crash era
    This happened because of a massive contraction of video games . This crash almost bankrupt a lot of companies and this lasted for about 2 years . The crash ended in 1985 .
  • What ends the video game crash ERA

    What ends the video game crash ERA
    The reason the crash ended was because the Nitendo Entertainment System ( NES ) came out . This became so popular becuase of the things the other systems could not have done they sold over 30 million systems in just 2 years .
  • The devlopment of technology and video games

    The devlopment of technology and video games
    The video games that were coming out were sort of big in a way because no one could have took them anywere they go . so the US noticed that there were some people that didnt buy video games because they were not portable so thats when they decied to bring the video games to them and created the first handhelp video game called the gameboy color .
  • Playstation ERA begins

    Playstation ERA begins
    The playstation was released which was more than a huge hit , this basically shut down and made other video games seem cheap . The playstation company had competition because people would try and make other systems which they did whic resulted in the making of xbox .
  • Nitendo releases 64 bit game console

    Nitendo releases 64 bit game console
    the nitendo 64 was released along with a very popular game called Super Mario 64 . along with that games including music etc were released and deals were being made to increase the rate of sold production .
  • Competition was tough - Playstation 2

    Competition was tough - Playstation 2
    even thought competitors like Xbox and nitendo were developing thier game systems so was the so called number one hit game system ( Playstation ) . sooner or later people would have known they would have came out with something new and so they did called the playstation 2 coming out with huge hit games such as call of duty , god of war final fantasy and more .
  • Aftermath of the release of fully developed systems

    Aftermath of the release of fully developed systems
    No one was suprised for someone else to come out with something else like the umber one hit system . The Xbox came out the very next year , ofcourse the makers of xbox would be sued if their system and the other system had similar things that why it was a smart thing to do a copyright .
  • Computer/PC games

    Computer/PC games
    The result of releaseing more and more systems made it harder for companies but easy for the people because they just wanted the best game system and hard for companies to make better game system than other companies . So after the xbox was released . People began to bring out games that could have been played on something people would have before anything else would come out which would be computers/PC games . All they would have to do is make it compatiable with PC .
  • Ideas were starting to run out

    Ideas were starting to run out
    It took a while for companies to get new ideas because of all the competition back in the days before the 2000 ideas were rapidly being taken , so when it hit 2006 Nitendo and Playstation Team both released a system very hi-tech calling it the Nitendo Wii and Playstation releases a very huge hit until today called the Playstation 3 giving it the ability for wireless controllers a video camer that syncs with the system to detect your every move as if you were in the game and so forth .
  • rise of hi-tech portable gaming systems

    rise of hi-tech portable gaming systems
    The new ideas for ANY game system were very slim because systems were becoming very hi-tech with wireless controllers etc . The one last thing the playstation company has thought of is portable , and released the PSP go which is a playstation but on the GO .
  • Playstation was the hardest company to compete with

    Playstation was the hardest company to compete with
    After the release of the PSP Go other companies could not have the power to do the same because of the copyright and so Playstation took advantage of the idea of being portable and developed it even more by coming out with the PSP vita making it perfect for the perfect gamer . this system was very light and hand held and pocketsize and came with 2 analog stick for presice gamers and more . The use for WiFi has also became very useful for people that has purchased it . It is also Touchscreen .