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History of game consoles
The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, first conceived by Ralph H. Baer in 1966.
Magnavox Odyssey Commercials [1973]
Game consoles have progressed through technology cycles typically referred to as generations. Each generation has lasted approximately five years, during which the major console manufacturers have released console with broadly similar specifications.
Let's take a quick look to home game consoles from 70s-80s!
Home game consoles
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years:
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
You've just saw its commercial!
Magnavox Odyssey
Atari 2600
Philips Odyssey 2
Intellivision
Nintendo nes
Atari 7800
Sega Genesis
Super nes
Photo credits:
MAGNAVOX ODESSY – By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain
Atari 2600 - By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain
Philips Odyssey 2 - By Evan-Amos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
Intellivision - By Evan-Amos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Nintendo nes - By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain,
Atari 7800 - By Evan-Amos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Sega Genesis - By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain,
Super nes - By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain,
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Handheld game consoles
Pac-Man is a 1982 maze video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. under official license by Namco, and an adaptation of the 1980 arcade game Pac-Man. The player controls the title character, who attempts to consume all of the wafers in a maze while avoiding four ghosts that pursue him.
Eating flashing wafers at the corners of the screen causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue and flee, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points. Once eaten, a ghost is reduced to a pair of eyes, which return to the center of the maze to be restored.
Having first appeared in arcade game machines in the 80s and later on home gaming consoles (Atari 2600, 1982), in 1990 the game Pac-Man was released for the handheld game console Game Boy.
Detailed history of the game in a comprehensive article on Wikipedia, Image: By May be found at the following website: The Arcade Flyer Archive, Fair use.
"GAME BOY come with the Brand new game Tetris"🕹️
The First Game Boy Commercial (1989)
Nokia N-Gage TV Ad
Released on October 7, 2003
Photo credits:
ATARI LYNX – By Evan-Amos - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
GAME BOY – By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain
NOKIA N-GAGE – By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain
NINTENDO DS – By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain
SUPER POKET ATARI EDITION – atari.com
Atari Lynx / 1989
Game Boy / 1989
Nokia N-Gage / 2003
Nintendo DS / 2004
PlayStation Portable / 2004
Super Pocket Atari Edition / 2024
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