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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. Handheld consoles originated from electro-mechanical games that used mechanical controls and light-emitting diodes (LED) as visual ...
The first popular home console, the Atari 2600 (1980 version pictured), was released in 1977. [ 19] The Nintendo Entertainment System was the best-selling console of its time, selling 61.91 million units worldwide. [ 20] It revitalised the gaming industry in the United States following the video game market crash.
v. t. e. In the history of video games, the third generation of video game consoles, commonly referred to as the 8-bit era, began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese release of two systems: Nintendo 's Family Computer (commonly abbreviated to Famicom) and Sega 's SG-1000. [ 1][ 2] When the Famicom was released outside of Japan, it was remodeled ...
This is a list of best-selling game consoles by region. This page consists of countries in Asia, North America, Europe, and other regions, which all used different analog television color systems; these being NTSC, PAL and SECAM. PAL broadcast at 576i, in Europe and Asia.
During the late 1980s to early 1990s, there was a gradual transition in the UK home video game market from home computers to video game consoles, with the arrival of 8-bit third-generation consoles and then 16-bit fourth-generation consoles. By 1991, home consoles had overtaken home computers as the larger sector of the UK home video game ...
Analysts of the time expressed doubts about the long-term viability of video game consoles and software. The North American video game console industry recovered a few years later, mostly due to the widespread success of Nintendo's Western branding for its Famicom console, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), released in October 1985. The ...
The seventh generation of home video game consoles began on November 22, 2005, with the release of Microsoft 's Xbox 360 home console. This was followed by the release of Sony 's PlayStation 3 on November 17, 2006, and Nintendo 's Wii on November 19, 2006. Each new console introduced new technologies. The Xbox 360 offered games rendered ...
Lists. v. t. e. In the history of video games, the fourth generation of video game consoles, more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era, began on October 30, 1987, with the Japanese release of NEC Home Electronics ' PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America). Though NEC released the first console of this era, sales were mostly ...