Development of gaming

Edward Ions

1960s1961-1962: Space War. It was developed at MIT using Vector graphics on a PDP1.

Sega Release the first arcade game called Perisope.

1970s1972:Bushnell starts Atari.

Odyssey by Magnavox was launched and was the first home TV game. It was analog not digital and it could play twelve different games. It sold 100,000 copies. The console cost £100.

1977: In 1975 Atari started secretly designing a new gaming machine that used cartridges and in 1977 they released the Atari VCS. It had the first home console joysticks.

1980s Electronics Arts is formed.

1985: Nintendo introduces the Nintendo Entertainment System. 61.9 million were sold. It used rom game cartridges and had two controller ports. Nintendo stopped making it in 2003.

Nintendo Release the Gameboy. 118.69 million were sold and is the biggest selling hand game console. It was finally discontinued in 2003. despite other more superior hand held consoles that came into being during the gameboys life, it still sold massively.

1990’s1995: Sony release the PlayStation. Sony sold 100 million consoles in the first nine years of it coming out. The PlayStation game console has become one of the best selling series of games consoles to date.

1996: Nintendo release the Ultra 64. 32.9 millions were sold. It was discontinued in 2003. It had a strange shaped controller. It was a 5th generation game console.

2000’s2000: the PlayStation 2 is released. By 2011 over 150 million PS2’ had been sold. It is the best selling console to date with over 150million sold by 2011. It was a 6th generation game console. There were two versions of this game console, the original and a slim version. Even now new games are still being made for the PS2.

2005: The Xbox 360 is released. Between 2005 and 2012 70 million have been sold. It is a 7th generation game console. Over the years the xbox 360 has been brought out in various special edition designs like halo and R2D2

2010’s to the Future

2010: The Xbox 360S released. The 360 Slim is a smaller and more compact version of the Xbox 360. The 360s starts up faster and runs smoother and quieter. There are two versions of the 360s, the 250GB and the 4GB. The hard drive for it is much smaller so it takes up less space. There are also more usb ports for it which makes it easier to attach more devices such as the Kinect sensor.

2012: The Nintendo wii u is released.

The Future: ??????