Game Console History

During the early years of video games, is very popular for children under the arcade and play video games.

In modern times, children now save themselves the traveler a walk of five to ten minutes and now easily plug and play the games you want at home.

Video games at home began in 1977 when the company, Atari released its video game system, "VCS" (later known as Atari 2600) for a princely sum of $ 249. Same year, Nintendo released their console, TV Game 6, to compete with the 2600.

Porches were popular at that time because it is still in the modern world, as Midway has released the first video game that could keep high scores.

His name? The famous "Space Invaders".

In 1980, many classic arcade games have been played. Video games like Atari 'Asteroids' and Namco 'Pacman' can now easily be played in portable consoles like Nintendo DS.

In 1994, the sagas in the history of video games a lot come and go. There was a video game console market crash that claimed many companies out of business leaving Nintendo, Sega and Atari - the main competitors in the market.

In 1995, Atari pulled out of the market and a new competitor has emerged - Sony - which celebrates continue to live the console market. This year, Sony released the Playstation "- a 32-bit CD-based video game console, Sega Saturn and released on Nintendo launches the Nintendo 64" that was the last game console that the media print cartridge.

In 2000, Sony had a strong hold on the market for console video games, making public the Playstation 2 with game developers and many believers, as Namco (Ridge Racer, Tekken) and the sale of over 100 million units. The Playstation 2 was the first console that was able to play the games of his predecessor.

In subsequent years, Microsoft has entered the market with the "Xbox", Nintendo has put on GameCube. Nintendo brings the portable console with the release of Game Boy Advance can play Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges.

Sega ended up leaving the console sector, being happy to be just a software.

But in 2006, seems to be a gradual transition from market leader Microsoft will release their next-generation consoles faster than Sony and Nintendo.

The 'Xbox 360' has a razor sharp graphics and allows users to play online with each other. It was released at Christmas 2005, but many consoles were sent to manufacturers because of defective parts.

The PlayStation 3 from Sony is ready for the beginning of November 2006, after the delay of its original release date of spring 2006 because of copyright complications. The rumor that there will be more than 30 launch titles. It also says that Sony has invested more than $ 800 million development, research and production.

Nintendo will launch its console "Revolution", now renamed as 'Wii' (pronounced we), shortly after the PS3 with its release date scheduled for Christmas 2006.

The end of 2006 will certainly be some turning points in gaming history.