A look at the history of video

1. A History of Video Games

2. Interesting Facts Nintendo – established in 1889 as a playing card company Sony – started in 1947 as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company. Made first pocket-sized battery-powered radio. 1951 - Ralph Baer suggests adding an interactive game to TV. Management ignores the idea. 1954 – Service Games starts making coin operated games. SErvice GAmes later becomes SEGA.

3. Interesting Facts 1958 - physicist Willy Higinbotham invents an interactive table-tennis-like game that is displayed on an oscilloscope 1961 - Steve Russell creates Spacewar, the first interactive computer game 1967 - Ralph Baer leads a team that creates an interactive game that can be played on a TV screen.

4. Pong Arcade 1972 Atari Home Version 1975

5. Atari 2600 (VCS) Introduced in 1977 Original Retail Price: $249 Number of Games: nearly 1000 Asteroids Centipede

6. Atari 2600 Pac-Man Donkey Kong Pitfall! Frogger

7. Intellivision Introduced in 1980 Original Retail Price: $299 Number of Games: about 180 Astrosmash Bump ‘N’ Jump

8. Intellivision Major League Baseball BurgerTime Pac-Man Snafu

9. Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Introduced in 1985 Original Retail Price: $199 Number of Games: about 850 Bases Loaded Double Dragon

10. Nintendo Entertainment System Excitebike Super Mario Bros. Tecmo Super Bowl Legend Of Zelda Super Mario Bros. 3 Tetris

11. Sega Genesis Introduced in 1989 Original Retail Price: $249 Number of Games: about 650 Columns Earthworm Jim

12. Sega Genesis Micro Machines NBA Jam Sonic The Hedgehog Mortal Kombat

13. Super Nintendo (SNES) Introduced in 1991 Original Retail Price: $249 Number of Games: about 780 Donkey Kong Country Madden NFL ‘96

14. Super Nintendo Uniracers Super Mario Kart WWF Royal Rumble Super Mario World

15. Sony Playstation Introduced in 1994 Original Retail Price: $299 Number of Games: over 1500 Crash Bandicoot Gran Turismo 2

16. Sony Playstation NFL Blitz 2000 Tomb Raider Tekken Doom

17. Nintendo 64 Introduced in 1996 Original Retail Price: $199 Number of Games: about 310 Cruisin’ USA Mario Kart 64

18. Nintendo 64 Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Super Mario 64 GoldenEye 007 Super Smash Brothers

19. Sega Dreamcast Introduced in 1998 Original Retail Price: $199 Number of Games: about 330 Crazy Taxi Soul Caliber

20. Sega Dreamcast NFL Quarterback Club 2001 Sonic Adventure Quake III Arena Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six

21. Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) Introduced in 2000 Original Retail Price: $299 Number of Games: over 2400 Grand Theft Auto III ESPN NFL 2K5

22. Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) Metal Gear Solid Virtua Fighter 4 Final Fantasy X Need For Speed: Underground

23. Microsoft Xbox Introduced: November 15, 2001 Original Retail Price: $299 Number of Games: over 1000 Ghost Recon 2 Mech Assault

24. Microsoft Xbox WWF RAW Project Gotham Racing Halo 2 MLB 2K5

25. Nintendo Gamecube Introduced: November 18, 2001 Original Retail Price: $199 Number of Games: over 600 Metroid Prime Super Smash Bros. Melee

26. Nintendo Gamecube Super Mario Sunshine Resident Evil Zero Mario Kart: Double Dash Mario Party 7

27. Microsoft Xbox 360 Introduced: November 22, 2005 Original Retail Price: $299/$399 Number of Games: over 800 Project Gotham Racing 3 Halo 3

28. Microsoft Xbox 360 Red Dead Redemption Gears of War L.A. Noire Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2

29. Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) Introduced: November 17, 2006 Retail Price: $499/$599 Number of Games: about 650 LittleBigPlanet Grand Theft Auto IV

30. Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) Call of Duty 3 Dead Space 2 MLB ’11: The Show Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

31. Nintendo Wii Introduced: November 19, 2006 Retail Price: $249 Number of Games: about 900 Mario Party 8 Excite Truck

32. Nintendo Wii Donkey Kong Country Returns New Super Mario Bros. Wii Mario Kart Wii Wii Sports

33. Motion Gaming… PlayStation Move Xbox Kinect

34. Mario – Through the Years…

35. Baseball - Through the Years…

36. The Future… Wii U – coming in 2012

37. Sources GameSpot – The History of Video Games http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/index.html Business Week – A Brief History of Video Game Warfare http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/game_consoles/index.htm?chan=search