The History of Video Games in the House By: Adam Parsonage, Bryan Devenish, Alan Lilley and Steven Christopher

TIMELINE

Where it started  The hype of video games originated in arcades.  Fact No: “Contrary to popular belief, the first video games were not found at an arcade, but at home.”  Consoles started to be produced for the purpose of home gaming.  There was a lack of games development in the early stages.  Developments for home (affordable) entertainment systems started in 1967.

BrownBox/ Magnavox Odyssey  The Brown box was the first console to be developed for home entertainment, however it was only a prototype.  Invented by Ralph H. Baer. ( <- That last name)  Introduced eight games which a few also consisted of multiplayer functionalities  The brown box lead into the production of the Magnavox Odyssey  The Magnavox was the first official home entertainment system.

Atari  1975 saw the introduction of Atari in the gaming industry  Atari Sears Tele-games pong system  Atari was the company that introduced the video game Pong.  However it was actually competing with the tennis game made on the Magnavox Odyssey.  Atari was the first successful video game company that made home gaming more popular to the public.  Atari introduced the joystick controller in the home The Founder of Atari is named Bushnell

Introduction of Nintendo and Sega  Nintendo's Test version of the console was made in 1977  Sega’s first console was “The SG-1000”  Released 1983 in July, in a limited market.  By 1983 Sega and Nintendo were leading in the gaming industry  Sega’s first globally sold console was the “SG-1000 II”  Nintendo’s first console was known as “Color Tv Game”

Computing  In it’s early stages it was rare to have a computer in the home, due to:  Size  Maintenance  cost  Computers have become more and more popular for gaming in the later years but it doesn’t compare to the console marketing.  The first computer hit the market in 1977, however the games where introduced a minimum of four years later was the release of the first home PC game (Donkey) invented by Bill Gates.

Sony and Microsoft Sony’s PlayStation  PlayStation One  Released in December 1994  PlayStation 2  Released in November 2000  PlayStation 3  Released in November 2006  PlayStation 4  Released in November 2013 Microsoft’s Xbox  Xbox first console  Released in November 2001  Xbox 360 second console  Released in November 2005  Xbox One Third Console  Released in November 2013

Nintendo  The Release of their “Nintendo 64” to rival Sony’s “PlayStation One”  Available  Nintendo Released their “GameCube” in  The “Wii” was released to compete in the market against the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.  December 2006 saw the release of the “Wii”  Nintendo released the “Wii U” in November 2012

The Future Of Home Gaming  Near Future:  Sony will be releasing the PlayStation 4  Microsoft will be rivalling this with the Xbox On  Later Future:  There could be no guaranteed to what is in the future.