1. The History of Consoles Computers for Entertainment By: Brandon Hansen and Chad Spencer

2. 1970’s & Early 80’s Atari’s PONG – 1975 Coleco, Magnavox, Mattel

3. Late ‘80s Nintendo NES – 1985 - $199 – Super Mario Bros. – Sold 60 Million – http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=823 http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=823 Atari 2600, 7800 - 1986 Sega Genesis - 1989 - $190

4. Early 90’s Super Nintendo – 1991 - $199 Panasonic 3DO – 1993 - $700 Atari Jaguar - 1993 Sega 32X - 1994

5. 1995-1999 Atari Jaguar – 1995 - $250 Sega Saturn – 1995 - $399 Sony Playstation – 1995 - $299 – Gran Turismo Nintendo64 – 1996 - $199 – Super Mario 64 Sega Dreamcast – 1999 – $199 -> $49

6. Early 2000’s Sony PlayStation 2 – 2000 – $299, final $129 – Gran Turismo Nintendo GameCube – 2001 – $199, final $99 – Super Smash Bros. Melee Microsoft XBox – 2001 – $299, final $149 – Halo, Halo2

7. Current Generation Microsoft XBox360 – 2005 – XBox Live: Silver and Gold – $279, $399, $479 Nintendo Wii – 2006 – Motion-sensitive controller – $249 Sony PlayStation 3 – 2006 – Cell processor – $399, $599

8. Handhelds Nintendo Game Boy – 1989 - $109 Sega Gamegear – 1990 - $149 Game Boy Color – 1998 Game Boy Advance – 2001 – Advance SP – 2003 – Micro 2005 Nintendo DS – 2004 – DS Lite – 2005 - $129 PlayStation Portable – 2004 - $169/$199