Notable Releases… Notable Releases… Notable Releases… The NES is released in the US along with Super Mario Bros Notable Releases… Notable Releases… Paper Mario Socom Fable which sold-out 10 million copies before year ending. Eventually Mortal Kombat Goldeneye 007 Notable Releases… Devil May Cry Animal Crossing Halo 2 being the top selling video game until 2008 with 40 million cop- Virtua Racing Final Fantasy 7 Gran Turismo 4 Halo Kingdom Hearts Kirby’s Dream Oddworld Guitar Hero ies sold Vice City Land GTA Donkey Kong - 1981 Splinter Cell Mario Kart Gran Turismo Sony Releases the Medal of Honor Atari releases Break-out. The proto- Air Combat PlayStation 2; 138 type was designed by cofounders Ste- Notable Releases… Philips CO-i Nintendo Releases Notable Releas- million units sold, ve Jobs and Steve Wozniak— Road Rash the DSI and Sony Re- es… best selling console to With their first venture into the Blackberry’s current variant is called Street Fighter II leases the PSP Go console market, Microsoft re- ‘Brick Breaker’. Mega Man Tecmo Notable Releases… leases the Xbox, 24 million units Street Fighter Sonic the Hedgehog Ridge Racer sold

Games Metal Gear Sega CD Notable Releases… Microsoft Releases the Xbox Final Lap Star Fox Chrono Trigger One, 3 million units sold at Castlevania Virtua Fighter Time Crisis current date Contra 3DO Atari Jaguar Final Fantasy Microsoft Releases Nintendo Releases the its second console Nintendo Releases the N64, Nintendo Releases the Gamecube, Nintendo’s the The last significant car- Nintendo releases Color TU Sega releases the Sega Master Sys- Gameboy—An instant first console to optical tridge based home console Game 6, fitted with 6 varia- tem as a competitor to the NES Success; 118 million disks. 21 million units released in colour, it sold tions of ‘Light Tennis’ (pong) units sold World Wide sold

33 million units

Also Released… Other Releases Power Glove Nintendo Releases Resident Evil Turbografx-16 the Wii U , 9.2 The Sega Mega Drive (Genesis Crash Bandicoot Prince of Persia million units at in US) is released, Sega’s most Sega Super GT Successful Game Console, Sold Sony Releases the first current date

29 million units handheld console to use

Nintendo releases NES Notable Releases… an Optical Disc, the

Altered Beast PlayStation Portable

Atari 2600 Atari ; the most successful game console atthe time.. Super Mario Bros 3 Power Pad 1989

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Platforms 1967-1980 1980-1985 1985-1988 1988-1995 1995-1999 1999-2004 2004-2011 2012 ˄ German-born television engineer Ralph Nintendo Releases the Baer and his co-workers design the first Super Famicon (SNES). Nintendo Releases video-game console and dub it ‘Black Best Selling Console of the Nintendo DS, Box’. They’ve developed a chase game the 16 bit Era, Sold 49 Sporting a enabling players to control two squares Sega releases the SG-1000 Sony Releases the million units Touchscreen & Stylus chasing each other on the screen. It came achieving only minor success. PlayStation 4, 38.4 with a toy gun that was able to distin- Other Releases… million units sold guish spots of light on the screen. Twelve Neo Geo Nintendo Releases at current date other games where made. Game Genie the Gameboy Color Sony Releases the PlayStation Nintendo Releases the Sony PlayStation 3 & Nin- Turbo Express Notable Releases… Odyssey Console—heavily influences Gameboy Advance, with tendo Wii are released— Bonks Adventure Rainbow Six the end of the cartridge, 125 several different vari- only 8 days apart from Super Mario World Xenogears million units sold ants and colours; 81 each other. Both are in a million units sold 3 way console war. Other Releases… Neo Geo CD Sega 32K Mattel releases the Intelliusion video-game console, releasing a total of 125 games during Sega Releases the its lifespan. Dreamcast. Considered to be ahead of its time and the pioneer of online gaming. It sold 10.6 million units