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A Short Pictorial Video Game Console History

FIRST GENERATION Magnavox Odyssey - 1972

Pong - 1972

Coleco Telstar - 1976

SECOND GENERATION Atari 2600 - 1977

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - 1978

Mattel Intellivision - 1979

SECOND GENERATION - PART II Atari 5200 - 1982

Colecovision - 1982

Sega SG-1000 - 1983

VIDEO GAME CRASH of 1983 Most consoles were wiped out.

THIRD GENERATION Nintendo Entertainment System NES - 1985

Sega Master System - 1986

Atari 7800 - 1986

FOURTH GENERATION Nintendo Super Entertainment System SNES - 1991

Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) - 1989

NEC Turbografx16 (PC-Engine) - 1989

FIFTH GENERATION Nintendo 64 (N64) - 1996

Sony Playstation - 1995

Sega Saturn - 1995

SIXTH GENERATION Nintendo GameCube - 2001

Sony Playstation 2 - 2000

SIXTH GENERATION - Continued Microsoft XBOX - 2001

Sega Dreamcast - 1999

SEVENTH GENERATION Microsoft XBOX 360 - 2005

Nintendo Wii - 2006

Sony Playstation 3 - 2006

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