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The History of Consoles. Computers for Entertainment By: Brandon Hansen and Chad Spencer. 1970’s & Early 80’s. Atari’s PONG – 1975 Coleco, Magnavox, Mattel. Nintendo NES – 1985 - $199 Super Mario Bros. Sold 60 Million http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=823
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The History ofConsoles Computers for Entertainment By: Brandon Hansen and Chad Spencer
1970’s & Early 80’s • Atari’s PONG – 1975 • Coleco, Magnavox, Mattel
Nintendo NES – 1985 - $199 Super Mario Bros. Sold 60 Million http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=823 Atari 2600, 7800 - 1986 Sega Genesis - 1989 - $190 Late ‘80s
Super Nintendo – 1991 - $199 Panasonic 3DO – 1993 - $700 Atari Jaguar - 1993 Sega 32X - 1994 Early 90’s
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 1995-1999
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 Early 2000’s
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
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