For college work

1. Timeline of video game consoles
By Daniel Turner

2. 1972
• Magnavox releases the Odyssey

3. 1975
• Magnavox releases the Odyssey 100.
• Magnavox releases the Odyssey 200, an improved version of
the Odyssey 100 and the first home video game console to
allow for up to four players at a time.
• Universal Research Labs releases the Video Action.
• Executive Games releases Electronic Television Tennis.
• Sears sells the first Atari Pong systems under the label Tele-
Games. This marks the beginning of a partnership lasting
several years between Sears and Atari, during which Sears
sold games under various labels which were designed by
Atari.

4. 1976
• Atari releases the Atari pong.
• Coleco releases the Telstar.
• Fairchild Semiconductor releases the Channel F.
• Magnavox releases the Odyssey 300.
• Atari releases Atari Pong Doubles and Atari Super Pong.
• Universal Research Labs releases the Video Action III.
• Entex releases the Gameroom Tele-Pong.
• GHP releases the Wonder Wizard, an Odyssey 300 clone.
• Atari releases the Super Pong Ten.

5. 1977
• RCA releases the Studio II.
• Coleco releases the Telstar Arcade.
• Atari releases the VCS later called the 2600.
• Nintendo releases the Colour TV Game series.
• Coleco releases Combat! a tank-themed console.
• Atari releases the Super Pong Pro-Aim, Super Pong Pro-Aim
Ten, Ultra Pong, Ultra Pong Doubles and Stunt Cycle.
• Bally releases the Bally Professional Arcade, later renames the
Astrocade.
• Coleco releases the Telstar Alpha, the Telstar Colourmatic and
Teslar Ranger.

6. 1978
• Coleco releases the Telstar Gemini, the Telstar
Colourtron and Teslar Marksman.
• Magnavox releases the Odyssey 2.
• APF releases the APF-M1000.

7. 1979
• Mattel releases the Intellivision.
• Milton Bradley releases the Microvision.

8. 1982
• Emerson releases the Arcadia 2001.
• Coleco releases the ColecoVision.
• Milton Bradley releases the vectrex.
• Atari releases the 5200 SuperSystem.
• Coleco releases the Gemini.

9. 1983
• Bentley releases the Compu-vision.
• DMS releases the Telesports Mini.

10. 1985
• Nintendo releases the Nintendo
Entertainment System.

11. 1986
• Sega releases the Master system.
• Atari releases the Atari 7800.