Evolution of Video Game Systems
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Miguel Haro
Danny Gutierrez
Albert Grimes
Sergio Delgado

Atari 2600
• The Atari 2600 is one of the first
video game consoles released in
1977.
• One of the first systems to use
cartridges
• CPU -MOS Technology 6507
• 2nd generation

Nintendo
• The first Nintendo video game
console was released on 1958
• 3rd generation
• Sold 60 million units world wide
• CPU- Ricoh 8-bit processor (MOS
Technology 6502 core)

Gameboy
• Was one of the first portable
game consoles that paved the
way for the newer consoles
like the Nintendo DS (dual
screen) and the PSP (Play
Station portable.
• The Nintendo game boy had a
very simple set up. It had a
memory stick inside of the
console.
• The graphics were very poor it
didn’t have any type of hard
drive.
• You need cartridges so the
console can be operational.

Sony PlayStation
• Produced in the mid
1990s
• Fifth generation (32
bit/64bit era)
• CPU- Custom MIPS
R3000at 33.8688 Mhz.
• First video game system
to play music CDs
• By 2005 the
playstation/ps one sold
100.49 million units

NINTEDO 64
• The Nintendo 64 was the third
generation Nintendo Console.
• It was the first in its kind to
consist of 64 bit graphics.
• In total it sold 64 Million Units
World Wide making it the most
successful console Nintendo
ever designed.

Sony PlayStation 2
• Sony’s second video game system
was released on October 26, 2000
• 6th generation era with a 128-bit
"Emotion Engine" clocked at 294
MHz
• By March 31st 2006 it shipped 105
million units world wide making it
the fastest selling video game
console in history
• First video game console to play
DVDs
• As of November 2006 the PS2 still
outsells its competition, the
GameCube, Xbox, and Xbox 360
in North America and Japan

Microsoft Xbox
• Released on November 15, 2001
• First video game system that
comes with a internal hard drive.
(no memory cards required)
• 6th generation console with a 733
MHz Intel Mobile Celeron CPU
• Plays DVDs like the PS2
• Sold 24 million units
• The greatest success of the
Xbox's launch games was Halo:
Combat Evolved and was the best
selling game of the year

Sony PlayStation Portable
• Sony psp was released on
March 24, 2005 (22.94 million
units shipped)
• 7th generation game system
with a MIPS R4000-based;
clocked from 1 to 333 MHz
CPU
• The psp has the ability to play
games, listen music, watch
videos, view images, and as
well as Internet browsing
functionality.
• The psp uses a 1.8Gb
Universal Media Disk
developed by Sony to play
video games and watch
movies.

Microsoft Xbox 360
• Xbox 360 was released on
November 22, 2005
• The console was developed with
IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS.
• First video game console to
provide wireless controller support
at launch.
• The console sold out completely at
release and has since sold 6
million consoles worldwide.
• The Xbox 360 was the first
console to be released in the
seventh generation of game
consoles and competes against
Sony's PlayStation 3 and
Nintendo's Wii.
• 20GB HD with a 3.2 GHz PPC Tri-
Core Xenon CPU

Playstation 3
• • Sony’s seventh generation
game console was released on
November 17, 2006.
• 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband
Engine with 1 PPE and 7
SPEs-CPU
• Features: 60GB hard drive,
Blueray Disk-ROM, DVD-
ROM,CD-ROM, and Super
Audio CD
• As of December 3, 2006 it sold
384,836 world wide.

Nintendo Wii
• Released on December 8,
2006
• 7th generation of video game
systems along with the PS3
and Xbox 360
• A distinguishing feature of the
Wii console is its wireless
controller, the Wii Remote,
which can be used as a
handheld pointing device and
can detect motion and rotation
in three dimensions.
• IBM PowerPC-based[1]
"Broadway" CPU