196 1 year, Steve Russell, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), designed Space War! Space war, it is the first interactive game that really runs on a computer. This game runs on PDP- 1 (compiled into data processor-1). At that time, computer technology was still quite limited, and space warfare had to use a new cathode ray tube display to display pictures.
1967 ralph baer and the design team successfully developed the first video interactive game that can be played on TV. They first developed a chase game, and then developed a TV tennis game. They also modified a toy gun so that it can distinguish the light spots on the screen.
1972, Atari sold 65,438+10,000 sets of video games (not video games), which was called "PON", a world of "sticks" and "dots" created by Atari. Shortly after the release of PON, the game break out appeared, which caused a sensation at that time.
In the same year, Maganavox's Odyssey was designed by ralph baer and became the first home game machine.
1975, EPOCH Company released the earliest TV game "Electronic Tennis" in Japan.
1977, Nintendo's original TV game TVGAME6 was published.
In the same year, Atari released Atari Video Computer System (VCS), a home video game machine, which was later named Atari 2600. Market price: $249
1980, Nintendo's portable lsi game machine Game &；; Watch Publishing, Game & Born in 1980. A watch is essentially a product that combines clocks in games and life.
198 1 cassette horizon, a new host, sold a very famous host, which can change the cassette, but at that time, changing the cassette and repeating the game have become the most common requirements.
1983 Nintendo's fc sells Sega's host SG sg-1000 sells FC, which is considered to be the main feature of home computers. At that time, it was called the national plane in Japan, and its popularity almost reached one. In the same year, Sega's SG- 1000 game machine went on the market.
1984, Super Card Vision released an enhanced version of Card Vision.
1985, released by SEGA Mark3, the third generation host of sega. At the beginning of sales, Sega adopted a card software as the medium. However, due to the limitation of its capacity, it was finally prepared on a large-capacity cassette.
1986, released by FC disk drive system.
1987 PCengine is published and resold with its exquisite screen, high-quality drawing function and extremely expandable kernel.
1988, MD is on sale. With the release of MD, the hegemony of FC has been challenged as never before. Sega had a lot of fixed fans at that time because of the function of MD 16bit and its consistent arcade porting style.
In the same year, PC-E .ROM was released.
1989, released by GameBoy. Portable handheld devices with the same performance as FC except black and white LCD screen. Lynx was released in the same year. Lynx is the first handheld device sold with a color LCD screen.
1990, NEOs were released. NG's mainframe is indeed the strongest in terms of the performance of the mainframe at that time, but the price of 58,000 yen is not affordable for everyone, but you can play arcade works at home! It still attracted the support of some super fans and made this aristocratic model persist for 10 years.
In the same year, the Sega game GEAR was released. This game machine uses a color LCD screen. But it was not very successful because it consumed too much electricity.
PC-E GT is on sale.
In the same year, Nintendo's super home computer was released.
In the same year, the so-called "100M" shocking mainframe went on the market.
1993, Sega's MEGA DRIVE2(MD2 Black Machine 2) was released.
1994, 3DO for sale. 3DO is the first 32-bit host jointly developed by 3DO and Panasonic.
In the same year, it was released in Sega Saturn.
Sony Play Station is on sale, the real king of PLAY STATION game industry. With the prominent function of game consoles, many people who never play games are pulled down.
PC-FC is released, and the successor of PC-FC PC-E, the game mainly focuses on 2D.
1995, VBBOY was released and developed by Nintendo, claiming to realize complete three-dimensional space.
1996 N64 sold a 64-bit machine, but actually it was 32-bit, and there were many peripheral products.
In the same year, electronic pets began to be sold.
1998 GBC is on sale. GBC is the successor of GB, which supports up to 32,000 colors and 56 colors at the same time.
NeoGeoPocket is on sale. NeoGeoPocket is produced by SNK, and most of the games are developed by SNK itself.
Dreamcasta has been released. Dreamcasta is developed by SEGA with "network" as its selling point. Its performance was absolutely strong at that time. In 2000, PlayStation2 was released. PlayStation2 is equipped with various DVD drives, USB ports and other hardware hosts. In a word, strong.
Bandai's magic swan color (WSC swan color) is on sale.
200 1, released by GBA. GBA seems to say that everything is unnecessary, and it is a bully.
Nintendo's NINTEDO GAMECUBE(NGC) sells a very cost-effective mainframe that can be linked with GBA.
GP32, a handheld game machine developed by GP32 Gamepark Co., Ltd., emphasizes magical side effects. The host adopts 3.5-inch TFT-LCD liquid crystal, which solves the problem of dark picture of STN-LCD (GBA has such a problem), and also solves the problem of image afterimage, making the picture smoother when playing action games.
XBOX console was first released in the United States on (2001115); Japan, a big Asian game country, was released on February 22, 2002. Then they landed in North America, Europe and Australia. South Korea and Singapore in Asia, Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province in China.
XBOX is a home game machine developed and sold by Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company. In the game market, Xbox has formed a tripartite confrontation with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's Game Cube. Built-in Pentium III basic CPU produced by Intel Corporation. It also uses the built-in 8GB hard disk and DVD-ROM drive, and the built-in Ethernet port to support the network, which is similar to the architecture of a personal computer. The controller port shape is different from USB specification. From the hardware performance indicators, Xbox is the most powerful of the "three major hosts".
In 2003, GBAsp released an enhanced version of GBAsp GBA. The kernel is exactly the same as GBA, the difference is the appearance and screen. GBAsp adopts folding type to fully protect the fragile screen. In addition, GBAsp also increases the background light, so you can enjoy the fun of entertainment in the dark. In addition, GBAsp also added rechargeable batteries to ensure the power supply of GBAsp is sufficient.
In 2004, NDS was released. The wireless network of NDS will provide a communication distance of 10 ~ 30 meters (depending on the environment), and the built-in microphone can make voice calls through the Internet. The host computer has six languages, including Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, which can record the identity information entered by the holder. In terms of power supply, NDS adopts rechargeable lithium-ion battery, with a battery life of 4 ~ 10 hour (depending on the software), and it takes 4 hours for the battery to be fully charged, providing power management functions such as sleep mode to extend the continuous use time.
On June 20th, 2004,65438+February 20th, PSP was released in Japan. PSP (Playstation Portable) is a new generation of handheld multimedia entertainment terminal equipment launched by Sony. Use "UMD" CD with a diameter of 6 cm as a game and audio-visual medium; Equipped with USB interface and memory stick slot, it can play music files in MPEG4-4 video files and WMAMP3 formats. And support wireless Internet access function and hotspot connection to the Internet. The PSP_, which is positioned as "Walkman of 2 1 century" by Sony, is a portable game machine that can enjoy fun anytime and anywhere. Not only playing games, but also enjoying movies, listening to music and browsing photos.
The unit price of the mainframe is 65,438+09,800 yen (including tax, the price is 20,790 yen, equivalent to 1500 RMB), and a battery and battery adapter are provided at random. The PSP- 1000K set costs 24,800 yen (including tax, it costs 26,040 yen, equivalent to RMB 1750 yuan). In addition, it is equipped with PSP fashion wire control, 32MB memory stick Duo and PSP special charger. SCE said that there will be 2 1 PSP games on the market within one month.
2006 1 65438+1October1,PS3: short for PLAYSTATION3. The third generation PS series game machine released by Sony Group was released in June 2006165438+1.