The world of consoles and video games have been more than 35 years living with us .Many of those who were children in the 80s will remember those primitive consoles that they worked with a cassette player and it took "centuries" to load a game.Nothing to do with the wonders we enjoy today, however we all somehow cherished that first machine that fascinated us, whether portable or salon.Let's take time for ailment remembering the 10 game consoles of our childhood and their mythical videogames.
The 10 game consoles of our childhood and their mythical videogames
1.Atari
The Atari company can be considered the founder of the video game and home console industry.I start selling in Europe in 1978 .most successful games are Frogger, Espace Invaders or a primitive Donkey Kong .
2.Spectrum
Spectrum appeared at the hand of the British company Sinclaire in the year 1982 .It was a revolutionary console although it was a bit heavy loading the games with the cassette .Survival until 1992 and currently its original games and consoles are highly sought after by collectors.
Among their best games were Back to skool or Batman.
3.Sega Mega Drive
The Mega Drive was launched by Sega Enterprises in 1988 .Sega launched several consoles with great success.Currently their games have been reissued in compilations more modern consoles such as Nintendo or Sony.
Among their best known games were Sonic the Hedgehog , Night Trap or Mortal Kombat.
4.Supernintendo
This was the third console launched by the Japanese company Nintendo .In November 1990 it was released in Japan and in less than two years it was sold worldwide.They were sold almost 50 million units .
His best selling game was Super Mario World .Other great successes were the saga of Donkey Kong , Castlevania or The Legend of Zelda.
5.Game boy
The Game Boy is the third best-selling console in the world .It's as we all know u na portable console.The Game boy has been evolving and the current models have little to do with the primitive "little machine" of gray color.It was launched on the market by Nintendo in 1989 and its star game was the Tetris .
6.Game Gear
It was Sega's response to the Game Boy and started marketing in Japan the year 1990 .His screen was in color and also backlit .That was the great advantage and the problem of the Game Gear , due to color and feedback its autonomy did not reach 5 hours.
The best selling game for this console was the Sonic the Hedgehog .
7.Playstation
The Playstation was released between 1994 and 1995 .It had the great it is right to incorporate the CD-ROM into your hardware and a memory card to store the games.More than 104 million consoles were sold from the first version.versions have been as successful as the first one.
For this first model the game more sold was the Gran Turismo with more than 11 million copies.
8.Apple Pippin
Apple also wanted to make a foray into the world of video consoles in 1995 , but without much success since I subsequently reach those of Sony, Nintendo and Gear.They wanted to launch a console that will work also as a network computer and at an affordable cost.I did not intend to market it Apple itself, but subsidiary companies. It was a failure .
9.Game Cube
Manufactured by Nintendo is the predecessor of the Wii .It was released in Japan in 2001 and reached all the world in the 2003 .She could connect with a cable to the Game Boy which made her very The best selling game was Super Smash Bros.Melee but the sagas of Resident Evil or Zelda were also very successful.
Nintendo Wii
Released in 2006 and produced by Nintendo , this game console has sold more than 101 million units.It incorporates a wireless control and detects movements so that the game is really lived.
The most successful games of this game console have been Wii Sport and Mario Kart Wii .
We hope you enjoyed this review of our children's video consoles, what was yours? What were your favorite games? If you were interested in this article, you may want to read 8 secret areas in video games.
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