Player Up: Video Game History

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Video game consoles brought the arcade into the home; this is a timeline of digital play, 1976-2014.

Atari Pong Game, circa 1976

Tele-Match Television Computer Game, 1975-1980

Intellivision: Intelligent Television Game, 1981-1985

Nintendo Entertainment System, 1987

Ouya Video Game System, Model I, 2013

Sony Playstation, 1997

Nintendo DS Lite with "Personal Trainer: Cooking" Game, 2009

Video Game, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," Recovered from Landfill, Alamogordo, New Mexico, April 26, 2014, Site of the Atari Video Game Burial of 1983

Nintendo Game Boy, 1989-1992

Atari 2600 Video Computer System, 1982-1983

Keywords	video games
Themes	Communications & Information Technology

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