A video game system is an interactive electronic device used to play video games on a personal computer.
The honor of being the first video game console goes to Magnavox Odyssey, which was invented by Ralph H. Baer in 1972. This game was only moderately successful and was soon surpassed in popularity by ‘Pong’, which was an arcade game that it was released from Atari. Thus, these two games along with their close successors like Odyssey 100, Odyssey 200, Smash and Sears formed the first generation of video game console systems in the world. This was followed by the second generation games in 1976 and these were equipped with the Video Entertainment System (VES) which consisted of cartridges along with ROMs to store instructions.
The third generation of video game console systems emerged after a long hiatus in 1983 after witnessing two major crashes. This generation marked the arrival of the Japanese company Nintendo on the market in the form of NES, Nintendo’s entertainment system in 1985, as well as its successful game Super Mario Bros. The fourth generation did not see the release of any particular game, but saw an improvement in storage capacity and technology over video game consoles. Fifth-generation video game consoles included Atari Jaguar, 3DO, Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation, and Sega Saturn.
The sixth generation was probably the most revolutionary generation regarding the video game console industry, as it was during this generation that DVDs were first used for storage in game media. It was also during this generation that three of the most popular video game consoles were released, namely Sony’s PS2, Microsoft’s Xbox, and Nintendo’s GameCube. These video game consoles advanced further in the current generation i.e. the 7th generation but they still retain their popularity as the most sought after game consoles in the world. The featured game consoles in the seventh generation, which is also the last, are Sony’s PS3, Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and Nintendo’s Wii.