Go back In time, Where it Started....
[PART 1]







Dear readers, We all are interested a little or more in games. And for Games these days a Game Console is a very desirable thing among all of us. This article is about the history behind the gaming consoles.

Nintendo Entertainment System ( 1985-1990)

It should be hard to find any gamer who hasn’t herd the games “Super Mario Bros” Or “The Legend of Zelda”- That’s what I think, Nintendo entertainment System-‘s these games became most popular after the birth of em; and they also took Nintendo to the top. Nintendo Entertainment System is known as NES. This baby was the markets first ever 8 bit gaming console. Even if it was released in Japan in 1983; but it started its journey to win the world in 1985 when it was released in USA. Later on it became one of the best selling gaming consoles. Nintendo’s game consoles was sold more than 300M units over the globe !!

Sega Master System (1985-1991)

This was Sega’s first ever game consol. Like NES it was also a 8 bit gaming console. The Sega Master system had a few good games but it lost the war with NES because of 3^rd party Game developers who ware more interested in making games for NES. But all through it was running well in the European market & in 1990 Sega Master System 2 was released.

NEC Turbografx 16 (1988-1994)

Turborafx 16 was the first ever 16 Bit Gaming consol. In Japan it had a huge want and it was called PC Engine. It had good graphics and also you could use audio Cd’s and CD add-ons and enjoy High Quality gaming. But with all the other completive’s of the 16 Bit console war the NEC Turbografx 16 lost.

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive (1989-1994)

Sega Genesis was released in 1988 but started to be a point of the gamers eyes in mid 1989.

All of Sega’s popular games was upgraded with there own genesis version. And Sega Genesis made a major Impact in the market by introducing there Game Sonic the Hedgehog mainly By this game Sega pointed there power of Great Sound Effects and Graphics quality to all the Gamers world wide. This Sonic Game took Sega to such a point that at last Sega made “Sonic” as there official mascot.

In 1994 In front of Nintendo’s new war machine the SNES Saga started to lose the market and in mid 1995 they said goodbye.

NEO GEO (1990-1994)

SNK ‘s this 16bit marvelous gaming console was released in the market with some tremendous games. But its prize was very high for most of gamers which was a high 600$. Plus There Game Cartage’s was very high prized. So even if it came in the market with a lot of hope it couldn’t stay there for a very long time.

Panasonic 3DO (1990-1994)

This was the worlds first 32 Bit Gaming Console. The Graphics quality and sound was in one word a masterpiece. Mainly the death of there console was with something wrong with the marketing polices. Well at first it had a High Prize of 400$ and for giving the permission to make these consoles in Gold Star & Sanyo- they had to pay by losing the market bit by bit..

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991-)

After there Game consoles got a huge market Nintendo started to go ahead depending on there consoles. In 1991 they released such a gaming consol that was the father of all Gaming consoles that time. Its features had such as high Quality Sound, 32,000 color option, 3D image enabled mode 7 technology.

It had low gaming collection when released but later it got rid of that problem too.

They released games such as Pilot wings, StarFox etc. It was sold more that 46 Million Units over the world. And it was the top best selling game consol according to year 2001.

Atari Jaguar (1995 – 1996)

In the middle of Nintendo & Sega Atari’s this 64 bit consol got in the market. The only cause of its untimely death was the less amount of its software. But later on many of em have given many complains against it. Like it was the first 64 bit gaming console, many have tried to prove that it was really a 32 Bit one!!! What ever the main cause’s ware Atari’s Jaguar gaming consoles death also because Atari’s Death of making gaming consoles.

Sega 32X/ Sega CD ( 1994 – 1996)

To Save Sega genesis from Nintendo’s Attacks Sega Released 32 X & Sega CD. By Doing this Genesis could render 32 Bit polygon & entered the multimedia Gaming.

Even it had great games like Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racer it got it self by its own Product Saturn.

Virtual Boy (1995-1996)

By this product Nintendo tried to expand its Gaming in various technologies. Actually Virtual Boy was a 32 Bit Portable Virtual Reality Gaming Console. But in many Magazines and media questioned its portability and Gave there word that it was heavy for carrying. That was the Big Bomb that fell on Nintendo’s pearl harbor. Total 25 Million US Dollars of adding and introducing it went to the drains. In 1996 Nintendo again threw a rope to pull it off but they again failed; it went down the deepest.

Sega Saturn ( 1995 1998)

Sega Saturn and Sony’s Play Station was released almost at a very close time. Head 2 Head and Toe 2 Toe in the first Sega Saturn was ahead but finally The Great Play Station Won the War of 32 bit gaming consoles.

Sony Playstation (1995 – 2001)

So the saga begins.The Sony Playstation AKA PS was released in such a time when all other consoles war fighting to get the market. But for its Wondrous Marketing Polices and Low Prize it because every one’s Favorite. In the List of worlds best selling consoles it has sold more that 79 Million Units. In Playstation’s Most Popular Games there is Grand Turismo, Twisted Metal, WWF. Etc. But as later after the release of Playstation 2 it’s popularity didn’t get much lower at all.

Nintendo 64 ( 1997 -)

After the world wide popularity of Nintendo’s “SNES” in 1997 Nintendo 64 came in the market. Even if Nintendo 64 was a good power house it never could take the number one spot of the Playstation. According to many people the problem of them was they used cartages for games while others ware using CD’s. But some games like Zelda 64, Pokimon, Mario 64, Golden eye— saved it from being super flop.

Sega Dreamcast ( 1998 – 2001)

Sega’s 128 Bit Sega Dreamcast was mainly Sega’s Death of making Gaming Consoles. They Lost in Sony’s Great marketing Polices and moved from making Gaming Consoles. But this great machine which had good Graphics and Audio capability did had a 56 K Modem which made it a good was of playing games online!!

Sony Playstation 2 ( 2000- Running)

One of The most greatest gaming Consoles of all time the Play station 2 was released in march 4^th of the year 2000. and after only 1 week it had more than 1 Million units!! Which made a Record. After this many had claimed that the Evolution of PC Gaming Was Over….But that really didn’t happen…did it??? Today PC Gaming is like taking more that 60 % of the entire GAMING Industry. The PS 2 Was Completely backward Compatible, So you could run all PS 1 Games on the PS 2. in other features it had DVD support, a 128 Bit 300 Mhz Processor, a 150 Mhz Graphics Processor ( Which is almost lower that a 64 Mb ATI Radeon 7000 Series AGP cards) USD and PCMCIA support etc

Indrema ( 2002--)

Well it was to be completely different from any other console. It was based on Linux Operating System And another thing was it was to be developed as open source…More information on this console couldn’t be dug out about this console…

Nintendo Game Cube ( 2001-)

Nintendo Released this Mega Gaming console to take over the market…The Game Cube Had 150 MHz IBM Gekko Processor, a Mini DVD Drive, and it could handle 6 – 12 Million Polygon’s in a second…../But it Didn’t become as the hoped it will…cause of The Playstation 2 ’s Great Game Collection no console yet got it…..

Microsoft X-Box ( 2002)

Finally the great PC Software Giant Microsoft and Bill Gates came down for the first time into the war of gaming consoles, It wasn’t only a gaming console, It worked as a Home Entertainment System and a Internet experience. Every one had the fear of The X Box and it was indeed Power Full than PS 2 or Game cube. But it didn’t take the Number one spot just because it Didn’t had such Game Collection of Sony’s Play Station 2.