Evolution of Gaming Consoles

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Evolution of game consoles

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The 1 st generation video game console

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Release Year: 1972 Release Cost: $100 US CPU: 40 transistors and 40 diodes Audio: None Video: Only black and white, color was added through the use of plastic sheets that were attached to the TV screen. The system could only produce square shaped controllable game objects. Controller: Consisting of two Knobs (Horizontal & Vertical controls) and 1 Reset button. Media: Removable circuit cards MAGNOVOX ODEYYSE (1972) ATARI PONG(1975) COLECO TELSTAR (1976)

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The 2 nd generation video game console

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FAIRCHILD CHANNEL F(1976)

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The 3 rd generation video game console

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Release Year: 1985 Release Price: $199 CPU: 3.5 MHz Audio: 5-channel sound RAM: 2 KiB ROM: 48 KiB Video: 256×240 pixels, 48 colors and 5 grays in base palette with 25 colors on one scanline Media: Removable Cartridge Release Year: 1985 Release Price: $200 CPU: 3,579,545Hz Audio: 4 channel mono sound, 9 channel mono FM sound RAM: 64 kbit (8 kB) Video RAM: 128 kbit (16 kB) ROM: 64 kbit (8 kB) to 2048 kbit (256 kB) Video: 256x224 pixels, Up to 32 simultaneous colors available (16 for sprites, 16 for background) Media: Removable Cartridge NES (1985) SEGA MASTER SYSTEM (1985) Release Year: 1986 Release Price: $200 CPU: 1.79 MHz Audio: 4 channel mono sound, 9 channel mono FM sound RAM: 4 KB Video RAM: 128 kbit (16 kB) ROM: built in 4K BIOS ROM, 48K Cartridge ROM space without bankswitching Video: 160x224 resolution with 256 colors, Graphics clock: 7.16 MHz Ports: 2 joystick ports, 1 cartridge port, 1 expansion connector, power in, RF output Media: Removable Cartridge ATARI 7800 (1986)’’

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The 4th generation video game console

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TurboGrafx 16 (1989) Release Year: 1989 Release Price: $300 CPU: 7.16 MHz Audio: 6 PSG audio channels RAM: 8KB Video RAM: 64KB ROM: built in 4K BIOS ROM, 48K Cartridge ROM space without bankswitching Video: 512×240 resolution with 512 colors Media: TurboChip (card-like game media) and CD SEGA Genesis (1989) Release Year: 1989 Release Price: $190 CPU: Main processor: 7.67 MHz, Secondary processor: 3.58 MHz Audio: Main: Six FM channels, four operators each. Secondary: Four-channel PSG (Programmable Sound Generator). Audio RAM: 8 KBytes RAM: 64 KBytes Video RAM: 64 KBytes Video: 320x240 resolution with 512 colors, upto 64 spirites and 4 planes Media: Cartridge, Optional CD-ROM (Sega CD)

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Release Year: 1990 Release Price: $599 CPU: Main processor: 12 MHz, secondary processor: 4 MHz RAM: 64 KB Video RAM: 68 KB Video: 304x224 resolution with 65,536 colors Media: Cartridge Release Year: 1991 Release Price: $199 CPU: 3.58 MHz Audio: 8-bit Sony SPC700 CPU 1.024 MHz, 8-channel PCM. Audio RAM: 64KB RAM: 128KB Video RAM: 128KB Video: 512x224 resolution with 256 entries; 15-bit color depth (RGB555) for a total of 32,768 colors. Media: Cartridge (4 MB) SNES (1991) Neo-Geo (1990)

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The 5 th generation video game console

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Release Year: 1993 Release Price: $699.95 CPU: 25 MHz Audio: 16-bit stereo sound RAM: 2 megabytes Video: 640x480 pixel resolution (approximately 16.7 million colors) Media: CD-ROM Release Year: 1993 Release Price: $249.99 CPU: 25.59 MHz Audio: 16-bit stereo sound RAM: 2 megabytes Video: 800 x 576, 16.8 million colors Media: Removable Cartridge (6 MB) p Atari Jaguar (1993) 3DO (1993)

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Release Year: 1994 Release Price: $399 CPU: 28.2 MHz Audio: 22.6 MHz Yamaha FH1 digital signal processor RAM: 2 megabytes Video: VDP1 32-bit video display processor Media: CD-ROM Release Year: 1995 Release Price: $299 CPU: 33.90 MHz Audio: 24 channels and up to 44.1 kHz RAM: 2 megabytes Video RAM: 1 megabytes Audio RAM: 512 Kilobytes Video: 640×480, 16.7 Million Colors, 1.5 million flat-shaded polygons per second, 500,000 texture mapped and light-sourced polygons per second Media: CD-ROM PLAYSTATION (1995) Sega Saturn (1994)

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The 6 th generation video game console

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Release Year: 1996 Release Price: $199 CPU: 93.75 MHz Audio: 16-bit Stereo, 48.0 kHz RAM: 4 MiB RDRAM Video: 640 × 480, 16.7 Million Colors, 100,000 polygons per second, 8-bit integer vector processor Nintendo 64 (1996) Sega Dreamcast (1999) Release Year: 1999 Release Price: $199 CPU: 200 MHz Audio: 16-bit Stereo, 66 MHz RAM: 16 MB Video RAM: 8 MB Audio RAM: 2 MB Video: 640 × 480, 16.78 million simultaneous colors (24 bit), 7.0 Mil polygons/second peak performance, supported Trilinear filtering. Media: GD-ROM (Up to 1.2 GB of data)

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Sony Playstation 2 (2000) Release Year: 2000 Release Price: $300 CPU: 294 MHz Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound, 48 kHz RAM: 32 MB Direct Rambus Video RAM: 4 MB DRAM Video: 1280x1024, 147 MHz Media: CD-ROM, DVD

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The 7 th generation video game console

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Microsoft Xbox (2002) Release Year: 2002 Release Price: $299 CPU: 733 MHz Audio: 64 3D channels RAM: 64 MB DDR SDRAM Video: 1920x1080, Graphics Processor: 233 MHz Media: CD-ROM, DVD Microsoft Xbox 360 (2005) Release Year: 2005 Release Price: $399 (Core), $525 (Premium) CPU: 3 X 3.2 GHz Audio: Six channel (5.1) RAM: 512 MB 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM Video: 1920x1080, Graphics Processor: 500 MHz Media: DVD, CD and HD DVD

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Release Year: 2006 Release Price: $250 CPU: 729 MHz Audio: Stereo - Dolby Pro Logic II-capable RAM: 88 MB main memory, 3 MB GPU Video: 480p, Graphics Processor: 243 MHz Media: 12 cm Wii Optical Disc, 8 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc Nintendo Wii (2006)

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Sony Playstation 3 (2006) Release Year: 2006 Release Price: $499 (Core), $599 (Premium) CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine Audio: 7.1 digital audio, Dolby TrueHD RAM: 256 MB of Rambus XDR DRAM Video: 1080p, Graphics Processor: NVIDIA G70 (clocked at 700 MHz) Media: BD-ROM ( Blu-ray Disc Rom ), DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, Super Audio CD