The Evolution of Video Game Consoles over Time

1972: Magnavox Odyssey.

1976: Fairchild Video Entertainment System.

1976: RCA Studio II.

1977: Atari 2600.

1977: Bally Home Library Computer.

1978: Magnavox Odyssey 2.

1979: APF Imagination Machine from APF Electronics.

1979: The Intellivision from Mattel.

1982: Coleco Industries' ColecoVision.

1982: Atari 5200.

1982: Emerson’s Arcadia 2001.

1982: General Consumer Electronics/Milton Bradley Vectrex.

1984: Nintendo Entertainment System.

1985: Halcyon from RDI Video Systems.

1985: Sega Master system.

1986: Atari 7800.

1987: Action Max from Worlds of Wonder.

1987: Atari XE Video Game System.

1987: TurboGrafx-16 from Hudson Soft Co. and NEC Corp. 1988:TurboGrafx CD add-on.

1988: Sega Genesis. 1994: Sega CD Add-on.

1990: Neo Geo from the SNK Co. 1994: Add-on Neo Geo CD.

1990: Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

1991: Philips CD-i.

1992: TurboDuo from Hudson Soft Co. and NEC Corp.

1992: Tandy’s Memorex VIS.

1992: JVC Victor Wondermega a.k.a. the X-EYE.

1993: Pioneer LaserActive.

1993: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer from Panasonic.

1993: Atari Jaguar. 1995: Atari Jaguar CD add-on.

1994: Sega Saturn.

1994: Sony's PlayStation.

1995: Bandai Pippin from Apple Computers and Bandai Digital Entertainment.

1996: Nintendo 64.

1998: Sega Dreamcast.

2000: NUON from VM Labs Inc.

2000: Sony's PlayStation 2

2000: Nintendo GameCube.

2001: Microsoft's Xbox.

2003: Sony's PSX, or PlayStation X.

2004: XaviX Interactive System or XaviXPORT from SSD Company Ltd.

2004: Digital Interactive Systems Inc.'s DIScover.

2005: Microsoft's Xbox 360.

2005: ZAPiT Game Wave from ZAPiT Games.

2006: Nintendo Wii.

2006: Sony PlayStation 3.

2008: EVO Smart Console from Envizions Computer Entertainment.

2013: Ouya Inc.'s Ouya

2013: Sony PlayStation 4

2013: Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox One

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Creative Dad

This dad travels for work and his children give him drawings to take with him before each trip. He got into the habit of coloring in the drawings and has created some really fun art in the process. Here are some of his masterpieces.

The First One

I did this one a few years back on a whim to see how it would look if I colored one of my 4 yr old daughter's pictures. This is the one that started it all for me. Colored with prismacolor pencils on a small piece of scratch paper. This is also when I realized that I should take before pics.

Bye

After a few months, I remembered about coloring the previous drawing and asked my daughter to draw me another one for my trip. Also colored with prismas and this time on a piece of paper from a small watercolor pad. Apparently it's ok to go on a plane with dozens of sharpened pencils.

Frankenstein?

On my next trip my 6 yr old son wanted to get in on the act. This time they both drew me up something. Same colored pencils, this time on 8x10 paper.

Happy Girl

I got in trouble for this one. Apparently she wasn't supposed to have a red shirt. I had to claim artistic license with my contribution and that was that. Colored pencils on 8x10 paper.

Elephant Boy

My daughter, at this point 5, drew this for me saying it was an elephant boy that tells her things in her dreams. I thought this would be the neatest way to color it at the time. Colored pencils on 8x10 paper.

Crazy Pumpkin

Sometimes I just start coloring and I forget to take a before pic. This is a good example of that. Maybe you can see the black lines of the original drawing. This one is from my son, then 7. Colored pencils on 8x10 paper.

Mom's BDay Chicken #1

Uh Oh! Looks like mom wants the kids to draw some chickens for her birthday to decorate her kitchen. This one is an araucana from my son. These I did while at home. Colored pencils on 8x10 paper.

Mom's BDay Chicken #2

And here is a barred rock and chick from my daughter. It was her idea for it to be a barred rock. Colored pencils on 8x10 paper.

iPad Attempt #1

The first time I forgot my colored pencils on my flight, I decided to try my hand at coloring the drawings from my kids on the ol' ipad. Needless to say, everyone loved it at home and I figured I'll try getting better at this medium. IPad>ArtStudio

Cats In Love

These are getting more recent. This one is from my daughter. She loves cats. IPad>ArtStudio

Alien Scar

My son decided to color in the alien's head scar himself then asked if I could make it look better. I tried. IPad>ArtStudio

Happy Bat

Sometimes the kids forget to give me drawings and I have to dig into my camera roll to see if there's anything in there that might have slipped through the cracks. This is one of those. IPad>ArtStudio

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