Video Game Timeline
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Updated: 19 Sep 2017
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Nintendo is founded as a playing card
company in Kyoto, Japan.Nintendo gains the license to use Disney
characters on their playing cards.Nintendo begins creating toys.The Magnavox Odyssey is released by
Magnavox in North America.Nintendo gains overseas distribution
rights to the Magnavox Odyssey.Nintendo releases Color TV-Game 6Nintendo releases Color TV-Game 15Nintendo releases Color TV-Game Racing
112Nintendo releases Color TV-Game Block
BreakerNintendo releases Computer TV-GameDonkey Kong is first released in arcades.The first Game & Watch system, Ball, is
released by Nintendo.The Family Computer (Famicom) is released in Japan.The Famicom is re-released in North
America as the Nintendo Entertainment
System, or NES.The Game Boy is first released by
Nintendo, alongside Tetris.The Super Famicom is released in Japan by
Nintendo.The Super Famicom is released in North
America, branded the SNES.The Virtual Boy is released in Japan to
extremely low acclaim. It is Nintendo's
second least successful first-party console
to date.The Nintendo 64 is released. It is
Nintendo's first 3D console.
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