The term console is employed in different fields. We have system consoles which are physical devices for operating computers, virtual consoles which are user interfaces for connecting different computer consoles on one gadget consoles in Mac OS X which are log spectators on OS X, handheld consoles which are compact, light devices for video console games, organ consoles which include the stops, keys, and foot pedals for music playing, mixing consoles which are mixing devices for mixing and controlling audio signals, lighting control consoles which are devices that control dramatic lighting, centre consoles which are bucket seat set-ups for automobiles, and consoles which are sorts of Brit government monetary bonds. However, the term console is typically utilized for video game consoles.
A video game console is essentially an interactive entertainment computer or a P. C. system that has been modified to produce a video display signal. This can then be used with different display devices like monitors and TVs. Nintendo game consoles are dissimilar from computers in that computers can do lots more than play video console games.
The first software games were played in the 1950s and these were on vector displays and not analogue displays. The first home video game consoles were connected to TV sets and they were manufactured by Magnavox in 1972. These were the 1st generation video game consoles. The second generation consoles were released by Fairchild in 1976 and they were called the Fairchild Video Entertainment system (VES). These were the 1st video game consoles that had cartridges with all of the information on the game. There had been a video game crash in 1977 following the releasing of obsolete consoles to clear stocks, typically at a complete loss. This meant the likes of Fairchild and RCA couldn?t carry on making profit on a Playstation game console. Only Magnavox and Atari continued making these consoles. There was another crash in 1983 which was also occasioned by the flooding of the market with poor quality video game consoles. The third generation video game consoles was occasioned by the upward thrust of Nintendo and the releasing of its Family PC (Famicom) video gaming console in 1983 in Japan and later on in the U.S. Under the Nintendo Entertainment system (NES).
The fourth generation video gaming consoles saw the upward thrust of SEGA. Some the most significant 5th generation video game consoles include Iron Infantryman (Atari Jaguar), Virtua Racing (Super 32X), Star Fox (SNES), Gex (3DO), Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES), and Vectorman (Mega Drive). The sixth generation video card consoles include SEGA?s Dreamcast, Sony?s PlayStation Two, Microsoft?s Xbox, and the Nintendo GameCube. The 7th generation consoles include the Xbox 360, Sony?s PlayStation 3, and The Nintendo Wii. The eighth generation video card consoles include Nintendo 3DS and most likely PlayStation Four and the Xbox 720.
Source: http://www.ukf-pcro.org/2011/07/understanding-the-playstation-game-console/
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