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Let’s Start With Some Answers…
Inordinate
Excessive
Perhaps Thousands…
Hundreds
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A, B, A, B, Select…
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…“Start”
7(or so) Generations in (about) a Quarter
First Gen: 1972-1977 “The Golden Age”: 1979-1983 Second Gen: 1976-1984 Third Gen: 1983-1982 Fourth Gen: 1987-1996 Fifth Gen: 1993-2002 Sixth Gen: 1998-2006 Seventh Gen: 2004-present
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“Tennis Anyone?”
The Early Consoles
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“Pac-Man Fever”
“Golden Age of Video Arcade Games”
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A Star Is Born
From the arcade to the living room
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Enter The Hedgehog
Better, Faster, Smaller
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Level Up
More Technology and Competition
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A Whimper & A Bang
Sweet Dreams, Sonic; Hello, Halo
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And Then There Were Three