History of Third Generation Consoles

HISTORY OF THIRD GENERATION CONSOLES
Today we are delving into the history of third generation consoles, with 3 major consoles that every gamer may be able to recognize. Let's jump into things!

The third generation of games consoles began on July 15th in 1985 with Nintendo releasing their first home system. This system was of course the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the Famicom if you were from Japan. The release of this console marked the beginning of Nintendo's games consoles journey releasing many more amazing consoles afterwards. When the console was released, the top selling game was Super Mario Bros. The console itself went onto sell 69.91 million units in its lifecycle.

The next third generation console that was released was the Sega Master System. This console was released worldwide in June 1987, succeeding the SG-1000, which was only released in Japan and New Zealand. The Master System had sold 10 - 13 million units worldwide, with the most popular game being Sonic the Hedgehog.

The last home console to be released with the third generation consoles was the Atari 7800. This console was released in July 1987 as a successor to the Atari 5200 and was originally supposed to have backwards compatibility with the console. However, it did have backwards compatibility with the Atari 2600 and was the first games console to have the ability to play older games. The most successful game for the Atari was Pole Position II and the console sold 3.77 million units which is surprisingly low for a console.

During this era, some well known games as well as Sonic and Super Mario Bros were released, such as Final Fantasy and Ninja Gaiden.

So that sums up today's History of..., stay tuned for next time!

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