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__ Asian Video Game __ Written by Matt Z. Of all the new Japanese technology, video games are now becoming the most popular. People all around the world are going out to buy a video game system.

A video game is an electronic or computerized game played by manipulating images on a video display. Video games originally started in America, but it is spreading all around the world now, especially in Japan. From Nintendo, to Sony, to Sega, Japan has become the main source for video games all around the world.

__History__ Video games first started around the 1950s. The earliest example was from Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. After he created the "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device" in 1947, people all around the world started to make video game of their own kind. After commercial success of the famous "Pong" in 1975, many companies developed their own type of system, spawning the video game industry.



Video games are seperated into seven different groups, from first generation video games to seventh generation video games. The "generation" for a video game is just the year that it was produced in.
 * First Generation (1972-1977) video games included the Magnavox Odyssey, Atari/Sears Telegames Pong, and the Coleco Telstar.
 * Second Generation (1976-1984) video games included the Sega SG-1000, the Atari 2600 and 5200, and the Mattel Intellivision.
 * Third Generation (1983-1992) video games included the Famicom (NES), Sega Master System, and the Atari 7800.
 * Fourth Generation (1987-1996) video games included the Super Famicom (SNES), the Sega Genesis, and the Neo Geo. The first hand-held video games came in the fourth generation: the Game Boy, the Atari 7800, and the Sega Game Gear.
 * Fifth Generation (1993-2002) video games included the Nintendo 64, the Sony PlayStation, the Sega Saturn, and the Atari Jaguar. The hand-held games included the Game Boy Color, the Neo Geo Pocket, the Sega Nomad, and the Gamate.
 * Sixth Generation (1998-2006) video game included the Nintendo GameCube, the Microsoft Xbox, the Sony PlayStation 2, and the Sega Dreamcast. The hand-helds included the Game Boy Advance and SP, the Game Boy Micro, and the Neo Geo Pocket Color.
 * Seventh Generation (2005-present) mainly focuses on the Nintendo Wii, the Sony PlayStation 3, and the Microsoft Xbox 360. The hand-helds included the PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo (DS / DS Lite / DSi).

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