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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