VIDEO GAME TRIVIA

The Sega Dreamcast was the first console to implement
online play over a phone line, calling the system Sega Net.
Popular Science recognized the Sega Dreamcast as one of
the most important and innovative products of 1999.


The PlayStation 2 was the first system to have graphics
capability better than that of the leading-edge personal
computer at the time of its release.

                         

The Nintendo N64 marked the first time that computer
graphics workstation manufacturer Silicon Graphics Inc.
(SGI) developed game hardware technology.



The first console to have games available in the form of
add-on cartridges was the Fairchild Channel F console,
introduced in August 1976.


The word atari comes from the ancient Japanese game of Go
and means "you are about to be engulfed." Technically, it
is the word used by a player to inform his opponent that he
or she is about to lose, similar to "check" in chess.

          

The Sega Genesis featured a version of the same Motorola
processor that powered the original Apple Macintosh
computer.