Monday 17 May 2010

5th Generation Consoles

The 5th generation consoles were Sony's PlayStation 1, Nintendo N64 and the Nintendo game boy colour and the Saga Saturn



Playstation 1 - it was created by Sony Computer Entertainment. This consoles games used a compact disc format, this was the first games console to sell more than 1 million units. the controller for the console was simple with four directional buttons and on the right hand side it had buttons that were easy to remember with shapes square circle triangle and X it also had four buttons at the back of the controller R1 R2 L1 and L2, eventually there was a better controller with analogue which made easier t for you to control your character.


N64 - This was Nintendo's 3rd home games console, it has a 64 bit CPU, its game were on cartridges instead of Compact discs which were used by its competitors. its best game was super Mario 64, its game graphics were 3D.





Game boy colour - This is a handheld console its Best-selling game was Pokémon Gold and Silver it has simple controls just your directional buttons and two action buttons.





Saga Saturn - its a 32 bit games console this was popular in Japan but failed to gain a market in Europe and North America so they were unable to become competion for the Playstation 1 and the N64.

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