Video Game Zone
Video games aren't just for kids
anymore. A video games system is
a great way to utilize your home theater
for a night of family entertainment that
everyone can enjoy.
In a few short years, video games have
gone from a niche market aimed at the acne
faced teenager to a multi billion dollar
industry.
The 1970's saw the birth of video
games as we know them
today. Pong is considered one
of the early influential video games
as many people got there first experience
with video games through a bar on the
screen that you could slide up and down to hit
a ball. The late 70's and early 80's
brought about the glory years of video
games with the birth of the Atari 2600,
Space Invaders, Pac-man and Donkey
Kong.
The late 80's introduced us to Nintendo
and the Sega Genesis, while the 90's introduced
Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog and the Sony
Playstation.
While those in the baby boomer generation
didn't grow up on video games and often times
considered video games strictly childs
play, Generation Xers grew up with video
games in their homes. They
are now having families of there
own and consider the latest
video game console an essential part of the
family home theater.
Home theater video
gaming
With big screen tv's and robust home audio
systems, the home theater is an ideal way to
enjoy the new video games.
Imagine sitting in your living room
controlling near life size football players on
your video screen or hearing the roar of race
cars as you grip the racing wheel for
the latest racing simulator.
A home theater system has the
ability to immerse you in the action like
never before as designers have programmed
sounds using all channels of your surround
sound speakers and created life like visuals to
take advantage of your high definition
television.
Video game consoles - the big 3, Xbox 360,
PS3 and the Wii
The current video game market is
dominated by the three consoles - Microsoft's Xbox
360, the successor to the original
Xbox, Sony's
Playstation 3, which is the successor
to the wildly popular PS2 and
the Nintendo
Wii, which is replacing
the Gamecube.
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