2. My name is Evan Thomas. I am going into the 5 th grade this year. I like super Mario. I also like wrestling. Today I`m going to talk about the history of video game consoles so grab a wii and let`s go.

3.  The first video game was called tennis for 2, It was created on October 28,1958. Back then video games were only in arcades. The 1 st game console was created 14 years later in 1972. Sirgalahad.org

4.  The game boy was the 2 nd handheld video game console created. The 1 st, was the game & watch.  The game boy was released in Japan and North America in 1989. In 1990 it was released in Europe.

5.  The game boy color was released in 1998  It was different from the 1 st game boy because it had color but the 1 st one was in black & white. Gameconsoles.com

6.  The game boy advanced was released in 2001 in Japan, North America, Australia, and Europe.  It was released in China in 2004. Game boy advanced (above) wikipedia.com Game boy advanced SP (above)

7.  The 1 st play station was created in December of 1994 it was part of the 5 th generation of video games. By 2005 the y had made over 100,000,000 units Revistagames.wor dpress.com

8. The Xbox was released on November 15, 2001. The last Xbox game, Madden NFL 09 was released in August,2009. It.hule.harryda.se

9. The Nintendo DS was released in 2004 in Japan, Canada, and The United States. The Nintendo DS is a handheld video game console Ds-lite.com

10. The next playstation is the playstation portable, it was created in March 2005. The playstation portable Mp4converter.net

11. The Xbox 360 was released on November 22,2005. The Xbox 360 became very popular very quickly. www.edubuzz.org

12. The Nintendo DSI XL was released between 2009 and 2010 in Japan, Europe, North America, and China. It is 93% larger than the Nintendo ds lite. Whu-ju.com

13. The Nintendo Wii was released in 2006 for $249.99. In 2009 it broke the record for the most consoles sold in 1 month. Blog.tmcnet.com

14.  I hope you enjoyed learning about the history video game consoles. ( This information is from Wikipedia.) http://www.psphacks.com/wp- content/uploads/2009/03/wii-ps3-xbox360.jpg