1988: Nintendo Entertainment System
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Nintendo sold 7 million of these game systems in 1988 alone. These were so revolutionary because up until this point video games were limited to arcade-style games. Everyone either had one of these or wanted one of these. If you didn’t have one, you were spending your free time at your friend’s house who did have one.
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This system was, and remains, so popular that it was re-released decades later and features on this list again. This system gave us games like The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers, Tecmo Bowl, and Contra.
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