Did you know?

• The first “game” was made in 1947
• ActionScript is a scripting language based on ECMAScript
• The first platform game was a 1980 one screen game
• The first fighting game was a simple boxing game released in 1976
• There are currently 59 video game consoles in existence
• The last beat-em-up game to date was MadWorld (released in 2009)
• There are 5 different types of media for consoles
• It takes 18-24 months to make a console game
• The Nintendo 64 was the last mainstream console to use cartridges

Sources:
Wikipedia
http://explore.digipen.edu/index.php?id=500