Consumer Electronics Show

Consumer Electronics Show
Held by	Consumer Technology Association
Location	Las Vegas, NV, USA
Date(s)	June 24, 1967 - present
Link	http://ces.tech/

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has been the premiere convention for premiering new electronic devices since its foundation in 1967.

History

The convention has had a long history relating to computer and video game devices:

• 1967
  • Consumer Electronics Show, New York City - June 24-28: The Consumer Electronics Show premieres as a spin-off of the Chicago Music Show.
• 1968
  • Consumer Electronics Show, New York City - June 23-26: A suitcase mobile phone, the Portable Executive Phone, is released. It cost $2000 and required an FCC license to operate.
• 1969
  • Consumer Electronics Show, New York City - June 15-18: The first FM stereo headphones are demonstrated.
• 1970
  • Consumer Electronics Show, New York City - June 28-July 1: Phillips introduced the consumer VCR.
• 1971
  • Consumer Electronics Show, New York City - June 27-30: Last year in New York City.
• 1972
  • Consumer Electronics Show, Chicago - June 11-14: First year in Chicago.
• 1973
  • Winter CES, Chicago - January 12-16: First Winter CES.
• 1974
  • Winter CES, Chicago - January 10-13: MCA introduced the Laserdisc under the brand "MCA Discovision".
• 1975
  • Winter CES, Chicago - January 5-8: Atari introduced the home console version of Pong.
• 1976
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 13-16:
    • Atari presented the home consoles Pong and Super Pong, and the Kee Games arcade games Tank 8 and Indy 800.
    • Fairchild presented their home console, Video Entertainment System, later rebranded Channel F due to Atari's Video Computer System, itself later rebranded Atari 2600.
• 1977
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 5-8:
    • Atari presented the Atari VCS and a home console version of Tank II. The latter was canceled, but the joysticks shipped with the former.
    • Commodore International privately demonstrated the Commodore PET.
• 1978
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 5-8: First year in Las Vegas. Mattel privately demonstrated a prototype of the Intellivision.
• 1979
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 6-9: Atari introduced their 8-bit computer line: Atari 400, 800, 810 floppy disk drive, and 820 dot-matrix printer.
• 1980
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 5-8: Mattel introduced the keyboard component to convert the Intellivision console into a computer.
• 1981
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 6-9: Atari demonstrated the Atari VCS games Asteroids, Frogger, and Skiing.
• 1982
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 7-10: Commodore International introduced the Commodore 64 computer.
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 6-9:
    • GCE introduced the Vectrex vector graphics-based video game console.
    • Coleco introduced the Coleco Mini Arcade and demonstrated full arcade cabinets for Frogger, Galaga, Omega Race, and Pac-Man.
• 1983
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 6-9:
    • Atari demonstrated Centipede for the Atari 2600 and introduced two 8-bit computers, the 800XL and the 1200XL.
    • Magnavox demonstrated games for its Odyssey² video game console.
    • Mattel introduced the Aquarius and Intellivision II video game consoles.
    • Milton Bradley introduced the Milton Bradley Expansion System (MBX), a speech synthesis and voice recognition expansion for the TI-99/4A computer.
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 5-8: Coleco Industries introduced the ADAM computer and an ADAM game, Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Super Game, and showcased the Colecovision games Congo Bongo, Frogger II: Threeedeep!, Turbo, and Zaxxon
• 1984
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 5-8:
    • Atari introduced the Atari 7800 ProSystem.
    • Amiga Corporation introduced the computer codenamed Lorraine, which would become the Commodore Amiga when it released the next year.
    • Commodore International introduced the Commodore 264 line of computers.
• 1985
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 9-12
    • Atari introduced the Atari 65XE, Atari 65XEM, Atari 65XEP, Atari 130XE, Atari 130XE, Atari 130ST, Atari 260ST, and Atari 520ST computers
    • Nintendo presented the Nintendo Entertainment System.
• 1986
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 1-4: Sega introduced the Master System, Light Phaser, Sports Pad, Sega Graphic Board, Master System Floppy Disk Drive, and the Master System games Action Fighter, All-Star Wrestling, Black Belt, Choplifter, F-16 Fighting Falcon, Fantasy Zone, Hang-On/Safari Hunt, Ghost House, Marksman Shooting, My Hero, Slap Shooter, Space Ace, Teddy Boy, Transbot, Trap Shooting, and World Grand Prix.
• 1987
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 9-12:
    • Berkeley Softworks introduced an 80 column version of the GEOS graphical operating system for Commodore 128 computers.
    • Commodore International showcased the Amiga 500, Amiga 2000, Commodore 128D, PC10-1, and PC10-2 computers.
    • Sega demonstrated the Sega 3D Glasses.
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 1-4: Sega demonstrated the Master System games Great Soccer, Kung-Fu Kid, Monopoly, OutRun, and Zillion.
• 1988
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 6-10: Sega demonstrated the arcade game After Burner, the Master System Rapid Fire Unit and Sports Pad, and the Master System games Alex Kidd in Miracle World, After Burner, Aztec Adventure, Cube Zone, Ghostbusters, Maze Hunter 3D, Missile Defense 3D, Monopoly, Penguin Land, Rambo, Space Harrier 3D, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Zaxxon 3D, and Zillion II.
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 4-7: Sega demonstrated the arcade game Thunder Blade, and the Master System games Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, ALF, Double Dragon, Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord, Phantasy Star, Reggie Jackson Baseball, R-Type, Shinobi, Super Wonder Boy, Thunder Blade, and Walter Payton Football.
• 1989
  • Winter CES, Las Vegas - January 7-10:
    • Brøderbund demonstrated the U-Force hands-free controller with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
    • Cinemaware demonstrated the enhanced CD-ROM version of Defender of the Crown for DOS.
    • Epyx teases 'Project X', a handheld video game console with the codename 'Handy' that would be known as the Atari Lynx upon release.
    • Infocom demonstrates Journey, BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception, Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth, and James Clavell's Shōgun.
    • Mattel demonstrated the Power Glove hand-based controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
    • Nintendo demonstrated the Power Pad foot-based controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
  • Summer CES, Chicago - June 3-6: Sega introduced the Sega Genesis video game console, the Master System to Genesis Power Base Converter, the Tele-genesis modem, and the Genesis games Altered Beast, Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls'n Ghosts, Golf, Hollo Fighter, Hydlide Special, Last Battle, Rambo III, Red Belt, Sega Soccer, Space Harrier II, Super Hang-On, Super Thunder Blade, Thunder Force II, and Tommy Lasorda Baseball. They also demonstrated the Master System games Alex Kidd: High-Tech World, Basketball Nightmare, Bomber Raid, Captain Silver, Casino Games, Cloud Master, Cyborg Hunter, Dead Angle, Dynamite Dux, Passing Shot, Rampage, Scramble Spirits, Tennis Ace, Ultima IV, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Walter Payton Football, Wanted, and World Games.