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===32- and 64-bit home consoles=== {{Main|Fifth generation of video game consoles}} [[File:PSX-Console-wController.jpg|thumb|right|The [[PlayStation (console)|Sony PlayStation]]]] Sony's introduction of the first PlayStation in 1994 had hampered both Nintendo and Sega's console war, as well as made it difficult for new companies to enter the market. The PlayStation brought in not only the revolution in CD-ROM media but built-in support for polygonal 3D graphics rendering. Atari attempted to re-enter the market with the 32-bit [[Atari Jaguar]] in 1993, but it lacked the game libraries offered by Nintendo, Sega or Sony. [[The 3DO Company]] released the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]] in 1993, but it also suffered from a higher price compared to other consoles on the market. Sega has placed a great deal of emphasis on the 32-bit [[Sega Saturn]], released in 1994, to follow the Genesis, and though initially fared well in sales with the PlayStation, soon lost ground to the PlayStation's larger range of popular games. Nintendo's next console after the SNES was the [[Nintendo 64]], a 64-bit console with polygonal 3D rendering support. However, Nintendo opted to continue to use the ROM cartridge format, which caused it to lose sales against the PlayStation, and allowing Sony to become the dominant player in the console market by 2000.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kent |first=Steven L. |author-link=Steven L. Kent |title=The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World |date=2002 |publisher=Random House International | location=New York |isbn=978-0-7615-3643-7 | oclc=59416169 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTrcTeAqeaEC}}</ref> ''Final Fantasy VII'', as previously described, was an industry landmark title, and introduced the concept of role-playing games to console players. The origin of [[music video game]]s emerged with the PlayStation game ''[[PaRappa the Rapper]]'' in 1997, coupled with the success of arcade games like ''[[beatmania]]'' and ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/03/ne-music-game-feature/|title=Roots of rhythm: a brief history of the music game genre|last=Webster|first=Andrew|work=[[Ars Technica]]|date=March 4, 2009|access-date=July 5, 2014}}</ref> ''Resident Evil'' and ''[[Silent Hill (video game)|Silent Hill]]'' formed the basis of the current [[survival horror]] genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://retro.ign.com/articles/104/1040759p5.html|title=IGN Presents the History of Survival Horror|page=5|author=Fahs, Travis|work=[[IGN]]|date=October 30, 2009|access-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> Nintendo had its own critical successes with ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye 007]]'' from [[Rare (company)|Rare]], the first first-person shooter for a console that introduced staple features for the genre, and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', one of the [[List of video games considered the best|most critically acclaimed games of all time]].
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