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The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, first conceived by Ralph H. Baer in 1966.
Baer, who’s sometimes referred to as Father of Video Games, licensed his device to Magnavox, which sold the system to consumers as the Odyssey, the first video game home console, in 1972....
The first video game consoles were produced in the early 1970s. Ralph H. Baer devised the concept of playing simple, spot-based games on a television screen in 1966, which later became the basis of the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972.
The Video Game Console Timeline is a list of video game consoles in Chronological order and the significance they had on the industry.
Video game arcades reach their heyday as home consoles—led by Nintendo—begin to take sway. Click and drag to scroll through the timeline.
A brief history of video game consoles, from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Playstation 4, illustrated with videos from the BBC Archive.
The first home video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey, and the first arcade video games were Computer Space and Pong.
Learn about the history of gaming consoles, from the pioneering days of Magnavox to cutting-edge technology of the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Join us on a thrilling journey through time!
Fifty years ago today, an episode of the BBC's Tomorrow's World introduced the Magnavox Odyssey, the world's first ever home video games console.
1958-Present (Key Events) The earliest documented interactive video game—Tennis For Two (Pong)—is developed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Atari releases its most popular game console, the VCS 2600 (Atari 2600), for $199. This console supported cartridges, colors, and sounds.