the first home video game console was released in 1977.
the first home video game console was released in 1977.
when was the first home video game console released?
1977
the first video games appeared in the 1960s. they were played on massive computers connected to vector displays, not analog televisions. ralph h. baer conceived the idea of a home video game in 1951. in the late 1960s, while working for sanders associates, baer created a series of video game console designs. one of these designs, which gained the nickname of the 1966 "brown box", featured changeable game modes and was demonstrated to several tv manufacturers, ultimately leading to an agreement between sanders associates and magnavox. in 1972, magnavox released the magnavox odyssey, the first home video game console which could be connected to a tv set. ralph baer's initial design had called for a huge row of switches that would allow players to turn on and off certain components of the console (the odyssey lacked a cpu) to create slightly different games like tennis, volleyball, hockey, and chase. magnavox replaced the switch design with separate cartridges for each game. although baer had sketched up ideas for cartridges that could include new components for new games, the cartridges released by magnavox all served the same function as the switches and allowed players to choose from the odyssey's built-in games.
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released july 15, 1983, the nintendo entertainment system (nes) is an 8-bit video game console released by nintendo in north america, south america, europe, asia, oceania and africa and was nintendo's first home video game console released outside japan. in japan, it is known as the "family computer" (or "famicom", as it is commonly abbreviated). selling 61.91 million units worldwide, the nes helped revitalize the video game industry following the video game crash of 1983 and set the standard for subsequent consoles in everything from game design to business practices. the nes was the first console for which the manufacturer openly courted third-party developers. many of nintendo's most iconic franchises, such as "the legend of zelda" and "metroid" were started on the nes. nintendo continued to repair famicom consoles in japan until october 31, 2007, attributing the decision to discontinue support to an increasing shortage of the necessary parts.
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