An agreed-upon format for transmitting data between two devices. The protocol determines the following: data compression method, if any. how the receiving device will indicate that it has received a message.
The coin-operated video game was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, the later founders of Atari. A year later in 1972 the Magnavox Odyssey, created by Ralph H. Baer, became the first commercially sold video game console.K, I don't know what idiot said the N64 was the first console and frankly I don't care. Now, then. The first console ever, was also the first videogame ever. The Tennis for â¦ Two (not to be confused with Pong) was released in 1958 by William Higinbotham. The game was actually made from radar equipment.
Five years later in 1977, the company once again changed the face of entertainment when it introduced its first home video game console or VCS (video computer system). While Atariâs cartridge-based game console took off with phenomenal success, it wasnât actually the first to market. That award goes to Magnavox for their Odyssey console, which was released in August of 1972. The designer, Ralph Baer, began work on its prototype as early as 1968!