In the history of video games, the first generation era includes video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1972 to 1983. Notable consoles of the first generatio
The "Brown Box" prototype is the forerunner of the Magnavox Odyssey, the first commercial home video game console.
First cartridge of Magnavox Odyssey
Magnavox Odyssey Console Set
Tele Games Atari Pong
In the history of video games, the second-generation era refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1976 to 1992. Notable platforms of the
First generation of video game consoles
…following discontinuation in 1983, but many manufacturers had left the market prior due to the market decline in the year of 1978 and the start of the second generation of video game consoles. Most of the games developed during this generation were hard-wired into the consoles and unlike later generations, most were not contained on removable…
An opened Fairchild Channel F ROM cartridge, illustrating the ROM chips mounted to a circuit board within the casing. The cartridges were inserted into the console via the exposed contacts on the top of the board.
An Atari 2600 game joystick controller
Bandai Super Vision 8000 (released in 1979)
Atari 2600 Console