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In the history of video games, the first generation era refers to the video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1972 to 1983. Notable consoles of the first generation include the Odyssey series (excluding the Magnavox Odyssey 2), the Atari Home Pong, [1] the Coleco Telstar series and the Color TV-Game series.
Unlike most other future console generations, the first generation of consoles were typically built in limited runs rather than as an ongoing product line. The first home console was the Magnavox Odyssey in September 1972 based on Baer's "Brown Box" design. [43]
The first generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 to 1983. The first console of this generation was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. [1] The last new console release of the generation was most likely the Compu-Vision 440 by radio manufacturer Bentley in 1983, [2] though other systems were also released in that year.
The list omits the more than 900 home video game consoles known to have been released in the first generation of video game consoles, those that were generally game consoles for a single dedicated game, such as home Pong consoles. Documented consoles of this generation can be found at list of first generation home video game consoles.
While the first game consoles were dedicated game systems, with the games programmed into the console's hardware, the Fairchild Channel F introduced the ability to store games in a form separate from the console's internal circuitry, thus allowing the consumer to purchase new games to play on the system. Since the Channel F, nearly all game ...
The result was the first of several dedicated consoles—consoles that could only play games built into the system—in the Magnavox Odyssey series, the Magnavox Odyssey 100 and Magnavox Odyssey 200, as part of the first generation of video game consoles; the Odyssey 100 was only capable of playing the ping-pong and hockey games from the ...
While this console failed for different reasons, it was a reminder that Nintendo was the only console of the era without a serious approach to online gaming. Sales of the PlayStation 2 were almost ...
Pages in category "First-generation video game consoles" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .