The document outlines the history and development of early video games from 1962-1985. It notes that Steve Russell invented the first computer-based video game, Spacewar!, in 1962. In the 1970s, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney programmed the first arcade machine. Atari then released several consoles including Pong in 1975 and the Atari 2600 in 1977, making video games hugely popular. Ralph Baer also created the Magnavox Odyssey home console in 1972, and first generation consoles included the Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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1962
• MIT student Steve Russell invents
Spacewar!
• The first computer-based video game.
• Over the following decade, the game
spreads to computers across the country.

4. • In 1971, Nolan Bushnell along with Ted
Dabney (whom later founded Atari
together in 1975) programmed the
SpaceWars! game to play on a television
screenTogether they created the first
Arcade Machine, Computer Space, which
operated at 25 cents per 90 seconds.
1971
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1975
• In 1975, Atari released Pong as a home
video game on their first console
• Pong becomes a huge success among a
teenage market
• The sales of video game entertainment
systems also begin to skyrocketOver the
following decade, the game spreads to
computers across the country.

6. • From 1977 to the late 1980’s, video
games became extremely popular as
coinoperated machines in arcades.
• Games such as PacMan, Donkey Kong,
and Space Invaders became extremely
successful.
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1972
• In 1972, Ralph Baer created the Magnavox Odyssey.
It was the first video game console playable on
home televisions
• Magnavox mass-produced these consoles which
featured 5 diskettes that generated different code
already located in the machine and 2 huge
controllers that used 6-C batteries apiece
• HAL (A.I.) first introduced
• Atari releases 2600 in 1975, these entertainment
systems are referred to as the 1st generation of
consoles.

8. • Atari 2600
• Nintendo Entertainment System(NES -
1985)
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9. • Super Nintendo (SNES)
• Sega Genesis
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