first game console ever?

[KoolDrew]

I am just curios, but what was the first that was actually in homes?

 

[Jfrag Teh Foul]

Atari 2600 was the first that I remember.

 

[blackdogdeek]

probably one of the telstar pong ones from sears.

 

[Queasy]

The Odyssey? Or one of those that just played pong.

 

[KoolDrew]

Is it ColecoVision?

 

[NissanGurl]

Atari, don't remember the model number.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
probably one of the telstar pong ones from sears.

I remember playing pong on a B&W tv.

 

[Malak]

As an actual console, probably the Odyssey.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Jfrag Teh Foul
Atari 2600 was the first that I remember.

That was *my* first console ever.

 

[conjur]

Had one called Montevideo (or something like that). It had about 3 version of pong (standard pong, squash-style pong, and hockey-style pong)

 

[meltdown75]

Hey, can we post which one we had first? Good times

Well ours was officially Coleco Vision - since the one we had before I never really played because I was too young to know what the hell it was. Had Pong on it, that's all I remember.

Burger Time was great for the Coleco though. Funky controllers!! 😀

 

[KoolDrew]

After doing some reading I do believe the Odyssey is the first ever which was released back in 1972.

 

[Baked]

I remember playing Battle Tank on some console. Battle Tank's awesome.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Baked
I remember playing Battle Tank on some console. Battle Tank's awesome.

I believe that was the N64, IIRC. So long ago.

Seriously, the first console I actually owned was the NES. I played on the Atari at a friend's house, but never got one myself.

 

[Falloutboy]

original NES here

 

[Queasy]

I started with the Atari 2600. We even had one of the Atari computers where you could plug a cartridge in the keyboard at one point. My dad later got an Atari 5200 for me for Christmas right when the NES came out. I felt kind of guilty when I saved up my money and bought a NES and left the Atari 5200 sitting for dust. That was until after a few games of Duck Hunt and my dad told my mom how he thought the Atari 5200 sucked. 😀

 

[DeadByDawn]

Those pong only games came out way before atari

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: malak

Originally posted by: Baked
I remember playing Battle Tank on some console. Battle Tank's awesome.

I believe that was the N64, IIRC. So long ago.

Seriously, the first console I actually owned was the NES. I played on the Atari at a friend's house, but never got one myself.

Turns out it was Battle City.

 

[bunker]

"In 1972, the first commercial video game console that could be played in the home, the Odyssey was released by Magnavox and designed by Ralph Baer. The game machine was originally designed while Ralph Baer was still at Sanders Associates in 1966, Baer managed to gain his legal rights to the machine after Sanders Associates rejected it. The Odyssey came programmed with twelve games."

From: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcomputer_videogames.htm