Groundbreaking consoles like the Magnavox Odyssey and Atari 2600 helped change gaming forever.

While the video game industry is now larger than the movie and music businesses combined, it began with a simple game created as a training project. Related Articles Bay Area Lunar New Year events: ...

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As of 2025, there have been a total of nine video game console generations, beginning in 1972. That’s the year the world got its first commercial home console, the Magnavox Odyssey, and since then, ...

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