history of video games

the first ever game was pong. the first company was atari and the first console was magnavox odyssey and it achieved 2 million units . the next console was the VCS later named atari 2600- ROM was a cartridge based console that was released in 1977 by atari 9 games were made and ready for the holiday season it soon become the most popular console and sold millions for christmas because parents wanted there child to play at home instead of smoky arcades therefore sold millions here is a couple of links on youtube for videos on the history of games http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMP8OSWGcss , more detailed
-->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUYhD1J2b_U&feature=related, and this video is 46 minutes long it was on discovery channel it basically tells you everything you need to know about the history of video games here is the link for this one http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=3637639460474263178