The First Five Video Game Console Series.

Hey guys, so you have seen me do a lot of the history of video games, and well I got to thinking here recently... I personally love history, I love the history of video games, I have played some video games that have gone back to the mid 70s, and so I was thinking, well since these video games systems are so far removed, that you guys might like to see what came first... With the first five video game consoles series!

At number 1: The Magnavox Odyssey.

The first the world has ever seen!

Now this controversial video game system is universally considered to be the first video game console to have ever come out, having been released by Magnavox in 1972!

As for the second one to come out we have: Tele-Games

The Sears, 'Tele-Games' console was a console dedicated to, 'Pong'!

This system was a dedicated system that was developed by Atari in 1975 and released through Sears... And was the first real direct competition for Magnavox's, 'Odyssey' system... So much so, that I believe this system may have been partly responsible for Magnavox taking Atari to court over Atari's Pong game.

At number 3: Binatone TV Master

This is one of the models of Binatone's, 'TV Master' TV Game system. 

This system was Britain's move to the world of, 'Video Games', you see around the mid 70s, Binatone would release it's Binatone TV Master... This would grow the market by about 5 times in the first 2 years... As another side note, there was more then one model of this particular gaming system, which would be licensed by, 'Magnavox' for the United States!

Now the next one, and the fourth on our list, we have the, 'Coleco Telstar' (Model 6040).

The first of the Coleco series.

This one was the first of the video game systems that would be created by Coleco as part of their move over from processing shoe leather in to the video game market... This first video game system, which would be released in 1976 is a dedicated video game console with 3 pong variant games on it (Hockey, Handball & Tennis,) and this game it appears had 2 paddles as controllers...

This may have  been the first model, but it certainly would not be the last, with Coleco releasing 13 more video game consoles under the, 'Telstar' name!

And last, but certainly not least, we have a name you might recognize, with the Color TV-Game 6, that was released by Nintendo back in 1977!

Color TV-Game 6... Dull name, but before Nintendo's game systems we all know and love like, 'The Wii', or 'The DS', one of the earliest was, 'Color TV-Game 6'!

Before Nintendo released it's now legendary systems, such as: 'The Nintendo', 'The Super Nintendo', 'The Wii' or, 'The DS', or any of it's other classic video game systems from it's long list of amazing video game systems, Nintendo released the, 'Color TV-Game 6'... Well a dull name, but along with the other model in this line... Including: Color TV-Game 15, Color TV-Game Racing 112, Color TV-Game Block Breaker & Color TV-Game, would help to create the video game revolution we all know and love!

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Three Classic Video Games That Came Out In 1980

You know, you might be saying to yourself...Boy that is random doing a list of 5 classic video games from 1980... Why not do one for video games of all time... Well the truth is, is I suspect that I will be getting to it at some point... But for now, I think it might be kind of fun to take you guys on a walk down memory lane... A trek back to... 1980...

At number 3: Pac-Man:

Pac-Man... A true classic!

Who doesn't remember this game? I mean this video game in and of itself was still being enjoyed decades after it's initial release back in 1980! Now you might be asking yourself, why is this game so fun? It doesn't appear to be particularly hard... Well the truth is, is this game is hard! I mean the higher up in levels you go, the harder the game gets... Check it out, you might become one of the millions to have had the chance to enjoy this one!

At number 2: Centipede:

Centipede... A forgotten classic!

Another true classic... This one I wished I had been able to play in it's arcade version... From reading up on that, it seems like it would have been even better... Alas, I didn't get the opportunity... But I have played it before, and it is a fun one... And if you get a chance, give it a try, I think you might like it!

At number 1: Defender:

Boy do I miss these types of games!

Here is a game that I did have the chance to play in the Arcade... This one is an interesting one... You see, there should inherently be nothing spectacular about this game... This game is just an addictive good time... It is one of those that I found that I just had to beat! If you give it a try, you might find the same thing as well!