1. By: Becky Lerminiaux

2.  The origin of video games lies in early cathode ray tube-based missile defense systems in the late 1940s.  They made more with them in the 1950s  Video gaming started becoming a part of everyday activity in the 1970s, and several large-brand consoles and games eventually became household names.

3.  in 1949, a young engineer named Ralph Baer, was given an assignment to build a television set.  in 1966 with the help of bob tremblay and bob Solomon they are ready to demonstrate a system that allows spots to be moved around on a TV screen.

4.  The first commercially viable video game was Computer Space in 1971  In September 1971, the Galaxy Game was installed at a student union at Stanford University.

5.  The Magnavox Odyssey is the first home video game console, predating the Atari PONG home consoles by three years.  The Odyssey was released in May 1972

6.  1958 - creation of "Ping pong" tennis on an oscilloscope screen by William Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory.  1983 - Nintendo release their first computer, and Mario is released at the same time.  1989 - First hand held machine from Nintendo, called "Game Boy". Tetris is produced for the Game Boy in Russia.

7.  2001 - Playstation 2 is released.  2005 - In November, Microsoft releases the Xbox 360  2006 - In April, Nintendo releases the Wii  2011 - In March of 2011, Nintendo releases the Nintendo DSI

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