Video games are incredibly popular in society today. It is an escape from reality where players can be whoever they want to be. Many of these millions of players “who” play on their consoles everyday can’t imagine a world without them.

But there was a time when they didn’t exist “as” As well as a time of birth for modern entertainment consoles.

The first console produced is known as the Magnavox Odyssey. Released in 1972, The Odyssey is the staple for modern consoles. It’s inventor “Ralph H. Baer,” was an American inventor, game developer, and engineer. He was born in Germany and fled to the U.S. when World War II began. He worked in the U.S. for his entire life until he died in 2014.

But with the title of The Father of Video Games, he aged watching other companies like Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo take his dream and continue it.

Nintendo, one of the original gaming companies,started making consoles in 1977 and released their first console, The Color TV-Game, “followed by” Gameboys, The DS(Double Screen), and different variations of the Wii “from” 1989 to 2006.

1999 was a major turning point in the video game industry. Companies including Sega made their last gaming console. From 1999 to 2017 the Nintendo Switch,with Wii , Playstation, and Xbox are the main gaming consoles left to run video game consoles.

Jump forward to now, there are computers and consoles alike and there are very passionate fans on either side of the spectrum.

When asked which he likes better,”freshman’ Coltrane Cho replied with “Pc is superior but Playstation 4 is close behind.”

Junior Jian Xi Chen said, “Nintendo could be better. They’re lacking in graphics.”
Modern gaming consoles are some of the most selling electronics worldwide. They bring joy to millions of people who can jump into their own virtual world. That is the beauty of the console. For something so influential, it is shocking that the history is so unknown. We shouldn’t lose a past worth learning about.