HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES

In 1949, a young engineer named Ralph Baer was given an assignment to build a television set, but he went beyond that and incorporate some kind of game into the set. The first computers were very big in size, very limited in processing power, had no real-time-graphics and only few people had access to them. Baer tried to sell his invention to many parties, and finally in 1971 he made a deal with Magnavox. Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, they have progressed over time, and as they have, more complex controllers have been necessary to accommodate those games. The History Of Video Games starts with the Atari that had an 8ways joystick. The Atari was not so complicated, it was just a simple game.
And 1985 the Nintendo Entertainment System hit, and it was designed in a better way.

The joy stick may not have been that comfortable, but you knew you were holding it right. and also there was the first light gun that comes with it. and the video games started evolving more and more adding to it new tools and making it more comfortable.

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