More history on gaming

Elsa

‘In 1977, Atari released the Atari 2600 (also known as the Video Computer System), a home console that featured joysticks and interchangeable game cartridges that played multi-colored games, effectively kicking off the second generation of the video game consoles.

The video game industry had a few notable milestones in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including:

• The release of the Space Invaders arcade game in 1978

• The launch of Activision, the first third-party game developer (which develops software without making consoles or arcade cabinets), in 1979

• The introduction to the United States of Japan’s hugely popular Pac-Man

• Nintendo’s creation of Donkey Kong, which introduced the world to the character Mario

• Microsoft’s release of its first Flight Simulator game.’ (Info here)

Then he directs them to a television and puts on a YouTube video to view the Top 10 Best Atari 2600 Games.

https://youtu.be/cOp2lTQ7RtI

Elsa doesn’t recall all those games, but she’s older now so she could have forgotten the games that her children played.

Let’s continue here - The Video Game Crash

Start at the beginning – Elsa goes to the game fair