What are some of the early video games?

What are some of the early video games?

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In 1971 to 1978, basically all you had were a variation on Pong; on ball and paddle type games. In 1978, of course, Space Invaders hit. That was also the same year that Atari released its famous 26 machine which was the VCS, which was the first programmable game system that they had made where you didn't just have the games that came in the system; you could buy cartridges and you would stick them in. Magnavox followed with the Odyssey 2.