Atari arcade G Timeline

The Magnavox Odyssey was the very first home video game system. It was the brilliant creation of Ralph Baer (dubbed "The Father of home video games"). It played "Ball and Paddle" games such as "Ping Pong", "Table Tennis", "Volleyball", and others. On January 27th, 1972, Magnavox began production on the machine, and the system was released in May. It was heavily advertised and reportedly sold 100,000 units in 1972 for around $100 each. The Atari 2600 Video Computer System, Model # CX-2600. The Atari 2600 was designed in Grass Valley, California, in 1977. The Atari 2600 team consisted of Jay Minor, Steve Mayer, Ron Milner and Joe Decuir. Originally Atari started out selling home game consoles such as PONG, Super Pong, Stunt Cycle, Video Pinball and others. Atari had originally planned to sell a total of 10 games for the Atari 2600. Most G came with dozens of different variations of the game. The Atari 2600 took on a life of its own when Atari introduced the first home licensed version of Space Invaders. People couldn't get enough. Even though consoles such as the Sony Playstation, the new Sega Dreamcast and even older discontinued systems like the Atari Jaguar 64 have power that is 100's of time greater then the Atari 2600.