Groundbreaking consoles like the Magnavox Odyssey and Atari 2600 helped change gaming forever.

The first video game console came out in the early 1970s and was quite rudimentary. Between then and 2025, which marked the release of the latest new console, the Nintendo Switch 2, there have been a ...

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On Christmas Day 1982, I unwrapped my very first video game console, an Atari 2600. Although it was released in 1977, it was new to me, and I'm pretty sure the reason my parents got it for me was ...