The first console was created by Ralph Baer and his co-workers it allowed the players to control two squares that chased each other on a screen, since then consoles have come a long way. The odyssey was the first commercial video game console created in 1972 it allowed you to play 12 games three years later in 1975 Atari released a home version of the successful game pong it was unique as it showed an onscreen score and in game sound from here game consoles began to take off with the later release in 1977 of the Atari 2600 which used game cartridges that allowed for multiple games the Atari 2600 became a big hit. Later in 1980 Mattel released the intellivision and the console wars began, the intellivison had slightly better graphics and included