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1960-1969 The 1960s

Seven prototypes end in a wood-grain box for televisions

A small team at Sanders Associates worked through a series of television game prototypes, ending with a box covered in brown vinyl that played chase games, a ball-and-paddle game and a target game with a converted toy rifle.

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Platform
Home consoles
Region
North America
Period
The 1960s

Why it matters

This is the direct ancestor of every home console. It proved that acceptable interactive graphics could be produced by cheap analog circuits with no computer involved, which is why a console could be priced for a household in 1972, and its patents became the legal foundation of the early industry.

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