orlagh game consoles history By jogsict Oct 5, 1972 The Magnavox Odyssey was the first video game console, released in 1972 Oct 16, 1977 The Atari 2600 became the most popular game console of the second generation Oct 8, 1985 The NES made video games popular again after the 1983 crash. Oct 5, 1996 The Sony PlayStation became the most popular system of the fifth generation consoles, eventually selling over 100 million systems.
