| Although there had been gazillion brilliant inventions | | | | very quickly lots of people got in on the act, |
| by that time, it was not until 1949 that video | | | | developing all kinds of video games. |
| games consoles were ever considered. It was in | | | | Soon the big boys got a clear view of the |
| that year that Ralph Beer got the idea to create | | | | enormous potential of these games. Soon, video |
| a kind of game that was built into the inside of a | | | | games were getting mass produced. One of the |
| television. However, it was to be a further 18 | | | | original and most celebrated of these video |
| years before Beer's idea started to really catch | | | | games consoles was the American company |
| on. | | | | Atari. The hugely successful Sega was to originate |
| It was then, using a kind of an oscilloscope, that | | | | in that era also, as did Nintendo, one of the most |
| Willy Higginbotham created a game similar to | | | | successful video games consoles manufacturers |
| tennis which could be played on something similar | | | | ever. |
| to today's TV. Realizing this was a great idea, | | | | |