1. THE FIRST CONSOLE MADE The first console made was called “brown box”

2. THE FIRST VIDEO GAME CONSOLE (WORKING PROTOTYPE) DEBUTED AS A BULKY RECTANGULAR BROWN WOODEN BOX WITH TWO ATTACHED CONTROLLERS, AND THUS THE NAME "BROWN BOX". INVENTED BY RALPH H. BAER (1922 – ), ALSO KNOWN AS "THE FATHER OF VIDEO GAMES", HE DEVELOPED THE BROWN VIDEO GAME CONSOLE SUCH THAT IT CAN BE HOOKED UP WITH ANY ORDINARY TV SETS. THERE WERE ONLY SIX SIMPLE GAMES FOR THE CONSOLE, NAMELY PING-PONG, TENNIS, HANDBALL, VOLLEYBALL, CHASE GAMES AND A LIGHT-GUN GAME

3. THE EARLIEST KNOWN INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC GAME WAS BY THOMAS T. GOLDSMITH JR. AND ESTLE RAY MANN ON A CATHODE RAY TUBE. [3] THE PATENT WAS FILED ON JANUARY 25, 1947 AND ISSUED ON DECEMBER 14, 1948. [3] THE GAME WAS A MISSILE SIMULATOR INSPIRED BY RADAR DISPLAYS FROM WORLD WAR II. IT USED ANALOG CIRCUITRY, NOT DIGITAL, TO CONTROL THE CRT BEAM AND POSITION A DOT ON THE SCREEN. SCREEN OVERLAYS WERE USED FOR TARGETS SINCE GRAPHICS COULD NOT BE DRAWN AT THE TIME. [1]THOMAS T. GOLDSMITH JR.CATHODE RAY TUBE [3] MISSILE SIMULATOR [1] The first video game