The history of video games traces back to 1948, where the idea of a video game was conceived and
patented by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann. In 1958, William Higinbotham's Tennis for Two was developed. Then in 1962, "Spacewar!", was developed and it is hailed as the very first computer video game.
Later in 1972, the Magnavox Odyssey was released, the first video game console.
Ralph Baer is credited as creating the first home video game console, the "brown box," the prototype of the Magnavox Odyssey.