The formative years of video games consist of basic games that made use of interactive electronic devices with various display formats. The earliest example was in 1947.
Inspired by radar displays, it consisted of an analog device that allowed a user to control a vector drawn dot on the screen to simulate a missile being fired at targets represented by drawings fixed to the screen.
n 1971, Computer Space, created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was the first commercially sold, coin-operated video game.
Computer Space was followed in 1972 by the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console.

Video game developers, primarily include programmers and graphic designers.
This has expanded to include almost every type of skill that you are likely to find in any movie or television program, including sound designers, musicians, and other technicians; all of which are managed by producers.

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