First Generation (24 mayo 1972 año – 1 ene 1983 año)

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The first generation of consoles did not contain a microprocessor and were based on custom codeless state machine computers consisting of discrete logic circuits comprising each element of the game itself. Over the generation, technology steadily improved and later consoles of the generation moved the bulk of the circuitry to custom integrated circuits such as Atari's custom Pong chips and General Instruments' AY-3-8500 series.

The generation ended with the Computer TV-Game in 1980, but many manufacturers had left the market prior due to the market decline in 1977 and the start of second generation of video game consoles.

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