Console distributed by Nintendo in Japan in 1977, according to the evidence.
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Nintendo Before Video Games and the Memory Its Consoles Built
The available source places Nintendo’s distribution of the Color TV Game 15 in Japan in 1977, describing it as the company’s first video game console. The same account mentions ventures into other business lines during the 1960s, but does not provide enough detail to reconstruct them. It is therefore more accurate to describe the move into video games as a business evolution than as an immediate leap between two industries.
The home console changed the setting of play: from a physical object used without a screen to a device connecting a game to a television. That is a general interpretation of the format, not a documented claim about Nintendo’s intentions for this product. The source does not discuss the Color TV Game 15’s reception or allow its commercial and social impact to be measured.
KEY FACTS
- Type
- Console
- Year
- 1977
- Country or region
- Japan
References
- Nintendoes.wikipedia.org
