The first sucessful video game console was the atari 2600 in 1977.

The first home console was the magnovox oddesy in 2972. But the first successful one was the atar8 2600.

Most video game historians say there were 3 main causes of the video game crash of 1983.

1. Loss of copyright control.

Basically crappy games were made for consoles without atari's permission.
This caused many crappy games to be released, causing mass ammounts of games to be sold, overwhelming the market.

2. Mass ammount of consoles and games...

Basically more than 3 types of video game brands. Most being crappy ones.

Note: nintendo wasnt making home console games at this time, at least not in america

3. Crappy games galore.

Crappy atari games like ET and the atari port of pacman were not doing well. Causing the market to crash from lack of control.

Whats strange is that arcade games were still popular during this time. Not slowing down much during the crash.

Next chapter we'll explore on how nintendo stood from the ashes and almost single-handedly restored the video game industry!