The term video game generally refers to interactive entertainment programs that are projected onto television-type screens, either by coin-operated arcade games or dedicated game-playing computers called video-game consoles. Some video-game systems feature built-in screens, such as Game Boy, a popular handheld system manufactured by Nintendo, and Vectrex, a tabletop console made by General Consumer Electronics in the early 1980s.In 1966 a small team of engineers at a military contractor called Sanders Associates produced a device for projecting rudimentary interactive games onto a television screen. The team created several shooting and sports games, including a table-tennis simulation similar to Tennis for Two. Rather than market the game itself, Sanders licensed the technology to Magnavox, a company that manufactured televisions and other home electronics. Magnavox packaged the invention as Odyssey, the first home video-game console, and released it in 1972.
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