Sorry about stealing your thunder, but thanks for the great comments! I know the feeling, not long ago I was ready to sit down and write a review a SNES game I just ran through, but after playing it I realized someone had recently reviewed the same relatively obscure game here on Steemit.
You raise some excellent points regarding the first generation. I personally don't have experience with any consoles older than Pong clones, so I chose to leave those truly old games alone.
That being said, you nailed it when it comes to the first gen. Those old games were really just technical demos of what was to come. The simple act of manipulating an image on a screen was a tremendous achievement, but like you said they were designed for people with a strong understanding of computing and not until something as simple as Pong came along, the masses didn't have access or the capabilities of playing those very first games.
Thanks for the great comments!