Read the passage.
video games were first invented in the mid 1950's, but it took quite a few years before they were available for purchase by consumers. the first video game, pong, was manufactured by atari. it became a huge hit in the 1970's, even though it was just a simple tennis-style game that bounced a single ball back and forth between two paddles. the author's purpose in this passage is to:
describe
entertain
inform
persuade
i think its inform but i'm not 100% sure