Magnavox Odyssey
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The Magnavox Odyssey is the first commercial home video game console. The hardware was designed by a small team led by Ralph H. Baer at Sanders Associates, while Magnavox completed development and rel
A Magnavox Odyssey with a controller
An Odyssey controller
Table Tennis game for the Odyssey with the console on a CRT television, without any overlay
The inside of the Magnavox Odyssey showing its motherboard and battery compartment
In the history of video games, the first generation era includes video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1972 to 1983. Notable consoles of the first generatio
Magnavox Odyssey
…of a series of lawsuits spanning 20 years, earning Sanders and Magnavox over US$100 million. The release of the Odyssey marked the beginning of the first generation of video game consoles and was an early part of the rise of the commercial video game industry. The Odyssey consists of a black, white, and brown oblong box connected by wires…
The "Brown Box" prototype is the forerunner of the Magnavox Odyssey, the first commercial home video game console.
First cartridge of Magnavox Odyssey
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