Launched in September 1972, the Magnavox Odyssey became the first ever console that you could bring home and plug directly into your own television set. Video games were still in their early days ...

was the Magnavox Odyssey. This console included various plastic overlays you could put on your screen to play different games ...

and Magnavox sued Pong for copyright infringement. A truly ingenious idea - a portable handheld console where users scan barcodes to add characters or power-ups to their game. It came supplied ...

Here are the five honorees in the category of Good Idea, Bad Timing. In 1972, Magnavox created the TV video game console with its release of the Odyssey, the forebear of today's Sony PlayStation and ...