Atari's first "Pong" console ... simple shapes onto your TV screen. Things like colors or images simply weren't possible. So, rather than trying to crack that nut, Magnavox instead packed the ...

The Magnavox Odyssey, manufactured in Jefferson City, started the video game revolution in 1972 with its innovative design ...

If you’d like to read more about what each module does, check out this explanation over at Pong ... unmodified home TV sets. That was perhaps his most profound innovation. Magnavox’s message ...

For example, a pong game used two dots as player paddles ... the dealers often strongly implied that it would only work with a Magnavox TV — the better to sell a new TV. Magnavox almost ...

Released in the middle of 1972 by Magnavox, before the appearance of Atari's PONG as an arcade coin-op, the Odyssey is the undisputed first video game console. The Odyssey's affect on digital ...

So Magnavox Odyssey laid the groundwork for everything that followed and deserves our respect – even if you wouldn’t want to try one today. I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, ...

Games came on removable printed circuit boards and relied on TV overlays to add visual ... dawn of the console age, as Magnavox came after Atari when it launched Pong in late 1972, pointing ...

While there was an optional AC power cord available for purchase separately, Magnavox expected that most consumers would power the Odyssey using six C batteries that were included with the system.

Baer saw the TV in the corner of his living room and thought there was so much more ... as the arcade and eventually home video-gaming juggernaut of the 1970s. Two years later, Baer convinced Magnavox ...

It wasn't entirely original: Another coin-op game, Computer Space, pre-dated Pong, but proved unpopular; and the first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey, also brought a Pong-like game to the ...