Atari's first "Pong" console ... simple shapes onto your TV screen. Things like colors or images simply weren't possible. So, ...

The popularity of Pong directly helped the sales of the Odyssey ... console led people to believe that they had to have a Magnavox TV for the game system to work. Because Odyssey was presented ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

You could place an acetate overlay, included with the console, over your TV screen ... "To put the Magnavox Odyssey in perspective, indeed, Nolan saw it and that inspired [Pong]," Alcorn says.

Baer saw the TV in the corner of his living room and thought there ... Two years later, Baer convinced Magnavox to sue Bushnell and other Pong copycats for copyright infringement. In 1977, a judge ...

Ironically, Pong was directly inspired by the games featured on the Magnavox Odyssey. As a fascinating aside, the creator of ...

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 ...

Reactions to their "TV set in a weird box" were highly mixed ... reactions to early games like Computer Space and Magnavox Odyssey, Pong conveyed the widespread appeal and economic potential ...

A lawsuit followed, resulting in an out-of-court settlement in Magnavox's favor. By then, however, Pong had moved to a home ... Welcome to TV’s MAGA Era Against the backdrop of Trump’s anti ...