Magnavox Odyssey
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The Magnavox Odyssey was the World's first home video game console. It was first demonstrated on May 24, 1972 and released in August of that year, pre-dating the Atari Pong home consoles by three years. It was designed by Ralph Baer, who began around 1966 and had a working prototype finished by 1968. The Magnavox Odyssey was a cartridge based console allowing it to play a different game simply by inserting a different game card. Although the console itself was black and white, colour was added to the games by use of a screen overlay that attached to the screen of your CRT television. Manufacturer: Magnavox This exhibit has a reference ID of CH16909. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History. |
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