Before the NES and even before Pong, the Magnavox Odyssey braved the frontier as the first home video game console. Here's what it was capable of.

The Magnavox Odyssey featured an unconventional design that resembled a model spaceship, and its controllers were equally oddball, clunky paddles with twisty dials on either side.

In the BBC Tomorrow's World episode, first broadcast 50 years ago, he goes on to demonstrate the world's first home-video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey.

The Magnavox Odyssey with its cover box, controllers, and carts. (2006.0102.08) NMAH In September 1972, the Magnavox Odyssey appeared in American Magnavox stores, making it the first video game ...

Magnavox eventually produced a line of consoles that didn’t have the plug cards and only played a few games, and they eventually produced a second version of the Odyssey as well.

Happy Birthday, Magnavox Odyssey The very first video game console celebrates 36 years today.

Magnavox did not give up on the Odyssey right away, though. The company saw the incredible success of PONG and released stand-alone video game table tennis machines under the Odyssey brand.

Explore the revolutionary journey of the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console, and its impact on the gaming industry.

But the the Magnavox Odyssey nevertheless brought computer technology into the home and that was exciting. It proved a market existed for home video gaming, and served no small part in the success ...

Ralph Baer, one of the unsung heroes in the history of video gaming, has died at age 92, according to Gamasutra. Baer developed the Brown Box (which became the Magnavox Odyssey) and came up with ...

The Pitch With mere days left before the dawn of 2008, there’s precious little time left to celebrate a geek milestone: the silver anniversary of the incomparable Magnavox Odyssey gaming console ...

In September 1972, the Magnavox Odyssey appeared in American Magnavox stores, making it the first video game console that could be played at home with your television.