History [Baer] originally thought of the TV game in 1966. He wound up making seven prototypes and the seventh — called “the brown box” — was the one Magnavox agreed to produce and market.

As a prototypical game console, the Odyssey was only capable of projecting a handful of simple shapes onto your TV screen. Things like colors or images simply weren't possible. So, rather than ...

By 1981, the Odyssey line had sold more than 1.7 million units, generating over $71 million. In 1982, Magnavox’s newest console, the Odyssey², took center stage at the Knoxville World’s Fair.

The console itself was more of a success, shifting 100,000 games within its first year and moving around 350,000 units by the time its successor, the cartridge-based Magnavox Odyssey 2, arrived in ...

Inventor Ralph Baer Photos courtesy the Ralph H. Baer Trust On July 17, 1969, German-born Ralph Baer found himself standing beside a 19-inch TV at the front of the Magnavox corporate boardroom in Fort ...

Magnavox? Pfft! They were never the same when John Foxx left and Midge Ure took over. That’s Ultravox. Magnavox is a US tech company most famous for tellies that was swallowed up by Phillips in 1974.

The console stereo was a Magnavox. And it looked like the day it was brought home from the dealer. That’s the thing about this lady’s generation.

Oh man, the iFixit crew just hopped up another step on the Stairway to Awesome. They have opened up and explored a Magnavox Odyssey 100, successor to the world’s first home games-console. Kyle ...