Atari's first "Pong" console? Close, but the real progenitor of home gaming actually managed to beat out the 1972 release of "Pong" by just a few months: the Magnavox Odyssey. Originally released ...

Fifty years ago today, an episode of the BBC's Tomorrow's World introduced the Magnavox Odyssey, the world's first ... gaming directly into people's homes – was transformative The console ...

Baer’s so-called “Brown Box” was an early prototype of what would come to be known as the Magnavox Odyssey, the first-ever commercial home video-game console. Those four ... led to public perception ...

Yet in the early days of gaming, home consoles were not ... was released in 1971. The very first home console, the Magnavox ...

Magnavox is a US tech company most famous for tellies that was swallowed up by Phillips in 1974. It also created Odyssey, the first home video game console – so pioneering ... Lego, retro gaming and ...

While Magnavox certainly made history as the first of its kind ... Atari's Video Computer System (VCS) was a true gaming console as, unlike the Odyssey, you could buy game cartridges to play ...

(2006.0102.08) NMAH In September 1972, the Magnavox Odyssey appeared in American Magnavox stores, making it the first video game console that ... with those of modern gaming systems.

After the arcade boom in the 70s, home consoles slowly took over the gaming landscape ... and most famous console from this generation, was the Magnavox Odyssey. This console included various ...

Fifty years ago today, an episode of the BBC's Tomorrow's World introduced the Magnavox Odyssey, the world's first ever home video games console ... By today's gaming standards, the Odyssey ...