This week join Andrew and Jonathan as they take you through the introduction of the home video game console – the Magnavox Odyssey! Do you like tennis? Do you like the idea of taking control of your television? Well, then you’re going to love Ralph Baer’s invention. We discuss its origins, the connection between the history of video game development and the U.S. military, and watch as many television viewers are first introduced to the idea itself of a “home video game system”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2EIsnr_cv4
- Magnavox sponsored a big comeback concert for Frank Sinatra at the same time it launched the Odyssey
- The Brown Box next to the Odyssey (Alex Magallanes)
- guts of an Odyssey (www.magnavox-odyssey.com)
- Bright shiny new Odyssey system (www.thegamescabin.com
- Odyssey overlays
- couple playing the Odyssey (www.warpedfactor.com)
- Home video game console family tree with Odyssey at the top (www.gamedesignireland.ie)
- Ralph Baer in 1977 (AP Photo)
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