Magnavox Odyssey facts for kids
The Magnavox Odyssey is a home video game console made by Magnavox in 1972. It is the first video game console ever made. It is part of the Magnavox Odyssey series. The console could only display three square dots on the screen, and they could be moved with two controllers. To get a different game, you had to put a sheet of plastic on the TV screen and insert a card into the console that matches the number. It has no on/off switch. The games start automatically if the console is powered.
Images for kids
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An Odyssey controller
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Table Tennis game for the Odyssey on a CRT television, without any overlay
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The 1969 "Brown Box" prototype
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Magnavox Odyssey Cartridge No 6
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The Magnavox Odyssey at the 2010 Festival du Jeu Vidéo
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Ralph Baer being given the National Medal of Technology in February 2006
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Patent drawing for the Magnavox Odyssey
