Magnavox Odyssey facts for kids
The Magnavox Odyssey is a 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.
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An Odyssey controller
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Plastic television overlays
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The "Brown Box" prototype
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Magnavox Odyssey Cartridge No 6
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The Odyssey was packaged with board game accessories like dice and play money, as well as game cards.
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The Odyssey consisted of 10 daughter-cards that were connected to the motherboard, and the game cards only rewired the circuit for different game modes.
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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
