 | Back in the primitive days of video gaming, the best most homes could hope for was a TV console with a series of generic Pong style paddle and ball based games. The Magnavox Odyssey was the world's first commercial home video game console. It was first demonstrated in April 1972. |
Predating the Atari Pong console by three years. The Odyssey was also designed to support an add-on peripheral, the first-ever commercial video "light gun" called the Shooting Gallery. Magnavox settled a court case against Atari, Inc. for patent infringement in Atari's design of Pong, as it resembled the tennis game for the Odyssey. Ralph Baer, who invented the Odyssey went on to invent the classic electronic game Simon for Milton Bradley in 1978.
Below is an article from 1978/79, featuring a brief history of early video gaming. From the Magnavox Odyssey through to early cartridge based consoles, and some of the first home computers.
Below is an article from 1978/79, featuring a brief history of early video gaming. From the Magnavox Odyssey through to early cartridge based consoles, and some of the first home computers.
