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  2. Magnavox Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    An Odyssey controller. The Odyssey consists of a black, white, and brown oblong box connected by wires to two rectangular controllers.The console connects to the television set through an included switch box, which allows the player to switch the television input between the Odyssey and the regular television input cable, and presents itself like a television channel on channel three or four ...

  3. Ralph H. Baer - Wikipedia

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    Ralph Baer was born in 1922 to Lotte (Kirschbaum) and Leo Baer, [5] a Jewish family living in Germany, in Pirmasens, [6] [7] and was originally named Rudolf Heinrich Baer. At age 14, he was expelled from school due to anti-Jewish legislation implemented in Nazi Germany and had to go to an all-Jewish school. [8]

  4. Odyssey series - Wikipedia

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    A Magnavox Odyssey and one of its two accompanying game controllers. The Magnavox Odyssey, released by Magnavox in September 1972, is the world's first commercial video game console. Designed by Ralph H. Baer and first demonstrated on a convention in Burlingame, California on May 24, 1972, [3] it was sold by Magnavox and affiliates through 1975 ...

  5. The Greatest American Inventions of the Past 50+ Years - AOL

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    Baer invented the Magnavox Odyssey, the world's first home video game console after realizing that television, which was common by 1972, had more to offer. DedMityay/istockphoto.

  6. History of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    The Magnavox Odyssey was the first video game console, released in 1972. The first generation of home consoles were generally limited to dedicated consoles with just one or two games pre-built into the console hardware, with a limited means to alter gameplay factors.

  7. Magnavox - Wikipedia

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    In the 1960s, Magnavox manufactured the first plasma displays for the military and for computer applications. Magnavox Odyssey. In 1972 Magnavox introduced the Odyssey, the first video game console. [10] In 1974, North American Philips acquired a majority stake in the Magnavox Company, which became a wholly-owned subsidiary the following year. [11]

  8. List of first generation home video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    The first generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 to 1983. The first console of this generation was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. [1] The last new console release of the generation was most likely the Compu-Vision 440 by radio manufacturer Bentley in 1983, [2] though other systems were also released in that year.

  9. Home video game console - Wikipedia

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    The first commercial video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey, developed by a team led by Ralph H. Baer and released commercially in 1972. It was shortly followed by the release of the home version of Pong by Atari Inc. in 1975 based on the arcade game.