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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 ...
The first 13 games were initially released in a glossy cardboard box with a black front cover. Then the first 26 games were (re-)released in a matte cardboard box with a black front cover. From 1980 onward, all games were (re-)released in a plastic case with a color graphics front cover.
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 ...
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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.
Magnavox Odyssey, the first video game console in the Odyssey videog ame console family, also referred to as "Odyssey 1" or "Odyssey I" Odyssey 1, a Canadian Greek TV channel, also referred to as "Odyssey I" "The Odyssey I", a 1962 season 8 episode of Lassie; see List of Lassie (1954 TV series) episodes
In the history of video games, the first generation era refers to the video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1972 to 1983. Notable consoles of the first generation include the Odyssey series (excluding the Magnavox Odyssey 2), the Atari Home Pong, [1] the Coleco Telstar series and the Color TV-Game series.
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