Mr Ralph H Baer the ” father of videogames ” playing with the original ” brown box “ video game which he built in 1966. We can only imagine what the phone answering service must have been like in those times, as the system sold approximately 100,000 units for $99 of which about 80,000 were sold in 1972 and the balance in 1973-74. On that date Magnavox begun the production of the Odyssey ITL 200 and it was avible for sale in May that same year. In fact there were only 40 diodes and 40 transistors inside. This system is very basic, having no CPU, score mechanism, colour or sound. It was then launched in 1972 at the end of which over 100,000 units were sold. Then on January 27th 1972 the vidogameindustry whas born. The Magnavox Odyssey was the first home video game system, invented by Ralph Baer, who started work on it as early as 1967.
Magnavox odyssey license#
In 1969 demonstrations were heald to the major TV-Set manufacturers RCA, General Electric, Zenith Sylvania, Magnavox and Warwick -Sears on March 3rd license agreement whas signed with Magnavox in Fr.Waye. The prototypes were finished by the fall of 1971, and by the spring of 1972, Magnavox was demonstrating their product to the industry and press. The Magnavox Odyssey 2, which was released as Philips Videopac G7000 in Europe and as Philips Odyssey in Brazil, was a video game console released in 1978 in the United States. So proclaims an advertisement for the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, the world’s first home gaming system. On January 15th 1968 the first patent on the videogame concepts where filed by mr Baer. ODYSSEY is thought, action, and reaction. In the next couple of years mr bear together with Bill Rush ( Engineer at Sanders ) and Bill Harrison ( Technician at Sanders ) built about three or four different prototype boxes and in November 1967 they puth the ” brown box “ prototype on demonstration. Then in 1966 working as chief engineer for equipment design at Sanders Associates ( a military electronics company ) he wrote a 12-page paper that explaind his idea aboute a videogame and this time mr Baer pursued the idea more fully. Mr Baer first thought of the idea of building an ” interactive game ” displayed on a TV in 1951 when he worked with designing and building television sets at Loral Electronics, but no one at Loral showed any interest in the idea and so, Mr Bear put the idea to rest for 15 years. The Magnavox Odyssey and the whole idea of playing a video game on a television set whas invented by a man named Ralph H Baer. Mr Ralph H Baer the Father of videogames.
Magnavox odyssey manual#
The history of the Odyssey THE ONLINE ODYSSEY MUSEUM Home Classic Websites Different Games Odyssey Versions History NAP Corporation Original Manual PONG History of the Odyssey The Magnavox Odyssey for collector Odyssey accessories The history of the Odyssey Videogame patent
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