So I sold my left lung (I work inside all day, I'm not athletic, I'm a shallow breather -- an easy decision) and picked up a 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, still in the box (!)... but untested.
I plug cartridge 1 into the Odyssey -- the paddles appear, but not the line or the ball. I screw around and plug cart 1 halfway in -- the paddles and line appear, but not the ball. I screw around s'more -- the paddles and ball appear, but not the line, and the ball doesn't detect the paddles, moving through them.
I cried for a long, long time.
Anyone have any idea what might be wrong, or who in the classic world is an Odyssey expert? (Yes, I should research this myself, but I'm being lazy.)
-- Z.