First home video game console

[Barbarianoutkast85]

I was just talking to my brother about thing. So now were both curious, so if anyone knows that would be great.

Question:
What was the first home video game console released in the U.S.?

[Tbowl]

It's the Magnavox Odyssey, came out i think 1970.. if not, then the early 1970s.

[Gamingking]

Yeah, as said it's the Magnavox Odyssey. I did a report last year on the history of video gaming.

[rolenta]

It's the Magnavox Odyssey, came out i think 1970.. if not, then the early 1970s.

May 1972. More information can be found in (shameless plug) Videogames: In The Beginning by Ralph Baer, the guy who invented it. Follow the link below.

[tom]

Pictures here:
http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/album128

[8bitgamer]

May 1972. More information can be found in (shameless plug) Videogames: In The Beginning by Ralph Baer, the guy who invented it.

Additionally (shameless plug), I devote a full chapter to the system in Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984. Included is a complete Odyssey console biography, plus descriptions/reviews for every game for the system.

Click on the following link for more info:

http://brettweisswords.blogspot.com/

[Cranky Kong]

Additionally (shameless plug), I devote a full chapter to the system in Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984. Included is a complete Odyssey console biography, plus descriptions/reviews for every game for the system.

Click on the following link for more info:

http://brettweisswords.blogspot.com/

So far I think every one of your 32 posts have been shameless plugs. We get it.

[8bitgamer]

So far I think every one of your 32 posts have been shameless plugs. We get it.

I beg to differ. Lots of posters on lots of message boards (including this one) have a signature they use with every post, whether it's a pithy quote, a silly aside, a saying of some sort, or a link to a website or a blog.

When I weigh in on a topic, my signature is part of my post, the same as with lots of other people. If I have recently posted a relevant article or review on my blog, I will sometimes make mention of it since classic gamers may be interested. I could simply post the article within the body of the message, but oftentimes there are pictures, and sometimes the articles are quite long.


http://brettweisswords.blogspot.com/