Some milestones for January. If I missed something, feel free to mention it in a reply.
Overall, January (September 15, 1972 - October 11, 1976) was a fairly boring month. Home video games began to get popular near the end of this period, but it was mostly just PONG; fully programmable cartridge based machines weren't out yet.
January 1 / Sept 15-Nov 1, 1972: The Magnavox Odyssey is released.
January 2 / Nov 2 - Dec 19, 1972: Arcade Pong is released.
January 3 / Dec 20 72 - Feb 5 73
January 4 / Feb. 6-Mar. 26, 1973
January 5 / Mar. 27-May 12, 1973
January 6 / May 13-June 29, 1973
January 7 / June 30-Aug. 16, 1973
January 8 / Aug. 17-Oct. 3, 1973
January 9 / Oct. 4-Nov. 20, 1973
January 10 / Nov 21 73-Jan 7 74
January 11 / Jan. 8-Feb. 24, 1974
January 12 / Feb. 25-Apr. 13, 1974
January 13 / Apr. 14-May 31, 1974
January 14 / June 1-July 18, 1974
January 15 / July 19-Sept. 4, 1974
January 16 / Sept. 5-Oct. 22, 1974
January 17 / Oct. 23-Dec. 9, 1974
January 18 / Dec 10 74-Jan 26 75
January 19 / Jan. 27-Mar. 15, 1975
January 20 / Mar. 16-May 2, 1975
January 21 / May 3-June 19, 1975
January 22 / June 20-Aug. 6, 1975
January 23 / Aug. 7-Sept. 23, 1975
January 24 / Sept. 24-Nov. 10, 1975
January 25 / Nov 11-Dec 28, 1975 - Home Pong comes out, inspiring a slew of knock-offs and sequels.
January 26 / Dec 29 75-Feb 14 76
January 27 / Feb. 15-Apr. 2, 1976
January 28 - Apr. 3-May 20, 1976
January 29 - May 21-July 7, 1976
January 30 - July 8-Aug. 24, 1976
January 31 - Aug. 25-Oct. 11, 1976
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