The gaming industry is in mourning this week following the news that one of its founding fathers, Ralph H Baer, has passed away at the age of 92. Baer was a true pioneer of the medium, responsible for ...

The Odyssey pre-dates Space Invaders by six years and its controllers were suitably alien: huge boxes with two knobs to adjust your horizontal and vertical position. Ah, the 1970s. A decade of ...

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Curtis International Ltd. has acquired the iconic consumer electronics Magnavox brand, marking a significant milestone as Curtis International takes the helm of a brand that has been a household name ...

The first home video game system had a lot of the right ideas, just not at the right time Drew Robarge The Magnavox Odyssey with its cover box, controllers, and carts. (2006.0102.08) NMAH In September ...

Oh man, the iFixit crew just hopped up another step on the Stairway to Awesome. They have opened up and explored a Magnavox Odyssey 100, successor to the world's first home games-console. Kyle Wiens ...

In the competitive scramble among TV-phonograph makers, any new sales idea is as good as gold. Last week Magnavox Co. announced one that it hopes will win nuggets of customer good will: a ten-year ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. When most people think about the ...

If someone asked you to name the very first video game console, what would you say? The Nintendo Entertainment System? No, that launched in 1983, well into the game industry's life. The Atari 2600?

Forty years ago, Magnavox lifted the veil on the world’s first commercial video game console, the Odyssey. Designed to work with a home TV set, the Odyssey blazed a trail that every game console ...

Although it runs only sixth among the nation’s television makers, New York’s Magnavox Co. outdistances most of the field in spectacular sales growth. With the exception of 1963, it has broken its own ...

The Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was a “record player that produces beautiful sound and pictures” through your TV. Released in 1978, Magnavision 8000 was the first ...