The Ultimate Home Gaming System

[RSS]

The Oddessey by Magnavox (the TV people) was the world's first home gaming system, it came with plastic sheets you could put over your TV to simulate colour game play. I found one of these in my aunt's basement one day around 1980, even though it was only a few years old it looked like a cross between a relic and some sort of prop from "Space:1999" to my then Atari riddled brain.
I'd like to find one now and present it my "X-Box" raised offspring...

For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at Plaid Stallions.com


More...

[vulcan2074]

I heard about this console a couple of years ago in a documentary. We have come along way
Sammy

[HardyGirl]

Wow, I've never seen one of those before. I had a Telstar Alpha. I still have it, and I took it to school so my older kids could play w/ it. Strangely enough, they loved it! They loved it so much that they wore it out, and it no longer works right, but at least it died for a worthy cause.

[Werewolf]

Ah, yes, the Odyssey. A video game console in only the loosest sense of the word. Plastic overlays and two white boxes to represent what passed for graphics on the thing. It did have one hell of a gun attachement though, from what I hear.

Seen the Angry Video Game Nerd review of it? Spot on.

[toys2cool]

what crap video games sucked until the nintendo and sega came out

[Meule]

I had an Atari, never knew they had a predecessor

what crap video games sucked until the nintendo and sega came out

You don't know what you're talking about. I had countless of hours of fun with my Atari. I think it's still up my parents' attic somewhere

[jds1911a1]

I still have my PONG and it still works

[palitoy]

what crap video games sucked until the nintendo and sega came out

Oh that's total BS!

Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision were a blast.

[Earth 2 Chris]

As much as my family enjoys our Wii, my Dad and I had just as much fun playing Combat on the old Atari 2600. Every time I mention video games, Dad thinks of that. So the did not suck in the least.

Chris

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I remember Bob McAllister demonstrating it on Wonderama one Sunday morning. By did I bug my mother about it for the next month. Her response was "I heard it would ruin your TV set because the bright white dots would "burn into the screen" lol.

[Donkey Hoatie]

The Oddyssey got much better in the later years. My buddy had it after it had transformed into pretty much a small CPU with a keyboard built into it. There was a game called "Quest for the Rings" that was awesome and rivaled the fantasy-style games that Atari had out at the time (i.e. Adventure).

[jds1911a1]

what crap video games sucked until the nintendo and sega came out

All relative I remember when no one had a video game and even these were a real show stopper compared to board games.

nintendo and sega are probably viewed as crap by kids today since they don't have online options

[kryptosmaster]

We had Pong but I don't recall this one.
Atari was cool until Intellivision came out and then I wanted that but never got it.
I did get the Sears Video Arcade one year (same as Atari 2600) and kept it MIB until I lent it to a "friend" in the 80's and he returned it with broken controllers, etc. The were unique paddle/joystick combo controllers and he snapped the knobs off.
I used it up until the 90's (Atari controllers plugged into it) when the power supply went bad and I tried to use another power supply and fried it.
Rich

[toys2cool]

I had an Atari, never knew they had a predecessor



You don't know what you're talking about. I had countless of hours of fun with my Atari. I think it's still up my parents' attic somewhere

yeah cause it was the only thing around, but you're gonna tell me they were better then nintendo? please you don't know what you're talking about

[generic]

what crap video games sucked until the nintendo and sega came out

Each to his own, but for me it's all about the Atari 2600! Who else would dare to give you games like "Lost Luggage" or "Porky's"? And who could ever forget "Name This Game" where you, the player, can send in suggestions for a name for the game! Now THAT's excitement with a personal touch! You can keep your fancy, high-tech sega system as long as I can have my 2600 games!