The Magnavox Odyssey is the ancestor of home video game console, predating the Atari PONG home consoles by 3 years. The Odyssey was advised by Ralph Baer, who had the prototype accomplished by 1968. This Magnavox Prototype is affectionately accepted as the "Brown Box" to classical video game hobbyists. Clashing best video games consoles, Magnavox Odyssey is analog rather than digital, which makes its invention all amazing in spite of its rather awkward graphics and controller response. Also, unlike any conventional console, this system was powered by battery. The Odyssey and its variants lacks of sound. that means this console is silent console, which was not uncommon in PONG systems of that era.The Odyssey was appear in May 1972. While it did not accomplish badly, it did not booty continued afore it succumbed to poor business by Magnavox retail chains. One of their blunders was misleading consumers into believing that the Odyssey would work alone on Magnavox televisions.
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