Magnavox Odyssey 4000 (1977)

The Magnavox Odyssey 4000 is the last PONG system released by Magnavox. The Magnavox Odyssey 4000 is included with 8 games in full color. and also featured with real joysticks like other console models.

After the Magnavox Odyssey 4000, Magnavox release a completely different system that also known as the Odyssey 2, and also known as Videopac in Europe. and was designed to compete with Atari and Colecovision cartridge video game consoles.

Magnavox Odyssey 3000 (1977)

The Magnavox Odyssey 3000 is other example of the Magnavox Odyssey line for 1977. It is have some similarity to the Magnavox Odyssey 2000 and offering the same games in a newly styled and more modern case. The Magnavox Odyssey 3000 also featured a detachable controllers which allowed more comfort when playing. And this was not a feature on the Magnavox Odyssey 2000 model.

Magnavox really lead the PONG craze with its Magnavox Odyssey line consoles. In 3 years, the Magnavox technology had changed the technology of PONG universe.

Magnavox Odyssey 2000 (1977)

While not the 1st electronic game, the initial form of an electronic ping-pong game dates back as a game played on an oscilloscope, by William A. Higinbotham at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1958. His game was named "Tennis for Two".

In 1977, the Magnavox Odyssey line of PONG games represents the cutting edge of dedicated technology of console. The Magnavox Odyssey 2000, 3000 and 4000 were arguably the most later fanatical PONG console systems of the 1970's.

Coleco Telstar Alpha (1977)

Coleco managed to grab a gigantic portion of the early home video game market partially through good marketing (their first Telstar console was half the worth of Atari's Pong) and fairly through good luck (Coleco was the company that got their shipment of the common microchip that each worn to manufacture their home Pong systems in late 1976).

The Telstar Alpha (sort 6030) was released in 1977. a classic video game from Coleco, and uses the AY-3-8500 game chip. The Telstar Alpha plays 4 games in 3 difficulty levels. It is the successor of the three recently models (Telstar, Telstar Classic and Telstar Ranger), and only differs by its case and fourth game (JAI-ALAI, or also known as SQUASH).

Like the 1st Telstar, this system was sold in large quantities and it was cheap. It was also released in Europe named the "Telstar Alpha Europa."

Coleco Telstar Combat (1977)

The Coleco Telstar Combat was released in 1977 as a post-Pong video game console. not like Coleco's former home Pong clones based on the General Instrument AY-3-8500 chip, it worn a AY-3-8700 chip. The console was a success but due to having too many same dedicated console product, Coleco almost went bankrupt in 1980.

Telstar Combat was Coleco's attempts to break away from the Pong-clone video game rut. It's certainly special, there is no company manufactured a dedicatedl console with such elaborate controls. This consoles play 4 variations of a tank battle game, same to the Atari 2600 Combat match cartridge.

Atari VCS 2600 (1977)

The Atari 2600 was released in 1977, an is the 1st successful video game console that use plug-in cartridges rather than having one or more built in games. originally known as the Atari VCS 2600, for Video Computer System, and the name "Atari 2600" (full from the element's Atari part number, CX2600) was first worn in 1982, after the release of the more advanced Atari 5200.

The early price was $199 with an library of 9 titles. In a play to compete briefly with the Channel F, Atari named the order the Video Computer System (or VCS for sharp), as the Channel F was at that thing known as the VES (Video Entertainment System). When Fairchild learned how Atari's naming their product quickly changed the name of their system to become the Channel F.

Atari expanded the 2600 family with two another compatible consoles. The Atari 2700, a wireless style of the console was never released due to design flaws. The Sleek Atari 2800 released to the Japanese in 1983 suffered from competition from the newly-released Nintendo Famicom.

Atari Stunt Cycle (1977)

All the thrills stunt motorcycle riding right in your living room, so much fun Evil Knievel must have had one!. Stunt Cycle originally was an Atari arcade coin-op, then made into a video game console shown here.

The initial coin-op had been released in 1975 to take benefit of the popular motorcycle stunt man Evil Knievel. Originally a motorcycle salesclerk who began doing stunts to draw attention to his store, by the early 70's, he was a household name. Atari's coin-op attempted to capture the feel and fun of the stunt jumping Evel Knievel was famous for, and was a success.

Stunt Cycle gave the player a 1st person felt of riding a motorcycle, even although the image on screen was not 1st person. You could leap over the cars and buses, if you played with the control just right you could flinch right off the screens, much fun!

Atari Video Pinball (1977)

In 1977, Atari Video Pinball appeared as another Atari coin-op to stand-alone home video game console translation by transfer the Breakout game to home players. released in the 1970's Atari "1st edition release" standard wood grain (also to be utilised on the Atari 2600) and then the 2nd edition white plastic model. bumper controllers on the sides or a dial on the front were used to control the games depending on the choosen game. There were three selection of game (Pinball, Basketball, and Breakout).

Interestingly enough, Atari did be found up with an actual video Pinball coin-op, 2 years after the release of their home video game console. It was a special mixture between video game and pinball technology that still has not been duplicated to this year. While some before, and after trying using the video game as a game within the game or simple to display some unique animations (such as Baby Pacman, or the recent Star Wars pinball hologram effect model).