Posts tagged magnavox-odyssey

A touching video interview with Ralph Baer

by Richard Mitchell (Mar 9th 2012 6:30PM)

Anyone with an interest in the history of video games should know the name Ralph Baer. As the creator of the first game console, the Magnavox Odyssey -- giving video table tennis to the world before Pong -- Baer was instrumental in the creation of the video game industry. As part of a video series ...

Retro consoles torn apart, ancient innards exposed

by Richard Mitchell (Sep 8th 2010 9:30PM)

If you want to see just how far game consoles have come over the last few decades, check out iFixit's teardown of the Atari 2600. As you can see, there's not much to onetime king of home entertainment. Just look at how complex an iPhone 4 is in comparison! The Atari teardown was part of a full week ...

Ralph Baer inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame

by Ben Gilbert (Apr 3rd 2010 10:00PM)

[SteveO526] At 88 years young, Ralph Baer is one of our favorite adults (or super adults, as we like to call those over the age of 70 among us). After inventing Pong (and resultantly, the Magnavox Odyssey), Baer went on to create the rage-inducing electronic board game Simon, and just this past ...