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Odyssey

Odyssey is classified as a home video game console or video game console. Associated with United States.

Also recorded as Odyssee · Magnavox Odyssey

Odyssey

The Magnavox Odyssey, the very first video game console. Released in 1972, the Odyssey was a simple and crude device that generated shapes on the television that could be controlled and interacted with. It only produced black and white graphics and had no sound, but was limited to only using discreet components like diodes and transistors. It was replaced in 1975 with the Magnavox Odyssey series,

Evan-Amos · Public domain

Field
home video game console and video game console.
Region
United States.

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getty · 500351193 · gnd · 1256722650 · wikidata · Q744987 · wikipedia · Magnavox Odyssey

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  3. 03Bibliography and scholarly literature
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