The first home video game system had a lot of the right ideas, just not at the right time Drew Robarge The Magnavox Odyssey with its cover box, controllers, and carts. (2006.0102.08) NMAH In September ...

Oh man, the iFixit crew just hopped up another step on the Stairway to Awesome. They have opened up and explored a Magnavox Odyssey 100, successor to the world's first home games-console. Kyle Wiens ...

If someone asked you to name the very first video game console, what would you say? The Nintendo Entertainment System? No, that launched in 1983, well into the game industry's life. The Atari 2600?

The Odyssey pre-dates Space Invaders by six years and its controllers were suitably alien: huge boxes with two knobs to adjust your horizontal and vertical position. Ah, the 1970s. A decade of ...

Curtis International Ltd. has acquired the iconic consumer electronics Magnavox brand, marking a significant milestone as Curtis International takes the helm of a brand that has been a household name ...

Forty years ago, Magnavox lifted the veil on the world’s first commercial video game console, the Odyssey. Designed to work with a home TV set, the Odyssey blazed a trail that every game console ...

Ralph Baer, the 91-year old inventor of the world’s first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey, is pretty sure his legacy is intact, despite various claimants to the honor of bringing video games into ...

For the increasing ranks of cord-cutters -- those ditching cable or satellite TV -- there are more options than ever before for streaming video. But free, over-the-air TV often comes with a big caveat ...