What is the Magnavox Odyssey?

Although the company Magnavox primarily manufactured Televisions and radios, some executives were impressed with Baer’s Brown Box, and agreed to produce a console modeled after it for sale.

With Baer’s prototype, a team from Magnavox created what they would market as the Magnavox Odyssey, with credit to Baer for his design. The Magnavox Odyssey was the world’s first video game console.

With the Odyssey, one or two players could play a variety of sports-like games on their Television just by pressing buttons and turning knobs on the controllers. Setting up the game was as simple as plugging the console into the TV, and inserting a specific game cartridge into the console.