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A little gaming history


In this 1969 movie, inventor Ralph Baer and technician Bill Harrison play around with what would eventually be sold as the Magnavox Odyssey — the first home video game console ever made.

For more information, please see the April 2007 issue of Boys’ Life magazine.

Click here to try an online version of the classic game.

Comments about “A little gaming history”

  1. Fan of Super Mario Bros. 3 says:

    This is so cool.

  2. LEGO EXPERT says:

    THIS GAME ROCKS THATS THE GAME THAT ALL ARE OTHER GAMES CAME FROM :D :D :D :D :D

  3. yo says:

    this game is hard

  4. yo says:

    my dad got this game for 15 cents

  5. foot says:

    wow ppl were so dumb then. they didnt know how to make our modern graphics. how sad. stupid pixels.

  6. Genre says:

    *annoyed*

  7. XRAY says:

    doesent black and white SUCK!

  8. Sneezy says:

    wow and people said 64′s are ancient i have a maxxplay and it is old and i think the shooting arcade games came from it and the controlor looks like a 64.

  9. Centy says:

    I thought Pong would stink since it is sssooooooo!!!!!!!!! old, but it rocks!

  10. hot rod says:

    Am I suposed to laugh?

  11. Venom says:

    is cool

  12. Michael says:

    I LOVE video games!!!!!!! Do you???!!!

  13. spiderman says:

    so awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  14. rap says:

    i didn’t watch it because i knew it would suck :(

  15. Jake says:

    All the programing that goes into a game that just does Pong tells you how much programing modern games have.

  16. Dude1234567890 says:

    L-A-M-E. Todays games are sooooooo much better than ol’ Pong!

  17. wilber says:

    i dont get it

  18. ew13amen says:

    soo awsome how they did that

  19. wonka says:

    relly COOL

  20. game/computer geek/troop 77 says:

    WOW! thats cool and the system is probaly a famous one. I like classic games like Galaga,Pong,PacMan,and Centipede. The main system I like is the ATARI 2600.

  21. gerbil king says:

    that is cool i have a ps1 (yes i know its old)

  22. Joey King of Narnia says:

    old fun

  23. popcorn nerd says:

    I meant tennis

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