Magnavox Odyssey

The Magnavox Odyssey is first generation made available in 1972 in North America.

Background
The Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first commercial home video game console. It was first shown in April 1972 and was released in August of that year, predating even Pong home consoles by three years. It is a digital video game console, however it is often mistaken to be analog, due to misunderstanding of its hardware set-up.

History
Magnavox Odyssey was designed by Ralph Baer. Around 1966 Ralph began working on a prototype that was finished in 1968. This prototype, known as the Brown Box, is now at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.