Did you guys realize that the Magnavox Odyssey preceded Pong?

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2017-02-19 10:09:45 Post No. 3809460
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 10:09:45 Post No. 3809460 [Report]

Did you guys realize that the Magnavox Odyssey preceded Pong? I never did until now. In fact, per Wikipedia,
>After Bushnell attended a Burlingame, California demonstration of the Magnavox Odyssey, he gave the task of making the Magnavox tennis game into a coin-op version to Alcorn as a test project. Alcorn incorporated many of his own improvements into the game design, such as scoring and sound, and Pong was born.

Oh, and I guess this is a CPU-less games thread.

Anonymous 2017-02-19 10:22:06 Post No.3809479
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 10:22:06 Post No.3809479 [Report]

Too bad Baer was obsessed with making money instead of trying to innovate games so he just resorted to suing competition.

Anonymous 2017-02-19 10:29:41 Post No.3809490
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 10:29:41 Post No.3809490 [Report]

>ywn be 1972 with magnetbox

Anonymous 2017-02-19 10:37:48 Post No.3809504
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 10:37:48 Post No.3809504 [Report]

Alternate thread title: wikipedia and opinions thread with a hint of angst projected in each post

Anonymous 2017-02-19 03:03:40 Post No.3809693
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 03:03:40 Post No.3809693 [Report]

>>3809460
>underage straight from youtube
The post.

Anonymous 2017-02-19 04:18:17 Post No.3809764
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 04:18:17 Post No.3809764 [Report]

While I've never looked into this...Trusting anything posted on Wikipedia alone is just foolish.
Let me edit that page to change what it says....

babbage's gramps (ID: !RATGzMALLY) 2017-02-19 04:54:58 Post No.3809792
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babbage's gramps (ID: !RATGzMALLY) 2017-02-19 04:54:58 Post No.3809792 [Report]

I wish Ralph Baer and Nolan Bushnell were my grandpas. Oh the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner fights I would have seen.

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Anonymous 2017-02-19 04:59:48 Post No.3809796
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 04:59:48 Post No.3809796 [Report]

>>3809792
I wish that Baer end up in the holocaust so that asshole wouldn't ruin gaming with years of consoles

Anonymous 2017-02-19 05:04:50 Post No.3809806
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 05:04:50 Post No.3809806 [Report]

>>3809796
He tried his hardest to stop consoles by demanding they pay him money for inventing video games. Nintendo brought in William Higinbotham and Baer claimed that Tennis for Two wasn't a video game because it didn't use a raster display.

Anonymous 2017-02-19 05:55:19 Post No.3809870
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 05:55:19 Post No.3809870 [Report]

Isn't that interesting, OP? The Odyssey actually released a month or two before Pong. Makes me wince a little bit every time I hear people claiming it to be the first video game.

>>3809806
The technical definition for "video game" used to be dependent on exactly what kind of display was being used, interestingly enough. I think it was exclusive to CRTs.

Anonymous 2017-02-19 08:21:54 Post No.3810047
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Anonymous 2017-02-19 08:21:54 Post No.3810047 [Report]

>>3809764
Well, duh. The Wikipedia article has plenty of citations, though.

Anonymous 2017-02-20 12:47:20 Post No.3810465
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Anonymous 2017-02-20 12:47:20 Post No.3810465 [Report]

>>3809460
I did and I remember the lawsuit about it.

>>3809479
>>3809796
>>3809806
Think you're confusing Baer with Magnavox

Anonymous 2017-02-20 05:30:37 Post No.3810970
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>>3809460
Who is this Doctor Alcom, and why is he so adamant that things need improving?

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