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==References== {{Reflist|refs= <!-- Design / Development --> <ref name="TCW142144">[[#CITEREF_SmithTCW|Smith]], pp. 142β144</ref> <ref name="TCW144147">[[#CITEREF_SmithTCW|Smith]], pp. 144β147</ref> <ref name="TCW147151">[[#CITEREF_SmithTCW|Smith]], pp. 147β151</ref> <ref name="DS">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/retro-corner/feature/a616235/magnavox-odyssey-retrospective-how-console-gaming-was-born/ |title=Magnavox Odyssey retrospective: How console gaming was born |last=Langshaw |first=Mark |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |date=December 13, 2014 |access-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504205847/http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/retro-corner/feature/a616235/magnavox-odyssey-retrospective-how-console-gaming-was-born/ |archive-date=May 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="PCWorld">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/256101/inside_the_magnavox_odyssey_the_first_video_game_console.html |title=Inside the Magnavox Odyssey, the First Video Game Console |last=Edwards |first=Benj |website=[[PC World]] |publisher=[[International Data Group]] |date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004213143/https://www.pcworld.com/article/256101/inside_the_magnavox_odyssey_the_first_video_game_console.html |archive-date=October 4, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="VGHttl">{{cite web |url=https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/1tl200-a-magnavox-odyssey/ |title=1TL200: A Magnavox Odyssey |work=They Create Worlds |last=Smith |first=Alexander |date=November 16, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202091941/https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/1tl200-a-magnavox-odyssey/ |archive-date=February 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="GQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2015-03/25/national-videogame-arcade-nottingham-a-brief-history-of-videogames |title=A history of videogames: the defining moments from Nimrod to now |last=Knowles |first=Kitty |date=March 25, 2015 |work=[[GQ|British GQ]] |publisher=[[CondΓ© Nast]] |access-date=January 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928014830/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2015-03/25/national-videogame-arcade-nottingham-a-brief-history-of-videogames |archive-date=September 28, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="BeamGun">[[#CITEREF_GorgesLN|Gorges]], p. 13</ref> <ref name="Replay50s">[[#CITEREF_DonovanRP|Donovan]], pp. 7β9</ref> <ref name="Replay60s">[[#CITEREF_DonovanRP|Donovan]], pp. 10β13</ref> <ref name="Replay70s">[[#CITEREF_DonovanRP|Donovan]], pp. 14β26</ref> <ref name="BaerHow">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Ralph H. |author-link=Ralph H. Baer |title=Genesis: How the Home Video Games Industry Began |url=http://www.ralphbaer.com/how_video_games.htm |publisher=Ralph H. Baer Consultants |access-date=January 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016051830/http://www.ralphbaer.com/how_video_games.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="HighScore">[[#CITEREF_DeMariaHS|DeMaria]], p. 18</ref> <ref name="AtariInc147">[[#CITEREF_GoldbergAI|Goldberg; Vendel]], p. 147</ref> <ref name="NGen23">{{cite magazine |title=The Great Videogame Swindle? |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=23 |publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] |date=November 1996 |pages=67β68 |issn=1078-9693}}</ref> <!-- Reception and legacy --> <ref name="TCW151153">[[#CITEREF_SmithTCW|Smith]], pp. 151β153</ref> <ref name="TCW207209">[[#CITEREF_SmithTCW|Smith]], pp. 207β209</ref> <ref name="Baerinvasion">{{cite web |last=Baer |first=Ralph H. |author-link=Ralph H. Baer |title=How Video Games Invaded The Home TV Set |url=http://www.ralphbaer.com/how_video_games.htm |publisher=Ralph H. Baer Consultants |access-date=January 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424064425/http://www.ralphbaer.com/how_video_games.htm |archive-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="willaert20180110">{{cite web |url=https://gamehistory.org/first-video-game-commercial/ |title=In Search of the First Video Game Commercial |last=Willaert |first=Kate |date=January 10, 2018 |publisher=[[Video Game History Foundation]] |access-date=January 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112182723/https://gamehistory.org/first-video-game-commercial/ |archive-date=January 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="VGITB7576">[[#CITEREF_BaerVGITB|Baer]], pp. 75β76</ref> <ref name="willaert20200320">{{cite web |url=https://gamehistory.org/magnavox-odyssey-advertisement-history/ |title=Pixels in Print (Part 2): Advertising Odyssey β The First Home Video Game |last=Willaert |first=Kate |date=March 20, 2020 |publisher=[[Video Game History Foundation]] |access-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511162130/https://gamehistory.org/magnavox-odyssey-advertisement-history/ |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Odisea">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamedots.mx/esta-fue-la-primera-consola-de-videojuegos-en-llegar-mexico |title=Esta fue la primera consola de videojuegos en llegar a MΓ©xico |trans-title=This was the first video game console to arrive in Mexico |last=Cuevas |first=Daniel |date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124094150/http://www.gamedots.mx/esta-fue-la-primera-consola-de-videojuegos-en-llegar-mexico |archive-date=January 24, 2016 |url-status=dead |language=es}}</ref> <ref name="Overkal">{{cite magazine |title=Overkal: La primera consola europea de la historia era espaΓ±ola |trans-title=Overkal: The first European console in history was Spanish |pages=58β65 |magazine=Retro Hobby |publisher=[[Axel Springer SE]] |issue=14 |language=es}}</ref> <ref name="Inc.Dec1973">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CgkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47 |title=Magnavox Surge |date=December 22, 1973 |publisher=[[Nielsen Holdings|Nielsen Business Media]] |page=47 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> <ref name="Inc.Sep1973">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwkEAAAAMBAJ |title=Maganvox Sinatra $9 Mil Push |date=September 29, 1973 |publisher=[[Nielsen Holdings|Nielsen Business Media]] |page=44 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> <ref name="BTC5459">[[#CITEREF_WolfBTC|Wolf 2012]], pp. 54β59</ref> <ref name="TVGE45">[https://docplayer.net/35155853-The-video-game-explosion.html The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond] [[#CITEREF_WolfVGE|Wolf 2007]], p. 45 "the Odyssey was imported into the United Kingdom in 1973, and into 12 European countries in 1974 in very limited numbers."</ref> <ref name="magnavox1972super8">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLGBtkKPj2U |title=1972 Magnavox Odyssey in-store advertisement |date=1972 |type=promotional film |via=[[YouTube]] |publisher=[[Magnavox]] |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref> <ref name="DHGF">{{cite web |url=http://diehardgamefan.com/2009/03/19/the-odyssey-of-ralph-baer-interview-w-the-father-of-videogames/ |last=Jackson |first=Bebito |title=The "Odyssey" of Ralph Baer: Interview w/ the Father of Videogames |date=March 19, 2009 |access-date=May 14, 2010 |website=[[GameFan|Diehard GameFan]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502015923/http://diehardgamefan.com/2009/03/19/the-odyssey-of-ralph-baer-interview-w-the-father-of-videogames/ |archive-date=May 2, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="father">{{cite web |last=Hatfield |first=Daemon |title=GDC 2008: Ralph Baer Receiving Pioneer Award |date=December 20, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/20/gdc-2008-ralph-baer-receiving-pioneer-award |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |access-date=December 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209173505/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/20/gdc-2008-ralph-baer-receiving-pioneer-award |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="NMTI">{{cite web |title=The National Medal of Technology and Innovation 2004 Laureates |date=2004 |url=http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/recipients/2004.jsp |publisher=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] |access-date=May 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416143439/http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/recipients/2004.jsp |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="Moma">{{cite web |url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/28/4475548/moma-adds-magnavox-odyssey-and-six-classics-to-game-design-exhibit |title=MoMA adds Magnavox Odyssey and six classics to game design exhibit |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |last=Campbell |first=Colin |date=June 28, 2013 |access-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322042617/http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/28/4475548/moma-adds-magnavox-odyssey-and-six-classics-to-game-design-exhibit |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Smith">{{cite web |url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/the-father-of-the-video-game-the-ralph-baer-prototypes-and-electronic-games?ogmt_page=baer-introduction&edan_start=0 |title=The Father of the Video Game: The Ralph Baer Prototypes and Electronic Games |publisher=[[National Museum of American History]] |access-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504204808/http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/the-father-of-the-video-game-the-ralph-baer-prototypes-and-electronic-games?ogmt_page=baer-introduction&edan_start=0 |archive-date=May 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Patent1">{{cite patent |country=US |number=3728480 |status=patent |title=Television Gaming and Training Apparatus |fdate=March 22, 1971 |gdate=April 17, 1973 |invent1=[[Ralph H. Baer|Baer, Ralph H.]]}}</ref> <ref name="Patent2">{{cite patent |country=US |number=RE28507E |status=patent |title=Television gaming apparatus |fdate=April 25, 1974 |gdate=August 5, 1975 |invent1=Rusch, William T.}}</ref> <ref name="TCW327329">[[#CITEREF_SmithTCW|Smith]], pp. 327β329</ref> <ref name="AtariInc204">[[#CITEREF_GoldbergAI|Goldberg; Vendel]], p. 204</ref> <ref name="NYT1">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/08/business/magnavox-patent.html |title=Magnavox Patent |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 8, 1982 |access-date=February 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032527/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/08/business/magnavox-patent.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="NYT2">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/16/business/magnavox-settles-its-mattel-suit.html |title=Magnavox Settles Its Mattel Suit |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 16, 1983 |access-date=February 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073539/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/16/business/magnavox-settles-its-mattel-suit.html |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="BTC234237">[[#CITEREF_WolfBTC|Wolf 2012]], pp. 234β237</ref> <ref name="NPR">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/12/08/369405270/inventor-ralph-baer-the-father-of-video-games-dies-at-92 |title=Inventor Ralph Baer, The 'Father Of Video Games,' Dies at 92 |date=December 8, 2014 |last=Mullis |first=Steve |work=[[NPR|National Public Radio]] |access-date=May 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322121715/http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/12/08/369405270/inventor-ralph-baer-the-father-of-video-games-dies-at-92 |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> }}
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