jul 27, 1972 - Odyssey

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Magnavox releases the Odyssey. This was a black, white and brown box which connects to a television set and two rectangular controllers attached with wires. The controllers had 3 knobs and 1 button on each. Cooperative play was possible with this console allowing people to play against each other.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_generation_of_video_game_consoles)

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