In September 1972, Magnavox began selling the Odyssey, the console Ralph Baer had developed as the Brown Box prototype at Sanders Associates, in North American stores. It was the first commercially available home video game console, opening a market that reached the United Kingdom in 1973 and continental Europe in 1974, and it directly inspired Atari's own arcade hit Pong the same year.
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Milestone Year WhenMagnavox completed development and released the console in the United States in September 1972, reaching the United Kingdom in 1973 and continental Europe in 1974. 1 Connections
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The hardware was designed by a small team led by Ralph H. Baer at Sanders Associates, while Magnavox completed development and released it in the United States in September 1972 and overseas the following year.
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