Posts Tagged ‘video game system’

1972 – Magnavox begins the production of the Odyssey Video game system. The final release date is not until May. It was a very primitive system with no processors and the cartridges are jumpered configurations. The system will be on the market for a year before being discontinued.

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1972 – Andy Cappa’s tavern in CA was the site for the first Pong game was wheeled into the establishment. The coin-operated game was put in by Atari co-founders Nolan Bushnell and Al Alcorn. The duo decided that making their own game – rather than having 3rd parties do it – would help keep costs down. They then turned an old Roller rink and converted to a production line. Pong was the first successful video game system.

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• Microsoft is first mentioned in a letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen
• Mercury-Atlas 5 carries the first chimpanzee into space
• Microsoft starts talking to Yahoo again – this time on a search deal

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