1973
1981
Some waffle about Gen 1
CONSOLES
UK Release Date :
Early 1973
Origin :
USA
Developer:
Magnavox
Discontinued :
1975
No. Games Built-In :
No. Games Sold in UK :
16
Total No Games :
0
28
The Magnavox Odyssey is the first commercial “home video game console”. Released in the U.S on the 5th September 1972, it reached the UK shores in early 1973.
Each Odyssey was sold, with the box including : console, 2 player control units, game cord, antenna game switch, 6 batteries, 6 cartridges and many accessories for 12 different games.
UK Release Date :
Early 1974
Origin :
UK
Developer:
Videomaster
Discontinued :
1975
No. Games Built-In :
No. Games Sold in UK :
0
Total No Games :
3
3
During 1974 “Videomaster” brought to the European market the world's first “dedicated” console, that only played built in game variants of “Table Tennis”
The Videomaster Home T.V. Game plays three games: Tennis, Squash and Football.
From 1975 Many other companies around the world began to create their own dedicated consoles and the market place became saturated with thousands of variants of these consoles which all effectively played the same set of games or very close variations.
