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title: 'The first home console: the Magnavox Odyssey'
date: '2026-10-01'
author: olipix
banner: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey_3.jpg
summary: Before cartridges and joysticks, there was a white and brown box with plastic screen overlays.
sample: true
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The [Magnavox Odyssey](/museum/magnavox-odyssey/) of 1972 is generally considered the first home video game console. Its museum page is back, with photos of the console and its unusual controllers.

Its successor, the [Odyssey 100](/museum/magnavox-odyssey-100/), is online too. Both belong to the consoles section, which will grow as more pages are recovered.