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Patentmania: The Golden Age of Electronic Games

The first era of computerized fun was crude, clunky...and unforgettable.

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Magnavox Combat Game

Television Combat Game

Filed September 28th, 1972

Here’s another patent relating to Magnavox’s Odyssey. The on-screen graphics depicted look startlingly ambitious for 1972–until you remember that the Odyssey came with preprinted plastic overlays you fastened to your TV screen.

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