{"id":80,"date":"2008-01-29T13:55:16","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T13:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesrichardson.net\/jtalk\/2008\/01\/29\/my-first-video-game-system\/"},"modified":"2008-01-29T14:11:33","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T14:11:33","slug":"my-first-video-game-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesrichardson.net\/jtalk\/2008\/01\/29\/my-first-video-game-system\/","title":{"rendered":"My first Video game system"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was watching Attack of the Show on G4TV<\/a> and saw a reference to the first video game system that I ever owned, the Magnavox Odyssey. The Odyssey, while more primitive than games found on today’s cellphones, was cutting edge at the time. I had to be around 7-8 years old when it came out. I still remember when my father brought it home and my cousin Clarence and I played all night on it. I think was hooked on gaming and computers from that point on.<\/p>\n

Now keep in mind that this system pre-dated the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, the Commodore Vic 20, and just about all of the old classic gaming systems. In fact I was shocked to see that it was released in 1973. Pops must have paid nearly $100 bucks for the system. So in “1973 dollars”, the Odyssey was probably more expensive than the PS3 is today. So I guess buying my kids PSPs and DS Lites isn’t so strange in comparison now.<\/p>\n

I found an old commercial for the system on YouTube<\/a>. I still can’t get over how silly it looks by today’s standards.<\/p>\n

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I was watching Attack of the Show on G4TV and saw a reference to the first video game system that I ever owned, the Magnavox Odyssey. The Odyssey, while more primitive than games found on today’s cellphones, was cutting edge at the time. I had to be around 7-8 years old when it came out. … <\/p>\n

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