Ralph H. Baer and the Magnavox Odyssey

By ecromer

  • The Vision

    The Vision
    In the summer of 1966 Ralph H. Baer who was working as a engineer at the was sitting on the steps at a bus station waiting on a co-working when an vision popped in his head of a system that would allow people to play games on a television set. He started scribbling on a legal pad ideas for the system and ended up with four page outline of the game box.

  • The Patent

    The Patent
    In March 1971 Mr. Baer And his employer Sanders Associates filed the first video game patent.

  • Magnavox

    Magnavox
    In the summer of 1972 they license the system to Magnavox and called it Odyssey.

  • Atari

    Atari
    Months after the original odyssey system came out Atari released a system called pong. In 1974 they sued Atari and got 1.5 million.This will not be the only company that would be sued and lose based off of the original patent.

  • Award

    Award
    President George W. Bush awarded Ralph H. Baer the national metal of technology

  • Hall Of Fame

    Hall Of Fame
    He was nominated into the National Inventors Hall Of Fame