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An independent engineer by the name of Ralph Baer invented the first video game system called the “Brown Box” in 1967. There were six games that were on it; Ping-Pong, handball, volleyball, tennis, light-gun game, and chase games. The firs t release of this model was the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972.Ralph Baer was born in Germany in 1922. He came to North America in 1938 and graduated from the National Radio Institute. He was in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He worked on alphanumerical projection displays from 1958 to 1970. He started with coming up with ideas in the summer of 1966 and on September 1st of that year he began writing a four-page paper describing the video games. September 6th 1966 he began drawing a diagram of the system and how it will work. He created the first two-player video game that actually worked in May 1967. He started to evolve from there, creating more games and inventing new ways for them to be played. This eventually evolved into the gaming system known as the Magnavox Odyssey and from then on has become a big impact on society. =1967 Brown Box= The "Brown Box" was the first video game system that plugged into your Television. It was created in 1967. The system consisted of six games; Ping-Pong, handball, volleyball, tennis, light-gun-game, and chase games.

= = = = == = 1972 Magnavox Odyssey = Most of the Odyssey councils were sold between 1976-1977. Two different models were made the 100 and 200. The games were the same for the systems but with better graphics and controllers. The system was powered by batteries and had many sound issues. This lead to the invention of the "Electronic Game."