Magnavox Releases the Odyssey, the First Home Video Game Console
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCEWikipedia[2] gives September 1972 for the US release and no exact day, so the date sits on the last day of that month.
Magnavox released the Odyssey in the United States in September 1972, the first commercial home video game console, designed by Ralph Baer’s team at Sanders Associates. The Age of Mass Production cites it as the start of mass-produced video game hardware.
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