The Last of the First: The Magnavox Odyssey 500
The very first television video game dates back a circuit built by Ralph Baer in 1966; he used vacuum tubes as he was more used to them. This circuit, transi...| nicole.express
The very first television video game dates back a circuit built by Ralph Baer in 1966; he used vacuum tubes as he was more used to them. This circuit, transi...| nicole.express
I told you I was done with Pong consoles, but a spectre has continued to haunt Nicole Express in our Epoch series– the spectre of Pong. Specifically, the Epo...| nicole.express
I’ve been talking about video a lot lately; but that was all arcade or some other RGB upscaling. But let’s face it: if you grew up in North America, your arc...| nicole.express
You’ve read my post explaining composite video, and now you want to watch some video encoded in it, or play a game. The best option is a CRT television, but ...| nicole.express
Sears, Roebuck & Co. A name that will surely echo throughout American business forever; of course, such a storied department store chain would dip its to...| nicole.express
When I wrote a blog post on my Atari 2600jr, one mod I wanted to do was to replace the voltage regulator. Well, if you want to follow that saga, you’ve come ...| nicole.express
The first video game? Debatable. The first video game console, though, is well-established: the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, brainchild of Ralph Baer. However, the...| nicole.express
If you told Yamauchi Fusajiro that the little playing card business he had just started would one day sell video game consoles, he would have no idea what yo...| nicole.express
