[game_preservation] Release date of the Odyssey?

[Martin Goldberg]

I'll comb through the rest of Ralph's cache when I get back from CGE to see
if there's something more complete.
On Aug 9, 2012 11:20 AM, "Frank Cifaldi" <fcifaldi at gmail.com> wrote:


> Maybe we just have different philosophies but I'm going to have to

> strongly disagree here. The only thing we know as solid fact right now is

> that sometime between May 3 and August 30, the Odyssey was in at least one

> store. Saying "by August" is safe, I agree, but I fail to see how saying

> the first sale was in August is any safer than saying the first sale was in

> July. We just don't know.

>

> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com>wrote:

>

>> August is safest at the moment because the ad is thus far our earliest

>> proof of a unit physically being in a store. Again, it doesn't mean it was

>> for sale - it could have been a demo unit - but even if it wasn't

>> necessarily in stock, it was likely available for order. If we have some

>> type of earlier proof a unit was in a store, we can revise the estimate.

>> That's why I personally think August is "safe" and the best available time

>> period. If someone can dig up earlier availability at a Magnavox dealer,

>> all the better...

>>

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>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Frank Cifaldi <fcifaldi at gmail.com>wrote:

>>

>>> Why is August the safest estimate? And do we want a "safe estimate" or

>>> do we want an exact range?

>>>

>>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com>wrote:

>>>

>>>> I think right now August is still our safest estimate, though you're

>>>> right, it could certainly have been released sooner. Even the ad - which at

>>>> least proves the system was at dealers by August - doesn't necessarily mean

>>>> it was for SALE in August (it's a relatively modest "come see" - you would

>>>> think they would advertise something so "cool" with the TVs and indicate

>>>> its actual availability).

>>>>

>>>>

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