[game_preservation] Release date of the Odyssey?

[Frank Cifaldi]

BREAKING NEWS!

Via the July 27, 1972 edition of The Daily Herald (Chicago):

"Available to Magnavox dealers in August, Odyssey's initial price tag of
just under $100 will include 12 different games."

This was in a report about Magnavox's annual zone meeting for its dealers.
There you go!

Article is available (for pay) at newspaperarchive.com.

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Philippe Dubois, association MO5.COM,
Président <samurai at mo5.com> wrote:


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> Thanks everyone for your answer.

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> The biography of M.Baer just came out in France this month through the

> edition "Pix'n Love", i'm sure it will be delightful to read it in details

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> Best regards,

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> Cordialement,

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> Philippe Dubois, Association MO5.COM, Président

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> On Aug 9, 2012 11:25 AM, "Philippe Dubois, association MO5.COM,

> Président" <samurai at mo5.com> wrote:

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> > Hi everyone !

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> > How can it be possible for M.Baer, with all the respect i have for him,

> not to know the exact date the Odyssey was publicly launch and available in

> stores ?

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> Because he had nothing to do with that. Remember, he was with Sanders.

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> The Odyssey's launch, distribution, etc. was a Magnavox issue.

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> What about the date when M.Baer showed up the tennis game to M.Bushnell so

> he went into the idea of cloning this as "Pong" ?

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> He didn't show anything, Magnavox did.

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> > Cordialement,

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> > Philippe Dubois, Association MO5.COM, Président

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> > 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.

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

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> > 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>

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

> do we want an exact range?

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

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> > 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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