Odyssey - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- The Magnavox Odyssey was offered for sale in 1972, pre-packed with a collection of "cartridges" that were little more than primitive circuit boards and colorful screen overlays so you could see what you were supposed to be playing. This dinosaur is almost unrecognizable as a video game, but is still a critical milestone in gaming. Both as the first home console, and because one of its games is the very first video tennis game, pre-dating Atari's 'Pong' by several months.
In this video, the Nerd explores one of the remaining pristine-condition Odysseys, with his irritation tempered by respect for history. The game still sucks, though.
This is Angry Videogame Nerd episode 68
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As lame as it sounds today, you have to remember that back in the 1970s, the fact that you could control a pixel on your television was mind blowing
True
I really can’t argue honestly. This must have been crazy in the early 70s
@@S-eanp I was born may 3 1990 I'm now 31 gonna be 32 next year
Tetris made in 1989 its 32 years old
@@unknownwolf4046 I don't get what this has to do with the 70s but cool?
@@unknownwolf4046 a simple google search says Tetris was released in 1984
The rewatchability of AVGN is so damn high.
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I normally skip this episode because he went way to overboard with the shit jokes. 2-3 per episode are OK but not like here. It's just fucking awful.
@@pyramidhead6998 10:15 makes up for it imo.
@@pyramidhead6998 scatological humor is the shit!
Bayne Insane nice one mate
The modern day Odyssey is taking a lazer pointer and pointing it at the wall.
Yeah!
And freak out your stupid pets!
Actually...
That makes the laser pointer way more advanced.
My bad!
@@chaddoom7993 that was the NBCSN commercial right :D
You must be one dumb nut nugget moron
Wasn't there a recentish "console" that was basiclly just a lasser proyector, to play voxel graphic games, that if you saw directly into the lassers will make you blind?
Or its like playing with the mouse on a computer
The odyssey is officially 50 years old
Wow
Happy golden anniversary to you,
Happy golden anniversary to you,
Happy golden anniversary Dear Odyssey,
Happy golden anniversary to you!!
@@seanshanleyAnimeUWLPer Otacon "Dear Metal Gear Soooliiiiiiiid"
Yep
WOW! that old, huh? that console's like in the platinum age of video games!
That’s pretty old
the funniest part is that he has to explain this to his kids
he already has a daughter
@@indigoon9635 What? I actually didn't know.
@@witherskull6228 he has 2 daughters
@@thecultofcaged * double confused noises *
@@witherskull6228he mentioned them in his Mario Maker 2 videos
We could never truly appreciate what this man does for us.
You got games like GTA V, Skyrim, and and Halo, but he plays old, shitty, unbeatable games, and he does it for us. I love you James, you my homie.
Vitycam Oh trust me, I don't like those piles of shit, but CE through Reach was a legendary line of games that I will remember for the rest of my life.
@vitycam Halo Online tho
@FERMINDAL And also one of the greatest games of all time.
Roddy Evans he cant play new games. Some of the mike and James videos, particularly the Bully one, are embarrassing
Roddy Evans
Halo is back!
Not gonna lie, he imitated that recoil pretty realistically
@Surveillance devices in my home abap baby
I like to think the Nerdy-Turd and Shit Pickle are friends. Like they play cards with each other, waiting for The Nerd to mention them again
That's like kinda funny. I can picture that actually...
You know a console is old when it's graphics can be recreated using flashlights.
Holy shit, I just realized how cool that might be if there were huge overlays meant to be put on ceilings
@@TheHomieLew You mean a Projector thats pointing up?
I thought you text "fleshlight"
Kid1: What games did you grow up with?
kid2: i grew up with Mega Man
kid3: i grew up with Zelda. how about you?
kid4: 1
just say "Haunted House"
Just say Boo! Haunted house
But they wouldn't be kids if they grew up in the 70s, would they? And those games were from different eras anyways, the guy who grew up with "1" would be at least ten years older than the others
Exantius E Teenagers hanging out with kids? Babysitting perhaps?
@@dannywapbang Yea sure, that makes sense
For his neutral special, The Nerd wields the Odyssey GUN
Nah that's his Final Smash, it's far too OP to be a Neutral Special.
@@turricanrocks1552 I do agree that it's way too powerful for a Neutral Special, but it'd be a bit disappointing as a final smash too, the Final Smash would likely be Super Mecha Death Christ. Either that or SMDC would be an assist trophy, not sure.
If the Nerd was in smash it would end the world as we know it.
nah bro his neutral B would be teh zappr
@@n00bpictures21 No. The Super Scope. It would work like the item did in Melee/Brawl
I love how the Odyssey gun is literally just a shotgun, back in the 70s when you wouldn't get shot for holding a realistic toy gun
I mean I think it happened a lot back then that’s kinda why they had to start putting orange tips on them
It actually happened a lot. That’s why the designs were changed. They were also used in bank robberies.
Ever heard of Entertech?
I'm 25, and my dad is 51.
My dad was 8 going on 9 years old when this console was released. He dusted off the Odyssey from the attic and played it with a friend when he was about 14, and he said it was outdated crap even back then.
This is our great-grandparent's electronic board game console.
Thank you for sharing.
It honestly kinda makes sense to have a long-ass cord to connect the console to the TV. You don't have to get up to switch cartridges or twiddle the buttons on the console.
But you have to get up for the overlay...
Actually, I bet that's a technological limitation. TV signals are designed to go long distances. If the controller cables were long, they'd have to do extra work to stop radio signals from moving the player thingies around.
Rest In Peace Ralph Baer, you will be remembered as the creator of video games, you took the courageous step to enter a market that seemed profitless, and now look at what it has become! It's a MULTIBILLION dollar market, just because of your daring to try something new. Thank you Ralph :). We should ALL BE APPRECIATIVE of his invention, the cutting edge, Magnavox Odyssey.
In 2 years, we will have a video game console that's HALF A CENTURY OLD
Just one more year
Ha
Sup
gamer gaming
And that would be NAO!!!!
RIP Ralph Baer... the man behind the odyssey.
Lets dig him out together.
Ralph is the real gamer lord not gaben newell
A friend of mine played wija and found out that Ralph Baer was in hell.
Was? where did he go?
MegamanNG rest in penises
This was surprisingly interesting. I like seeing how far video games have come in their relatively short life.
I love learning about these old consoles and peripherals, they're some of my favorite AVGN episodes.
Yep. Instead of a review, it's more of a history of gaming.
Crazy Jay I actually try to get them, so far i have every nintendo console since the n64, and i know my older brother had a SNES and sega genesis
It's been 42 years for home consoles, so far.
Kid Kuririn It's called "Genesis" in North America.
that rifle shot was the best AVGN special effect ever.. the quality is just WOW compared to everything else in the past
I personally grew up on
①
Cool
I grew up with 2 and a real life size rifle
Bruh the best game was 5
Nice!
Man fuck those games I prefer game number 4
There is something so timeless about avgn, I could watch one of these and not even realize it was from 9 years ago
Forget Battletoads, forget Ghosts 'n' Goblins, forget Dark Souls, Ski on Magnavox Odyssey is the hardest game ever made.
"game"
agreed
+Heave-Ho Dark souls is actually fucking easy, only pussies find it hard
+enzo galvão (temmie) hoi dude
you need to try ET and Superman 64
I guess you can say that the nerdy turd is the crappiest character ever
What about shit pickle?
I agree, the character is complete shit
PortableGamerYT they look similar right? Sooooooo... Is it a coincidence?
OoF
Tartuffe the Spry Wonder Dog Oh no, not you again.
"I grew up with the football game on the Odyssey."
-1970s kids
Still better than Madden 20.
I grew up with Roulette
@Lightning [ThatOneBasicArtist] No. Madden 08 is the best game ever made. Just ask Scott
@Lightning [ThatOneBasicArtist] no
I showed my friend a picture of an Odyssey controller: he just laughed and said it looked like a toaster.
It sort of does....if it made toast at least it would be useful.
It's a Nintoaster.
And yes, *it works.*
It kinda does. I never realized that until now! 😆
2010, A Nerd Odyssey
good one XD
Nice!
+Shawn Jackson Oh, that was TOO perfect! :)
I'm sorry Nerd, but where did you learn to fly?
2017: A Mario Odyssey
In computer programming we had the task of choosing a famous inventor and invention to write a 1 page biography about. I chose Ralph Baer and his work on the Odyssey, which I wouldn't of known about if not for the AVGN, moral of the story is the Nerd is good for education.
This episode is officially 12 years old and it's still amazing
This episode is so unrealistic. I tried cloning my own shit and it didn't work!
+Irradiated Ghoul lol
+Irradiated Ghoul You are not nerdy enough... isn't that obvious?
you need to add some piss and exlax. Basic ingredients
I think you need a microwave
I know same here
Mario Odyssey looks not as I expected...
Underrated comment.
fuck
Joey'sEvilTwin idiot
LegendOfMario xD
LegendOfMario lol
imagine back then how hard it was to program the games for this.
You didn't even program games for it, per se. it existed before the days of ROM cartridges, so the different games were just circuit boards that changed the wiring to make different objects appear on-screen and to change how it registers input.
@@loanethetrash31 The Odyssey didn't even have a CPU. Everything was hard wired using very simple circuits. The "cartridges" just opened and closed different lines to change what the shapes on screen could do.
As someone with a little bit of experience in programming, one can only imagine.
It might be a time when C was deemed as a super-abstract-level language.
@@cassert24 C was a very new thing. C was created the year Odyssey came out
Considering the tech limitations, as well as the creative solutions to something that had never been done before, this is actually pretty genius!
It takes a genius to figure out the rules to some of these games!
A bit of a disappointment, Odyssey promised big open sandbox-style worlds, and and intriging Capture mechanic. This looks like it came from the early Eighties or late Seventies. It dosen't even plug into the Switch, I mean come on.
Horrible game. Really was expecting something great. Graphics are horrible and gameplay is simple.
Also you can't buy costumes, your only stuck with being a white dot.
Shinenose And Snaggletooth Productions gosh dang it I wanna take this joke seriously so much right now!
Shinenose And Snaggletooth Productions. Wrong Odyssey.
Took it a second for it to click, nice joke
Do you know what the best game on the oddesey is? Your imagination.
IronSalmon7 no, it’s 1
@@kaiser1817 made my day
Ralph Baer. the creator of the Odyssey, has sadly passed away recently on December 6th 2014 at the age of 92. Rest in peace.
Damn, we gotta wait 18000 years for his death. Well, to be honest, that's just really sad, without him, we couldn't have video games at home. But everyone will pass away one day...
and he won the game!!
He filed anti competitive lawsuits
10:38
The look on his face cracks me up every time.
If it only wasn't under popups :(
The Horror game actually sounds kinda fun.
Pretty much all of them sounds cool, but the thing is: Why would you buy a videogame, then cartridges when you could simply buy a tabletop game (wich better graphics btw)? Doesn’t makes sense.
Trust me, it isnt...
@@xpdobrada Id assume it was just a novelty back then
Cool to see the OG internet game reviewer, James Rolfe as the AVGN, reviewing the OG video game console
Nerdy Turd looked psychopathocally hostile. Like at any moment he was gonna bite Nerd's fucking ear off
He's still cute as fuck tho
+SaturnineXTS *as shit
Not just his ear it's his "fucking ear" why do you feel the need to ad fuck makes no sense
Sevenshot619 adds emphasis.
+Sevenshot619 Who the fuck gives a shit?
*Megatron transforms into a gun*
Parents: "That's incredibly dangerous!"
Transformers CEOs: "Okay, what if he turns into a big fuck-off tank instead?"
Parents: "Yes, that's much more suitable for kids!"
You have less of a chance of police officers shooting down your kid.
I wonder if someone modified that toy tank into a weapon of destruction.
I honestly think the tank was cooler. As a kid it was easier to make him fight the other transformers that way.
I don’t think you understand why it was dangerous.
@@N8-PT Guns were dangerous on their own, but they were JOKES compared to tanks!!!
Missed opportunity for a Ouija board overlay
YES
Ha!
You could probably make one if you have the right materials
Luigi board?
@@bigbootay5035 ouija board
If a kid were walking down the streets to a friend's house with a grey NES zapper, and a cop approaches him, and the cop think's he's holding a real gun, that would be just sad.
spongebobfan190 yep, it happened before, it is sad, but fuck cops man
+spongebobfan190 Not too long ago a kid was shot dead by a female police officer when he answered the door he was holding a wiimote on his hands which she thought was a gun (allegedly). Yeah, pretty sad.
+spongebobfan190 A guy got murdered by cops for holding a Wii-mote so yeah. Light guns are a whole different ball game
TotallyToonsTV I think that's the same I said, only lesser.
Watzit Tooya
Yeah ok, didn't realise you had said it. Moving on
“Alright! Now we’re ready to play some Odyssey!”
~ Everyone on October 27, 2017
Mario: It's-a me, Mario!
Luigi: *let me get some B A L O O N S*
3:16 console could belong in a museum and this is what the nerd does with it, perfection 😂
3:22
*Epic fart sound
Nerd: "Ahaaww, it broke off! "
Lol! !!
1972: A Magnavox Odyessy.
Underrated
I actually really like that idea of the Detective haunted house game.
That was some Lovecraftian shit.
As a board game it would work
Like some special edition of Clue
It makes me think of Ghost Trick a little bit.
Me too. looked cool
2:56 it's funny how he legit sounds like he's having fun
Wow, 1972, eh? That's truly ancient, for a video game I mean.
hexagon523 lol
Your all over AVGN.
Yeah bruh, I love AVGN videos.
hexagon523 in 2022 it will be the 50 year anniversary of Home video games
45 years ago...
10:29 *while cocking the rifle*
"... it just blows my mind ... "
Yea Nerd, guns tend to do that occasionally :p
-kurt cobain , 1994
Go to hell
+athomicritics Savage
+Adrian Salazar so mad
It blew Kurt Colbain's mind too...
Magnavox Odyssey Master Race
Still better then Xboxone
DBZfan380 Maybe it would have worked like 30 years ago...if we also had Internet
+Ryan Lowry Nope. What a pathetic attempt at trolling.
CDi/32x/Jaguar master race
+Ryan Lowry and ps4 and pc :3
Back then rumours said that the Odyssey was going to have photorealistic graphics.
Anyone else waiting for him to do a video about those little arcade machine things?
shadowgodzillaX I'm waiting for him to look at the Xbox
He reviewd big rigs, that was like two years after the release of the original xbox, heck he even looked at a gamecube game which came out the same generation as the original xbox., even if it was brief.
When he started the N64 was only 8 years old, the Xbox is more than 15 years old now. Over time, he'll slowly do more and more games from the 6th Gen and on.
Yeah, he should
Echi he did, he reviewed sonic 06 on Xbox 360
Imagine Super Mario Odyssey for the Odyssey (or with Odyssey controllers). That would be an...intriguing experience, to say the least.
I like how during the entire time the turd was in the video I was actually taking a shit in real life. I hope I'm not the only one who watches UA-cam while they shit.
The 8 Bit Kid Good
not even close to the only one.
taking a shit right now lmao
Hell, Regular Car Reviews MAKES UA-cam videos while he shits.
Spunky - Sh1nyPizz4- you Proabbly know this but nerdy turd was being controlled by mike
3:28 LJN to videogames
To give everyone a better idea of how old this console is, it was released one year after the movie Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, and five years before the Atari 2600. (known as Atari VCS initially)
Computer Space came out in 1971
And 3 years before VHS
Odyssey? More like you odyssey another console.
JustinEvitable80 nice joke
Good one, dad
I get it lol
Odyssey that comin'
I odyssey you going to the store
The Odyssey was actually manufactured in my own hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Magnavox used to be headquartered. While the company is long gone, the road that ran next to the factory is still in use by other businesses today. And though most of my fellow citizens have no idea why the road is named what it is, the street sign on Magnavox Way still stands to this day as a proud reminder of the humble, yet noteworthy contribution my hometown made to videogame history.
It’s amazing what we’ve done in 50 years
Gee, I wonder if Ralph Baer died. You'd never guess from the 238,745 comments about it.
ChickenPika He died in 2014. May he rest in piece. And god bless him for an outstanding game.
GlitchGoblin
NatalieC Peyton What?
ChickenPika i see you everywhere. i'm subscribed, too.
TAFM017 Because he likes everything we do. Haha. I'm subscribed, too.
People in '72 must have had imagination...And a lot of shots...
HOLY SHIT after watching this video i found a mint condition Odyssey 200 in my basement!!
2:39 You're not Brian Griffin!
How I wish I could own the Odyssey. I mean, I really wanna be a game collector ever since I watched all your AVGN videos. It truly gives me inspiration to starts collecting games instead of just throws it away don't give a shit about the games at all. I totally care my games now, after I've known how worth this games are. But yeah, gaming consoles like this is really rare nowadays especially at a country like Malaysia where even gaming is not much appreciated.. but still, it is still my dream to own all this gaming consoles and have a huge collections like you Jamed :) You seriously inspired me a lot
kain homan PICS OR GTFO.
kain homan GTFO - get the fuck off
GagConcert ComedyBigLeague its gets the fuck out
kaden warren its also an acronym for Get the Fuck Off
GagConcert ComedyBigLeague I never owned, let alone used, an Odyssey but the Odyssey 2 looks beast.
Wait you notice something. Episode 68, odyssey development began in 1968, 😲😲
What if development started in 1969
@waffen ss panzer lll
I might need you to leave if you don’t stop.
That was before most arcade games
This is gonna get a lot of backlash but I can defend this console. Sure it sucked, sure it was stupid that it had those covers for the TV to play games on but remember guys, this was the first attempt at a video game home console EVER. So just like a lot of things, first can be worst but you gotta cut it some slack as it was the first home console.
Batfreeze but its a pile of shit
The thing is why does it need to be on tv? Why can't you just use your finger or a laser pointer?
Rahat Hey, baby steps. Game consoles don’t just start out of nowhere.
@@charlescampuz5812 It concerns me how many people don't realize or appreciate the importance of the Odeysey. It's like when people shit on footage of games on their pre-alpha state. It's just stupidity.
Episode aired 10 years ago today? Damn!
One of the best endings in an AVGN episode!
This is probably one of my favorite episodes. It's amazing to see how games went from two lines and a projection sheet on the screen to hi-def graphics. Also, its weird to see the Nerd in a good mood. Well, good for his standards.
Bit wars. 64 bits. 32 bits. 16 bits. 8 bits. 4 bits. 2 bits! 1 bit! Half bit!! Quarter bit!!! THE WRIST GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S., you should review Sonic Adventure on Sega Dreamcast!
Sam Whitacre Sonic Adventure? are you...serious? that's not at bad game, instead why not should review.... Sonic 3D Blast, or another shitty game... I don't know so much shitty games. or even say things about Contra III on GBA.
MetalSonicodraco7342 or THAT one
ryan bennett Okey, nobody can go hurt just, because wanna to troll me.
The bit is the smallest unit of memory. Like the plank length. There is no 0.5 Bits.
MetalSonicodraco7342 how about lord of the sword on master system
a poor man's version of zelda 2
or that golden axe version of zelda
or sonic on gba
The Odyssey was released in September 1972, meaning as of this post, it is now 50 years old.
Happy fiftieth birthday Magnavox Odyssey!
You had the perfect name with "the Angry Video Game Turd" and yet you went with "Nerdy Turd." I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.
Ten years two late
Mr Nuts LOL me too
That's even better than what he came up with. Angry Video Game Turd! You have my ever lasting respect.
I know a better name than nerdy turd
Nerdy Turdy
@@TheGuru6447 11 actually, wild to think about. Aired in 2009...
The gun part in this one is still making me laugh so much after all these years!
Easily one of my favorite moments in all of AVGN! :D
5:46- At least he held onto his football rant until the Atari Sports episode.
The nerd playing with the nerdy turd at the beginning was pretty wholesome
R.I.P Ralph Baer
Love your profile pic
gamernation108
Same to you
Captain Marvel is my favorite super hero
gamernation108
Same here :)
Theres only one real ralph watch my channel
I just realized; if you've used an Etch-A-Sketch, you've basically used an Odyssey controller.
Etch-a-sketch had better graphics.
"He's the Angry Video game Terd"
9:38 Best part
Yes
he should have brought kyle out from the couch for this one
Hes dead behind the couch
Tyler Doherty not at this point he isn’t.
@@tylerdoherty217 A-B-B-A
Thank you Ralph Baer for your Pioneering work you have done to make gaming where it is today. I'm glad that I owned a Odyssey as a young kid. We can only hope for one day to stop our discussions about what is the best console is, or who is the master race in gaming.
Cause without you sir there gaming wouldn't have taken off like it has.
Hope we can all put down our controllers... shove them keyboards and mouses to the side and raise a glass to Ralph.
RIP.
I know you didn't die. You just moved on to the next level and left us in the dust.
Now off I go to show my friends this "nuclear boner" on my screen.
9:03 Master Shake confirmed! Master Shake approves the AVGN show!
The quote was from the PDA
So humans back in the 70s were basically cats, entertained by lazer pointer at the wall
"It's a f*cking rifle!"
ACKSHUALLY, it's a pump shotgun
If you really want to go deep in the rabbit hole, I guess you can say it's a pump action rifle, probably chambered in .22 or .357, because the mag tube looks too thin to be a shotgun. Also it has an adjustable rear iron sight, which are more common on rifles, as for shotguns are more common with fixed rear iron sights...
Dawson Lee could be a pump rifle my guy
The odesy roulette was the inspiration for the pokeball
I kinda regret he didn't show how the gun worked.
Maybe the gun was broken from age.
Maybe, but it would've been nice to at least get a comment about it.
Wow, just WOW..... It is so cool to see these old systems! Thanks for sharing, James! The ending was hilarious, btw! LOL...!!!!
8:38 What the hell is a Pokéball doing in a roulette game?
I don’t know why but this one was always one of my favorites
Rest in Peace, Ralph Baer, inventor of the Odyssey.
I don't know why but this is an episode I may have the most warm memories of.
I've also always liked all the console or accessory reviews he's done.
This console is officially 50 years old.
AVGN will live on forever watching these videos is like watching your favorite movies or shows.
That fucking “...LETS TRY IT OUT” it gets me every damn time
Happy 50th birthday Magnavox Odyssey!!! Enjoy your retirement.
6:59 Cat: GET OVER HERE BITCH
2:50 that had to be one painful bowel movement.....
Not a big fan of "Nerdy Turd". I love AVGN videos, though I don't really care for toilet humor... Ironic, isn't it?
I think so...
Everyone in the AVGN fan base is a toilet deep down inside
Hoshcof lol
Hoshcof can't agree with you more.
Trinexx007 That was a
shitty joke
What games did you grow up with?
Kid 1: Sonic 2 on the Genesis
Kid 2: Mario World on the SNES
Kid 3: 1 on The Odyssey
Kid 5:FORTNITE ON A PC
Kid 6:Melee on a GameCube
@Jacob Joel Estrada me call of duty