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We had the 1972 first-run Odyssey and a game where you identified the capitals of the US states was the one I remember and a haunted house. An acetate screen la
by eggy 3y ago
We had the 1972 first-run Odyssey and a game where you identified the capitals of the US states was the one I remember and a haunted house. An acetate screen layover of the US and the outlines of the various states in different colors clung to the TV screen via static. You set up the paddles and ball so that the ball would land on a part of the screen, and then you had to identify the state capital. Those controllers with the tapered sides and dials on top were bulky for sure! We
- reassembled 3y agoDid Atari have a haunted house game with a physical screen overlay? My mom’s late brother, Robert Padilla III, used to work at Atari in the 70s and she seems to remember him bringing home “an Atari” to play “pong” and “haunted house”. She said there were overlays that you would stick to the screen. But perhaps he brought home an Odyssey console? Sadly I’m not able to ask him to clarify as he passed away after a long later career at NVIDIA.
- eggy 3y agoI don't know, but it sounds like the Odyssey. Both were relatively close in time - 1972...sorry, about your uncle. Sounds like he was on the early adopter curve like my Dad. We were dirt poor, and yet my Dad somehow pulled this off (probably hit the triple at Aqueduct!).