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Retronauts Episode 425: Years in Review Revue - 1972 & ’82

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The Odyssey, the 'Spot Generator'

Magna vox made a series of jumpers that could be plugged in to turn on and off different games. The company developed overlays over the screen which showed pictures such as haunted houses, tennis courts or roulette wheels. They had to do all kinds of things to figure out how to make four spots of light into different games. Ben: "You basically have to kind of keep track, like, keep score"

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