Because of several ownership changes and operations spanning from California to Virginia, many people had no idea the scope of what Magnavox did. That's why, 10 years ago, James Smith, former ...

If someone asked you to name the very first video game console, what would you say? The Nintendo Entertainment System? No, that launched in 1983, well into the game industry's life. The Atari 2600?

The Odyssey pre-dates Space Invaders by six years and its controllers were suitably alien: huge boxes with two knobs to adjust your horizontal and vertical position. Ah, the 1970s. A decade of ...