**************************************************************
** The Ultimate Odyssey^2 and Odyssey^3 FAQ **
** **
** by Robert D. Kaiser **
** kaiser@physiology.pnb.sunysb.edu **
** kaiser@biosys.net **
** **
** Version 5/12/99 **
** **
** Odyssey2 Philips G7000 and G7200 **
** **
** Odyssey3 Command Center Philips Videopac + G7400 **
**************************************************************
*****************************************************************
* In the Beginning *
*****************************************************************
Our story begins back in 1966 with Ralph Baer, a manager in
Sanders Associates, a military electronics company which had a home
consumer division. Baer came up with the idea of using electronics
to create a videogame that could be played on home television sets.
The management at Sanders approved of this project, and so with two
other engineers he began work on … Read the rest