Ralph H. Baer, inventor of television video games and the Magnavox Odyssey console, released in 1972, created the first video game joysticks in 1967. They were able to control the horizontal and vertical position of a spot displayed on a screen. read more
In 1967, he created the first of several video game test units. Called TVG#1 or TV Game Unit #1, this device, when used with an alignment generator, produced a dot on the television screen that could be manually controlled by the user. read more
Sometimes called, “the father of video games,” Ralph Bauer is a German-born American video game developer who first introduced the joystick to gaming in 1967. Maybe you remember Sega’s arcade game Missile – the first game to utilize a joystick with an additional “fire” button. read more
1967: The Joystick Ralph H. Baer, inventor of television video games and the Magnavox Odyssey console, created the first video game joysticks in 1967. The Joysticks were able to control the horizontal and vertical position of a spot displayed on a screen. This was a major advancement into gaming. read more