The Magnavox Odyssey was the first video game console ever released to the public, predating Atari Pong, the Atari 2600 and even agriculture by a few years. It was actually the first system ever to feature a Pong-type game; however, graphical limitations of the time made displaying any colors besides black prohibitively expensive, rather limiting the ability of most people to play (or see) the game. Because of this, by the time Atari released their Pong console some years later it instantly won over the buying public with its revolutionary visible graphics, leaving the Odyssey in the dust and Magnavox with nothing to do besides try and sue Atari for bettering their game.