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After more than 2 years of work on TV gaming systems at Sanders Associates, Ralph Baer and his two coworkers ended up with a prototype unit which played 12 games, some of which used a light gun. They had also developed the so-called dynamic ball action "de/dt" chassis to offer more advanced game features. Called the Brown Box because of its simulated woodgrain self-adhesive covering, the Brown Box was used to take the project to the next and most important step: finding a licensee.

A preliminary agreement was signed between the two companies, Sanders Associates and Magnavox. Once that was in place, the Brown Box and all the design data turned over to Magnavox engineers in Fort Wayne; they got started on a prototype for what was to become their first Odyssey (Model 1TL200) TV Game in 1972.

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