What's on Visit The Lens
Home
What's on
Visit
Food & drink Shop How to get to ACMI Accessibility Amenities School groups Families More info
Accessibility
Stories & Ideas
Collections & Preservation
Projects & Partnerships
Schools & Teachers
Membership
Support us
About us
Contact us
Shop
Venue hire
Touring exhibitions
ACMI X Residency
Subscribe

Works explorer

Early home consoles

film

While the first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey, came out in 1972, it wasn’t the only launched in the decade. Around 1978, the two-player Hanimex TVG-8610C..

Read more

Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

TVG-8610C Console

Hong Kong, c. 1978
Similarity: 83%

Magnavox Odyssey console

United States, 1972
Similarity: 82%

The first home console

Similarity: 81%

The Brown Box replica

United States, 2019
Similarity: 76%

Tennis

1972
Similarity: 74%

Nintendo Entertainment Sytem (NES) console with two controllers

1985
Similarity: 70%

Famicom: Nintendo Family Computer HVC-001

Similarity: 69%

Intellivision video game console

Similarity: 68%

Commodore 64 console and cassettes

1985
Similarity: 67%

Portable TVs (Retro Vision)

Similarity: 67%

Atari PONG video game console

Similarity: 66%

Atari 2600

1977
Similarity: 66%

Commodore 64 Console

United Kingdom, c. 1982
Similarity: 66%

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) console with controller

Japan, 1990
Similarity: 66%

Pong

1972
Similarity: 65%

Computer Space

1971
Similarity: 65%

Commodore 64

Similarity: 65%

PDP-10

United States, 1966
Similarity: 64%
Back to top

ADDRESS: Fed Square, Melbourne, Australia

OPENING HOURS
Museum

Open daily 10am – 5pm
(closed Christmas Day 25 Dec)
Plan your visit

Game Worlds
27–30 Dec 2025: 10am–8pm
31 Dec 2025 – 26 Jan 2026: 10am–6pm

ACMI Cinemas
Check screening times

ACMI Cafe + Bar
Mon – Fri 8.30am – 4.30pm*
Sat & Sun 10am – 4.30pm*
*Hours extended to accomodate cinema sessions.

ACMI Shop
Open daily 11am – 5pm
Shop online

School groups (by advance booking only)
Mon–Fri 10am – 2.30pm

Subscribe
Follow ACMI on FacebookSubscribe to ACMI's YouTube channelFollow ACMI on TikTokFollow ACMI on InstagramWeChatRedNote

Terms & Conditions
Reports & Policies
Accessibility
Contact us

ACMI would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways of greater Melbourne, the people of the Kulin Nation, and recognise that ACMI is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people.

First Nations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices, or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or text.