Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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The Sony TV Game Machine is a mysterious game console prototype from (likely) the 1970s. Not much is known about it apart from the fact that it was shown at an exhibit dedicated to the founders of Honda and Sony in the early 2000s.

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Sources:
playstation.fandom.com/wiki/TV_Game_Machine
ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/videogames/sonyprototype/detail.html
ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/hyperlink/setframe_never1.html
reddit.com/r/retrogaming/s/VlYHz3o9ee
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Ibuka
videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/143482267565/the-first-known-video-game-console-sony-worked-on
kotaku.com/sony-never-released-this-1970s-console-prototype-1773548912
famitsu.com/guc/blog/tvgame/11170.html
famitsu.com/guc/blog/tvgame/10957.html
museum.city.fukuoka.jp/archives/exhibition/2004/20040403_honda
gijyutu.com/ohki/tanken/tanken2002/honda-sony/honda-sony.htm

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