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Magnavox Odyssey |
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Magnavox Odyssey |
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After the rejection by the military of Raplh Baer's idea, Baer would spend several years covertly trying to obtain the legal rights to commercially reproduce the game machine he helped design at Sanders Associates in 1966. Eventually the
Pentagon became
disinterested in the "TV Game" project, and Baer was allowed
Then in 1970 Bill
Enders,
who had been a part of the RCA negotiating team, joined Magnavox
and
The Odyssey had
over three
hundred seperate parts. It came with hand controls, dice, playing
cards,
While it could
not compete
with the Pong units that would be released soon after, the Odyssey
did
The real cause
for the popularity
of the Pong units over the Odyssey was not because of the
marketing
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| Christopher
Nesbitt drbambam5@hotmail.com
on Monday, June 11, 2001 at 11:57:22
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes I have an orignal oddessey my father game to me. I use to play it all the time especially games like miner 49er and other games I still have it in the suit case box it came in also. I have lots of the games and it all still works. My question is how much do people pay for the oddeseys in very good condition and the games , joysticks, etc. I'm just trying to see how much they are worth now a days. Do you know any web sites that sell them or any of them games. If so please email me this information. Thank You. Sincerley, A new classic video game collector --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Josh Brown
tr_jbrown@treca.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have an old Odyssey and I can e-mail you a pic if you want. Well here is what I know: It was released
in 1972 for
a retail price of $99.99. Frank Sinatra showed the system to the public
in 1973. Magnavox only sold 100,000 units and then discontinued it. The
Odyssey came packaged with the core
Well, if you have any questions regarding this item let me know. My Odyssey is one of about 10 that I know to exist and one of about 4 that are completed with everything. All of my information was gathered into my memory about a year ago and I know not of who some of it can be credited. Sincerely,
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| Hardy htom@gmx.net
on Saturday, April 14, 2001 at 09:04:14
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I own a odyssey-console, but made by philips, who knows something about that??? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Kevin
Sullivan sullivan.k.l@worldnet.att.net
on Monday, March 26, 2001 at 20:26:40
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently, I found my magnavox games in the cellar of my parents home. As I recall, I had trouble with the controller back in 1972, and sent it back to magnavox. I do still have unopened games. I'll have to look again to see which ones they are (one was wipeout, another was football). All the accessories are in the boxes. Are they a collectors item without the controller? Also, thanks for
the memories
- I am familiar with the Sanders story, as I worked there as a tech
writer
in the early eighties.
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| Jt august starsabre@att.net
on Sunday, February 27, 2000 at 00:16:13
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The way games were changed on the system is not entirely complete in the above text. While the overlays must be put on the screen by the player (held in place with a few drops of water on the side that contacts the TV screen), a wafer card must also be plugged in. This card effectively alters the internal wiring of the machine so that the ICs inside it interact differently, producing varied output on the screen. The machine produces no sounds and the video signal is white blocks and/or bars; no colour or shades of gray. Rules and scoring
for all
games are handled by the players. This allows for players to
cheat,
and from
A few accessory
game packages
were sold for the system. Some included additional game cards
forthe
machine, others only provided screen overlays and table top
pieces.
The best known of these packages
In some
collectors circles,
it is suspected that less than 5,000 Odysseys still exist of the
original
100,000
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| Mike B. on
Saturday,
January 15, 2000 at 10:47:44
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'd just like to comment that I own one of the Magnovox Odyssey's. It's still in perfect condition and to this day is entertaining to look back and see how it all started. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |