Saturday, March 12, 2011

The Unique Concept Of The Odyssey II

The Magnavox Odyssey II was released in 1978 to compete with the Atari VCS. Although the system had relative success, it was nowhere near the success as the VCS.  Here are some notable features and unique points.
  • All first party games for the system ended in a “!”.
  • The Odyssey II was known as the Phillips Video pac G7000
  • The console was designed with a flat keyboard to fool people into thinking it had the capibilities of a computer.
  • It has an innovative speech synthesis unit
  • A rare European version had a built in monitor
  • Unlike the Atari VCS, The Odyssey II featured flicker-free graphics. This was a weakness that hurt Atari on the game Pacman.
  • It was the first video game system that marketed itself as a educational tool and a game system.

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