Odyssey

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Designer	Magnavox
Manufacturer	Magnavox
Distributor	Magnavox, Philips
CPU	Various
Graphics	Color and monochrome
Memory	N/A
Media	Integrated circuits
Released	JP: 1972-1978
Added to Museum	Not yet

The Odyssey series included systems which were the first video game consoles released by Magnavox and its then-parent company Philips.

Each device contains one or more dedicated games. None of the five systems use ROM cartridges.

They each are ball-and-paddle video game consoles.

The Odyssey consoles were succeeded by the Odyssey².

Distribution

The Odyssey consoles were marketed under the Magnavox name in North America and under the Philips brand in Europe.

Odyssey consoles

Image	Title	Chipset	Release	Notes
	Magnavox Odyssey	discrete components	1972	Eleven game cards were available as well as one that was cancelled and reproduced for the aftermarket. The cards did not contain integrated circuitry or read-only memory. They acted as jumpers to connect to internal components of the console. Unlike later consoles, it was constructed using discrete components like transistors, resistors, and capacitors.
	Magnavox Odyssey 100	SN 94025N SN 94026N SN 94027N SN 94028N	1975	Created after Philips purchased Magnavox in 1974. It was a simplified version of the original Odyssey with built-in controls that contained only tennis and hockey with no onscreen scoring.
	Magnavox Odyssey 200 Philips Odyssey 200	SN 94025N SN 94026N SN 94027N SN 94028N SN 94029N SN 94030N	1975	Used two additional Texas Instruments integrated circuits in addition to the four in the Odyssey 100. It contained hockey, squash, and tennis. It was one of the first console to have support for up to four players. Had a non-numerical system of scoring that had a white rectangle move one space to the right each time a player scored a point. Released under the Philips brand in Europe.
	Magnavox Odyssey 300	AY-3-8500	1976	Contained hockey, squash, and tennis. However, due to the use of the General Instruments AY-3-8500, the gameplay was closer to Atari Pong. It had two built in controllers.
	Magnavox Odyssey 400	SN 94025N SN 94026N SN 94027N SN 94028N SN 94029N SN 94030N SN 76460N	1976	It contained hockey, squash, and tennis. It had support for up to four players. Had an additional TI integrated circuit for on-screen scoring compared to the Odyssey 200.
	Magnavox Odyssey 500	SN 94025N SN 94026N SN 94027N SN 94028N SN 94029N SN 94030N SN 94069N SN 94092N SN 94093N SN 94192N	1976	It contained hockey, soccer, squash, and tennis. It had support for up to four players. Had an TI integrated circuits for color, scoring, and sprites in place of the paddles.
	Magnavox Odyssey 4305	AY-3-8500	1977	Contained a Magnavox 300 with hockey, squash, and tennis inside of a 19-inch T991 television chassis. It had two wired game controllers which each contained a button and a paddle.
	Magnavox Odyssey 2000	AY-3-8500	1977	It contained hockey, squash, and tennis. It also had a one-player practice mode for squash.
	Philips Odyssey 2000	AY-3-8500	1977	It contained hockey, squash, and tennis. It also had a one-player practice mode for squash. The Philips version of the Odyssey 2000, released in Europe, had smaller knobs on its embedded controllers than its Magnavox counterpart.
	Magnavox Odyssey 3000	AY-3-8500	1977	It contained hockey, squash, and tennis. It also had a one-player practice mode for squash. The case has been redesigned to more closely match the industry standard.
	Magnavox Odyssey 4000	AY-3-8500	1977	It contained basketball, gridball, hockey, soccer, squash, and tennis. It also had a one-player practice mode for basketball and squash. It had two controllers that could be connected to the unit.
	Philips Odyssey 2001	MM 57105N	1977	It contained hockey, squash, and tennis. It was released under the Philips brand in Europe. It used the Magnavox Odyssey 4000 design, but had two paddles that could be connected to the unit in place of controllers.
	Philips Odyssey 2100	MM 57186N	1978	It contained flipper, football, handball, hockey, tennis, and Wipe-Out (Breakout). It was released under the Philips brand in Europe. It used the Magnavox Odyssey 2100 design with a darker color scheme.
	Magnavox Odyssey 5000	MM 57106 CR861	Unreleased	An unreleased prototype that would have used IC chips including National Semiconductor MM 571068, the unreleased US version of the MM 57186, and the unreleased Signetics CR861, also known as MUGS-1. It would have included basketball, helicopter, hockey, knockout, tank, tennis, and volleyball as well as a one-player practice mode for each. A display would have displayed the current game being played. Although it was canceled, its development led to the design of the Magnavox Odyssey².