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Magnavox - Odyssey 200
Sold by: Magnavox (US) and Philips (EU), 1975
Produced by: Magnavox (US) and Philips (EU)
Chips: Analog design + Texas Instruments chips

Specifications

ON/OFF power switch
SELECT GAME switch (A/B/C)
SPEED knob
SCORE board manual & on screen
CHANNEL (3/4) switch inside case
SOUND (on/off) switch inside case
Vertical/Horizontal player paddles
Ball angle control paddles
Black & White support
Port for power supply
PAL TV support
DC 9 volt or 6 x 1,5v "C" batteries

Games

Tennis
Hockey
Smash (like Soccer)

English

The Odyssey 200 is a video game console with 3 variations of Pong and could be played by two or four players, it is the first system to offer this feature. Using a few extra chips designed by Texas Instruments, the Odyssey 200 was still largely an analog system. It was released in North America in 1975, it was sold by Phillips in Europe. The US Magnavox was a doughter firm of Philips.

On July 29, 2009 Mr. Ralph H. Baer, Inventor of the Home Video Console and the Odyssey signed our Odyssey 200 in Berlin.

Six paddles were hardwired into the console (three for each player). The Odyssey 200 also featured a Scoreboard on the front of the system and on-screen scoring using small rectangles that moved to the right as the scores advanced. It ran on batteries (you need to open the console to add the batteries) or a 9 volt adapter plug. Also some adjustments can be done internal on the mainboard like sound on/off or the screen adjusting.

Deutsch

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Museums Collection

Our collection includes: Philips console in original shipping box.
The console is tested, the controllers work reliable.

Any informations, inputs, contributions, descriptions or anything related to this Pong console will be greatly appreciated! We are looking for a original U.S. Magnavox Odyssey 200. Please contact us.

Please donate your old Pong. You will be mentioned on the museum´s page as the system donator. We power up all our Pong consoles from time to time to keep it in working order.

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