Odyssey²

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The Odyssey2 was Magnavox's successor to the Odyssey. Unlike the Odyssey, and like later consoles such as the Atari 2600, it had a CPU, and was fully programmable. It was released in 1978, after the 2600, and was technically inferior to it. The Odyssey2 had a couple of unique features, though: a keyboard, making it somewhere between a console and a computer, and a speech synthesis unit.

Known outside the United States as the Philips Videopac G7000 or the Philips Odyssey.


Specifications

Processors

  • CPU: Intel 8048, 5.37 MHz
  • Graphics and sound: Intel 8244

Memory

  • 64 bytes system RAM
  • 128 bytes audio/video RAM

Display

  • 160×200 resolution
  • 16 colors
  • Four sprites

Sound

  • Noise generator
  • Speech synthesis unit available

Games

  • Atlantis
  • Demon Attack
  • Frogger
  • K. C. Munchkin!—a game just enough like the original Pac-Man that Atari sued to get it off the market
  • K.C.'s Krazy Chase!
  • The Master Strategy series, board/video game hybrids
    • Conquest Of The World
    • Quest For The Rings!
    • The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt
  • Popeye
  • Q*bert
  • Super Cobra