---
title: MAGNAVOX Odyssey 200
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1975'
cpus:
- discrete components
params:
  name: Odyssey 200
  image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey200_2s.jpg
  logo: /media/museum/logos/magnavox_odyssey200_logo.gif
  company: /companies/magnavox
  company_name: MAGNAVOX
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Odyssey 200
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Magnavox
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: U.S.A.
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1975'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: tennis, hockey, smash
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: 3 knobs for each player (vertical movements, horizontal movements, english effect)
  - label: CPU
    value: discrete components + Texas Instruments chips
  - label: SPEED
    value: none
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: game selection (A, B or C), number of players (2 or 4), channel selection (3 or 4), soundf (ON/OFF), power ON/OFF
  - label: RAM
    value: on screen (small rectangles), on system case (numbered slider)
  - label: COLORS
    value: Black & white
  - label: SOUND
    value: Built-in speaker
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output
  - label: OS
    value: 6 x C cell batteries
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: 9V AC external PSU
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'no'
  tabs:
  - photos
  - adverts
  - software
  - links
  - docs
  forum_thread: 1236
  photos:
  - title: ODYSSEY 200
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [www.pong-story.com](http://www.pong-story.com) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey200_2.jpg
  - title: PHILIPS ODYSSEY 200
    subtitle: ''
    text: This is the Philips model released in Europe.
    image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey200_1.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey200_box_1.jpg
  adverts:
  - title: GERMAN ADVERT
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      German advert for the Philips Odyssey 200 model.

      Thanks to [Dieter Koening](http://www.dieterkoenig.at/ccc/) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/pubs/magnavox_odyssey200_german-pub_1.jpg
  links:
  - title: www.atariarchives.org
    url: http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc2/showpage.php?page=278
    text: This excellent web site has a scan of an old article about some Odyssey systems
  - title: www.pong-story.com
    url: http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey_other.htm
    text: Odyssey dedicated page. Excellent website.
  docs:
  - title: ODYSSEY 200 USER MANUAL
    url: null
    cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/odyssey200_manual.jpg
    text: |-
      **ODYSSEY 200 USER MANUAL**\
      written by Magnavox

       compiled/archived by Unknown\
       type of document : ZIP\
       size : 200 KB\
       source : www.old-computers.com
  related:
  - /museum/magnavox-odyssey-100
  - /museum/magnavox-odyssey-2000
  - /museum/magnavox-odyssey-300
  - /museum/magnavox-odyssey-400
  - /museum/magnavox-odyssey-500
  software:
  - /software/hockey-389
  - /software/smash
  - /software/tennis-388
  oc_id: 1270
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011041/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1270
    date: '2023-06-14'
---

In 1975, Magnavox released an improved version of the Odyssey 100: the Odyssey 200. It was same as the Odyssey 100 but with two additional chips from Texas Instruments, which added a third game called SMASH and some on-screen scoring.

The Odyssey 200 could be played by two or four players (first system to offer this feature), and displayed very basic on-screen scoring using small rectangles (it still had the two plastic cursors to record the scores). Each time a player marked a point, his white rectangle would shift on the right. The winner was obviously the first whose rectangle would reach the rightmost position on the screen (15 points).

Although the scores were not yet digital, the Odyssey 200 remained more advanced than the first home version of Atari PONG because it played three different games for two or four players.

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Source: [www.pong-story.com](http://www.pong-story.com)