---
title: Philips Odyssey 2100
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- Netherlands
years:
- '1978'
cpus:
- National Semiconductor MM-57186-M
params:
  name: Odyssey 2100
  image: /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey2100.jpg
  company: /companies/philips
  company_name: Philips
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Odyssey 2100
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Philips
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Netherlands
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1978'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Wipe-out, Pinball, Tennis, Football (soccer), Handball, Ice Hockey
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: 2 controllers with knob and button
  - label: CPU
    value: National Semiconductor MM-57186-M
  - label: SPEED
    value: None
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: None
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen
  - label: COLORS
    value: 'Yes'
  - label: SOUND
    value: Through TV speaker
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output (UHF)
  - label: OS
    value: 'No'
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: 9v DC
  tabs:
  - photos
  - links
  photos:
  - title: ODYSSEY 2100
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey-2100_2.jpg
  - title: WITH BOX & MANUAL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey-2100_3.jpg
  - title: INSIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey2100_inside.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey2100_box.jpg
  links:
  - title: PONG-STORY.COM
    url: http://www.pong-story.com/ody2100.htm
    text: Pong-Story has a nice page about the Odyssey 2100
  oc_id: 714
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011045/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=714
    date: '2023-06-14'
---

This one was available shortly after the [Odyssey 2001](/museum/philips-odyssey-2001/) pong system. Based upon the same principles it offers more game thanks to a new chipset. As its little brother, the Odyssey 2100 had no equivalent system in the USA under the Magnavox brand. The most related system was the Odyssey 4000...

The National Semiconductor MM-57186-N chipset can play 6 different colour games with variations, resulting in a total of 23 available games. The six games are Football (soccer), Ice Hockey, Tennis, Handball, Wipe-Out and Pinball. Wipe-out (7 variations) is a breakout game where you have to destroy all the squares on the screen. Flipper (7 variations) is a kind of pinball game where the ball bumps onto little squares spread on the screen. It looks more like a typical pong game than a real pinball game. The other games (Tennis, Handball, Hockey, Football) have 2 variations each. Most games are for two players.

There are absolutely no button or switch on this system, all settings are made with the two buttons on the controllers. One button is used to cycle through games while the other one resets the game. These paddles are very similar to those of the later Odyssey²/Videopac systems, except that they have knobs instead of sticks.

Once opened, there is nearly nothing inside! The tiny mother board leaves the case almost empty.