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title, categories, origins, years, cpus, params

title	categories	origins	years	cpus	params
Philips Odyssey 2001	Pongs	Netherlands	1977	National Semiconductor MM-57105-N	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos screenshots oc_id source Odyssey 2001 /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey2001.jpg /companies/philips Philips label value NAME Odyssey 2001 label value MANUFACTURER Philips label value ORIGIN Netherlands label value YEAR 1977 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Hockey, Tennis, Squash label value KEYBOARD 2 controllers with knob and one button label value CPU National Semiconductor MM-57105-N label value SPEED No label value CO-PROCESSOR No label value RAM On screen label value COLORS Yes label value SOUND through TV speaker label value I/O PORTS RF TV video output (VHF channel 3) label value OS No label value POWER SUPPLY 9v DC photos software 696 title subtitle text image FRONT /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey-2001_front_1.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey2001_inside.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey2001_box.jpg title subtitle text image BOX #2 /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey-2001_box_2.jpg title subtitle text image DOCUMENTATION /media/museum/photos/philips_odyssey2001_doc.jpg title subtitle text image BUILT-IN GAMES Tennis, Hockey & Squash /media/museum/software/philips_odyssey2001_ss.jpg 713 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152940/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=713 2023-06-13

This is an exclusive european version derived from Magnavox pong systems (the Magnavox Odyssey 4000 has the same case), as Philips owned Magnavox at this time. It offers three games in color (Tennis, Hockeu & Squash) via a National Semiconductor chip. There are 6 game variations, automatic speed adjustment and the active player gets highlighted.

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 select a game 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.