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Philips Odyssey 2001	Pongs	Netherlands	1977	National Semiconductor MM-57105-N	name company company_name specs tabs photos screenshots comments oc_id source Odyssey 2001 /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 title subtitle text image FRONT null title subtitle text image INSIDE null title subtitle text image BOX null title subtitle text image BOX #2 null title subtitle text image DOCUMENTATION null title subtitle text image BUILT-IN GAMES Tennis, Hockey & Squash null author date text Beetle Bailey (DK) Sunday 24th November 2019 My Odyssey has the original supply (marked Philips) , but it is also marked as an 18,6 Vdc supply and unloaded the voltage is a wooping 32Vdc ! Good thing there is an internal LM342 regulator but when that pops....well..... author date text Scott Elliott (Oregon, USA) Tuesday 23rd May 2017 Here are a few subtle bonus features of this system, thanks to the National Semiconductor chip:\ - To change the paddle size, move your paddle off the playfield and press the reset button. Each player can independently choose from 3 paddle sizes.\ - When it is your turn to serve, the ball will be served from the location of your paddle.\ - To pause a match between balls, move your paddle off the screen when it is your turn to serve. The game will wait until your paddle returns to the playfield. author date text ronnie Sunday 23rd January 2011 i bought one last year for 4 euros author date text Nick Tuesday 13rd July 2010 How much is this odyssey 2001 worth ? 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.