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title: MAGNAVOX Odyssey 300
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1976'
cpus:
- General Instruments AY-3-8500
params:
name: Odyssey 300
image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey300_1s.jpg
logo: /media/museum/logos/magnavox_odyssey300_logo.gif
company: /companies/magnavox
company_name: MAGNAVOX
specs:
- label: NAME
value: Odyssey 300
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Magnavox
- label: ORIGIN
value: U.S.A.
- label: YEAR
value: '1976'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: Tennis, Smash, Hockey
- label: KEYBOARD
value: two built-in knobs
- label: CPU
value: General Instruments AY-3-8500
- label: SPEED
value: None
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: game selection, skill level (1, 2 or 3), power/reset
- label: RAM
value: On screen
- label: COLORS
value: Black & white
- label: SOUND
value: Built-in speaker
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: Unknown
- label: I/O PORTS
value: RF TV video output
- label: OS
value: 6 ''C'' batteries
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: External power supply (9v)
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: 'No'
- label: PRICE
value: 69$ (USA, 1977)
tabs:
- photos
- software
- links
- docs
forum_thread: 1246
photos:
- title: ODYSSEY 300
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey300_1.jpg
- title: FUNCTION SCHEME
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/magnavoc_odyssey300_sketch.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 300 - INSTALLATION AND GAME RULES
url: null
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/magnavox_odyssey300_manual_cover.jpg
text: |-
**ODYSSEY 300 - INSTALLATION AND GAME RULES**\
written by Magnavox
 compiled/archived by Olivier Boisseau\
 type of document : PDF\
 size : 1.6 MB\
 source : www.old-computers.com
related:
- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-100
- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-200
- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-2000
- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-400
- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-500
software:
- /software/hockey-621
- /software/smash-619
- /software/tennis-620
oc_id: 1281
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011037/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1281
date: '2023-06-14'
---
After both Atari and Magnavox released their first pong systems ([Odyssey 100](/museum/magnavox-odyssey-100/), [Odyssey 200](/museum/magnavox-odyssey-200/), [Pong](/museum/sears-pong-model-25796/)) in 1975, Magnavox continued with the Odyssey 300 in 1976, which was one of the first system to use a single game chip containing the major circuitry of a PONG system. This system was Magnavox' answer to [Coleco Telstar](/museum/coleco-telstar/), the first game to use the GI AY-3-8500 chip.
From the manual:\
"Odyssey 300 literally turns your TV screen into a challenging electronic playground, and it attaches to any size or brand... black and white or color.\
Odyssey 300 features games of Hockey, Tennis and Smash, and as an extra challenge has switchable skill levels of Novice, Intermediate and Expert which automatically adjusts the player size, speed of the ball and deflection of the ball."