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title: MAGNAVOX Odyssey 200
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categories:
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- Pongs
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origins:
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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1975'
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cpus:
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- discrete components
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params:
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name: Odyssey 200
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image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey200_2s.jpg
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logo: /media/museum/logos/magnavox_odyssey200_logo.gif
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company: /companies/magnavox
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company_name: MAGNAVOX
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Odyssey 200
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Magnavox
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1975'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: tennis, hockey, smash
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: 3 knobs for each player (vertical movements, horizontal movements, english effect)
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- label: CPU
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value: discrete components + Texas Instruments chips
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- label: SPEED
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value: none
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: game selection (A, B or C), number of players (2 or 4), channel selection (3 or 4), soundf (ON/OFF), power ON/OFF
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- label: RAM
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value: on screen (small rectangles), on system case (numbered slider)
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- label: COLORS
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value: Black & white
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- label: SOUND
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value: Built-in speaker
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: RF TV video output
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- label: OS
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value: 6 x C cell batteries
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: 9V AC external PSU
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: 'no'
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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- software
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- links
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- docs
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forum_thread: 1236
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photos:
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- title: ODYSSEY 200
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to [www.pong-story.com](http://www.pong-story.com) for this picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey200_2.jpg
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- title: PHILIPS ODYSSEY 200
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subtitle: ''
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text: This is the Philips model released in Europe.
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image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey200_1.jpg
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- title: BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey200_box_1.jpg
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adverts:
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- title: GERMAN ADVERT
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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German advert for the Philips Odyssey 200 model.
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Thanks to [Dieter Koening](http://www.dieterkoenig.at/ccc/) for this picture
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image: /media/museum/pubs/magnavox_odyssey200_german-pub_1.jpg
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links:
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- title: www.atariarchives.org
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url: http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc2/showpage.php?page=278
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text: This excellent web site has a scan of an old article about some Odyssey systems
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- title: www.pong-story.com
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url: http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey_other.htm
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text: Odyssey dedicated page. Excellent website.
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docs:
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- title: ODYSSEY 200 USER MANUAL
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url: null
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/odyssey200_manual.jpg
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text: |-
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**ODYSSEY 200 USER MANUAL**\
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written by Magnavox
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compiled/archived by Unknown\
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type of document : ZIP\
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size : 200 KB\
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source : www.old-computers.com
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related:
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- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-100
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- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-2000
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- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-300
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- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-400
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- /museum/magnavox-odyssey-500
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software:
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- /software/hockey-389
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- /software/smash
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- /software/tennis-388
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oc_id: 1270
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011041/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1270
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date: '2023-06-14'
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---
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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.
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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).
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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)
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