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title	categories	origins	years	cpus	params
MAGNAVOX Odyssey 2000	Pongs	U.S.A.	1977	General Instruments AY-3-8500	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread links related oc_id source Odyssey 2000 /media/museum/photos/magnavox_odyssey2000_1.jpg /companies/magnavox MAGNAVOX label value NAME Odyssey 2000 label value MANUFACTURER Magnavox label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1977 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Tennis, Smash, Hockey, Practice label value KEYBOARD two built-in knobs label value CPU General Instruments AY-3-8500 label value SPEED None label value CO-PROCESSOR game selection, skill level (PRO/AM), power/reset label value RAM On screen label value COLORS Black & white label value SOUND Built-in speaker label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS RF TV video output label value OS 6 ''C'' batteries label value POWER SUPPLY External power supply (9v) label value PERIPHERALS No label value PRICE Unknown links 1249 title url text www.atariarchives.org http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc2/showpage.php?page=278 This excellent web site has a scan of an old article about some Odyssey systems title url text www.pong-story.com http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey_other.htm Odyssey dedicated page. Excellent website. /museum/magnavox-odyssey-100 /museum/magnavox-odyssey-200 /museum/magnavox-odyssey-300 /museum/magnavox-odyssey-400 /museum/magnavox-odyssey-500 1284 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152921/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1284 2023-06-13

The Odyssey 2000, released in 1977, is almost an Odyssey 300 with one more game (practice, for one player).

In fact, and as opposed to previous Magnavox Odyssey systems (except the Odyssey 300), the Odyssey 2000 uses the famous AY-3-8500 chipset from General Instruments. This chip offers 4 black & white pong games: Tennis, Hockey, squash (here called Smash) and Practice (squash for 1 player).