| Sale Date ▲ ▼ Title ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼ Price | 2020-03-08 VINTAGE 1972 MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY 1TL200 GAMING SYSTEM TV CONSOLE GAME SYSTEM IN BOX $350.00 | 2020-03-07 VTG 1972 MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY 1TL200 GAMING SYSTEM TV CONSOLE GAME 7084810 RUN 1 $599.99 |
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Despite its crude controls and somewhat rudimentary design, the Odyssey was expensive, said Zach Horton, an assistant professor of English and media studies at the University of Pittsburgh. The Odyssey cost about $100 when it was released, which would equate to
about $600 now
.
With
approximately 350,000 units sold
, Magnavox Odyssey was not considered a commercial success, especially in comparison with Pong's runaway popularity.
| Magnavox Odyssey 2 and its two wired joystick–based game controllers | Developer Magnavox Philips | Manufacturer Magnavox Philips | Product family Magnavox Odyssey series Philips Odyssey series | Type Home video game console |
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How much is the Odyssey 2 worth?
| Loose Complete New | $68.50 $198.84 $199.99 | volume: 2 sales per month 4 sales per year 1 sale per year | Graded Box Manual | N/A $76.55 $47.84 |
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Although there was continued customer demand for the console, Magnavox discontinued production of the Odyssey in fall 1975. Rising inflation had raised the manufacturing cost of the system to Magnavox from roughly US$37 to US$47, and
Magnavox was unable to raise the retail price to match
.
| List Price: $139.95 Details | You Save: $40.00 (29%) |
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Will there be Mario Odyssey 2?
While
there's been no official confirmation of a sequel to
Super Mario Odyssey just yet, Nintendo working on a follow-up entry for their biggest franchise is practically guaranteed.
What was the first video game ever made?
In October 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a
very simple tennis game
, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong, and it was quite a hit at a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house.
The GPU of this set-top box was able to display
482 colors
simultaneously. The games were on cartridges and on compact disks, which could be played with an additional CD-drive.
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The Odyssey proved a commercial failure, but
its use of interchangeable cartridges
paved the way for systems like the Atari 2600 (1977) and the Nintendo Entertainment System (1983), which drew players out of arcades and back to the comforts of home.
The console came with twelve (12) games:
Analogic, Cat & Mouse, Football, Haunted House, Hockey, Roulette
, Simon Says, Skiing, States, Submarine, Table Tennis (ping pong) and Tennis. Additionally, a coupon for a free game (Percepts) was also part of the package.
How much is the odyssey game console worth?
| Sale Date ▲ ▼ Title ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼ Price | 2020-05-15 Vintage 1972 Magnavox Odyssey 1TL200 Gaming System Tv Console Game 1st. Run $475.00 | 2020-05-11 VTG 1972 MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY 1TL200 GAMING SYSTEM TV CONSOLE GAME 7084810 RUN 1 $449.99 |
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The Odyssey 2 hosted more games that the Odyssey, too. Magnavox produced
just over 50 titles
for the machine, including the Pac-Man clone KC Munchkin, one of the system's top-sellers.
