thats it im keeping my ps3 till i become 40 years old and im going to post it on youtube and kids are going to be like "woah how could they play on that shit" xD
Just found one in a attic yesterday. Its the tail end of the run 1975. They changed the plastic of the late models and turned yellow. What serial # is yours?
do you know of any other ac adapters that would work with the odyssey. i got one for Christmas and it didn't come with an ac adapter so i have no idea if it works or not.
wow almost 40 years and still works perfect my original ps2 did not last 3 years then I had to get the ps2 slim version back in 2006 witch is still ticking. And I still have my snes and I had it sence 92 about and the only thing that had to get fixed was my plug after I got that fixed its still runing perfectly today.
Awesome! Our first pong game was made by AMF (of bowling fame) and that had to be '75 or '76. I love those funky big controllers on the Odyssey! Give that to a kid today with those huge television overlays! Have fun!
Its sad that alot of electronic companies no longer build things to last. it's like technology is moving so fast that the creators of mobile phones and especially games consoles just build a product as quickly as they can before the product gets outdated. I mean this system was built almost 40 YEARS AGO!!!!!! and it can still work unlike the xbox 360 and ps3 which usually last 2-4 years.
The most reliable console i've owned is the Nintendo Gamecube.
Bare in mind this is 1973, at this point you've NEVER seen anything like this before, someone controlling flickering lights on your TV was hot shit at the time.
Just loving these videos of the super-ancient systems. And it definitely is amazing how these older systems can still work well 30 or even 40 years down the line, compared to the flimsy plastic systems of today. It's the old school, sadly lost attention to production quality and materials.
It was not nintendo releasing a similiar gamebut there was this game called "tennis for two" that was a different looking game but it was a Tennis game and it was available in a lybrary. Those people made the game themselves. Probably the only interesting games on Magnavox were the Tennis Game and the SHooting game but to be true shooting at a dot is kinda stupid today but back then it was interesting. Specially for kids.
i agree with AVGN this system is complete shit. I am an avid video game collector but NO ONE on this planet should buy this system now a days and play it. Honestly youd be better off laying with rocks. this thing is a POS and its ok for collection purposes but if anyone plays this thing they have NO life.
Am I the only one that finds these inane comments about the performance of older consoles and computers annoying? Yes a C64 has tiny amount of RAM when comared to your MacBook. Yes a Magnavox can't play blu-rays like your PS3. Yes an Atari 2600 is missing the 3G/Wi-fi capabilities of your iPad 2. The sarcastic comments just aren't funny. They are moronic and ridiculous.
@SuperCrankyGuy just for your knowledge, i still play with my nintedo 64 and i love to make my old pentium II based pc run linux 26, and you mentioned three piece of hardware I don't own and i'm not plannig to buy. And I hate apple. so, please, before crackin into hysterical complaints because you got sand in your pussy, think about what you're sayin, you dumbass.
Hey gamester81, Does the Magnavox Odyssey work with only tubed TVs or did someone make an adapter so I can play it on a Coaxial TV... well of course for tvs 18" to 25" .
@scrapdog63 The Magnavox odyssey can work on any TV with a coax adapter, I think that the only thing that will not work with a flat screen is the gun though I know for all light guns this is true, the Magnavox light gun may work anyways though I never tested it so i can't say for sure.
I have a Magnavox Odyssey that displays just the dots and ball on the screen but the ball goes through both players when I try to play Game Cart #1. Does anyone know what the problem is with the collision detection?
@AwwC00L I was only joking around, I just thought it was funny that a console that pre-dates rom cartridges has survived longer than a modern HD console with online gaming etc.
@pkm100 yes it does. they still die just as often as any other 360. microsoft was right about them not haveing the red ring problem anymore....they now just have a red light instead, so technically they didnt lie as they never said "we have fixed the problems" only "it will no loner get the red ring of death."
You probably just a fanboy, all the stats on internet, reviews say that xbox slims is way better and doesnt brake a lot as wel as players i hear a lot less complains now since slim came out, dude both of the consoles are good, i was just saying, i dont know why you took it as an attack on ps3 or something.
@pkm100 not a fanboy,i cant stand them.i did months of research before buying my ps3,and i bought it simply because i thought it was a better system and had much better reviews and stats than the 360.
and i quoted exactly what microsoft said at the slim's release,or possibly at E3 when it came out,not quite sure,but i have seen the new ones die just like the old ones.i have friends that go through 360s at least once a year and others with launch ps3s with no problems.and learn to spell break
oh ok then, but two of my friends have slim and it it always works and the reviews i read said thats its way better then the arcade one or whatever was the first one, i have a jasper and im just really happy with it, lots of my friends have ps3, ps1 was just magic when i was a child but Sony has no Franchises now, if there was still Crash bandicoot like the one on ps1 i would possibly choose ps3 XD
It's the first HOME videogame system. In 1971, the future founders of Atari released the first ever Arcade system called Computer Space, which was based off the 1962 game Spacewar.
Thanks mate all your videos are helping me because im currently doing a college games development course. Hopefully you can help me get a distiction. thank you.
@NejiHyuga900 Are YOU serious? GBS SP is fairly recent, and common, and has few people that really still want one. This system is old, rare, and is reasonably large demand by collectors. That's why is costs much more than a GBA SP. How powerful a system is has nothing to do with value, and when a system is 5-8 years old is when it's at it's least valuable, since it's obsolete but not retro either.
I'm hoping you could help me, have you any idea what the console was that was around just before the Sega Master System? I remember on the TV screen the graphics were simple, and the controls were a simple joystick. we had a game were you had a wee horse and you jumped over "hedges" the sound effects were simple, you could hear a horse running If I'm right the Horse and hedge was all blue and was in 2D,On a rolling screen do U no what this was? it was Before we moved house in 1992!
@PhilipK100 Well the Sega Master system was in 1986, an earlier sega system was the sg-1000 though your system might be the Atari 2600 unless it had a key pad too, then it might be the colecovision.
@cicifire345 NEVER!!!!!!!!!!NES was one of the "newer ones".The grandfather was fucking PONG! it was nearly the same as the tennis game from the odyssey. -.-
@gameboy3800 good luck in your search. These suckers are rare ! Have you checked Ebay lately ? I could have swore I saw one in there a couple of days back.
@gameboy3800 I believe it is. But Upon closer inspection I believe it was modded for updated televisions. But I did see another one complete for about $300.00 starting bid. If you do get it Please make a video so We can see your find :D Good luck :)
@wingnut4427 once i can get enough $ i'll defiantly get one. and i post a vid about all my new systems. so u can cound on me 2 post one of the oddyessy.
This is a great video. I was simply interested in the history of console games and was fed up with the bull that I was getting with the video game nerd among others. (It doesn't help that Google shoves him on every single game search you do. I wish you could have an 'ignore' list for people like him when you search.)
I am very interested in seeing the games run with and without the overlays, just a more in depth look at the games them selves. (without trying to be funny, just factual)
I was at my grandmas house for a family get together and I told them I bought a magnavox odyssey and odyssey rifle for1000 dollars and my cousin (who I love dearly) got upset at me, and said "I think had an odyssey when I was a kid and I put it on the tree lawn", then my dad cuts in and says "your collecting old worn out tree lawn garbage". My uncle tells me he collects coins, and apparently THOSE
will be worth somthing someday. I do live with my parents and im 16. what should I say to them?
And I don't think you can make your relatives understand how important this item is. It's a piece of video game history and the value of rare collectables like this will only go up as time goes by.
Wow, you really took me back with this video. In addition to the screen overlays, the football and roulette boards really took me back to my youth in the 70's. I totally forgot about those. Thank you for a wonderfully nostalgic video.
on the german ebay market there was one that just went over for around 200 euros, which should be around 260 dollars I think. these r just collectible items. I mean nobody ever wants to play with those. I enjoy playing the SNES even in 2010, but this (I've seen the irate gamer review of this consol and the games) and it surely is no fun. but the tv overlay idea was genious in my opinion
yes my mom told me that she couldn't afford 1 of these but she got me 1 for christmas my favorite game is tennis its so fun i think i had the best christmas ever than anybody
In the 70s, my Grandma would get the latest toys for us kids to play while the parents sat around and drank wine. She had the Odyssey that had the handle integrated into the game cartridge. It was about the same time the Atari 2600's became popular. I seem to remember the Odyssey having better graphics and sound but the Atari had BETTER games. Way cool video Gamestar81!
My Dad said he had one of these when he was a kid, when the static electricity didn't hold the overlays on, they had to use tape. I wish it was still around : ]
The games were supposed to work with TV screen covers that stuck with static, but they'd peel off mid-game. They also had painted borders, but didn't restrict movement so there was always yelling if someone went through a wall. We really tried to get them to work, but they never did. The football game was a joke, even back then, but the light gun was extraordinarily cool, even by today's standards. The only fun games were shooting and pong w/english. I post a reply...
The games were all designed as variations on pong. Two squares. So if two squares hit a ball, it was called pong. In Cat-n-Mouse If the Mouse-Square, got touched by the Cat-Square then it would disappear. The TV covers showed you a maze in a house to the cheese, you'd have to steer the squares through the maze to stop the mouse or to get the cheese, but there was actually nothing to stop you from going through the walls. You were just on your honor.
I had a system like this in say 84, 85 when I was 3 or 4 it was called Odyssey or Apollo 2001 something like that. It was shaped like a boomerang had a selector knob in the middle for the game you wanted to play and a slider on each side as a control. I looked it up once and it said it was made by Magnavox. Guessing the next model up from yours. Back in 84 it was old cause the kid downstairs had Atari and he had no idea wtf system I had. Think my aunt uncle bought it in the late 70's.
Yeah there were a number of "Pong Clones" released after this that were also went by the name of Odyssey. They are different than this since the games were built in, and the controls were built into the system.
Cool thanks for the request. I might do the Odyssey 2 soon. The other ones are just pong clones and not that interesting to be honest. I might do a vid on those eventually.
anybody know what the first ever game system was?
MegaSlickdude 1 week ago
"making fun of Odyssey is like making fun of your grandparents " enough said
alaandawod 3 weeks ago
thats it im keeping my ps3 till i become 40 years old and im going to post it on youtube and kids are going to be like "woah how could they play on that shit" xD
DaiN9636 3 weeks ago
Just found one in a attic yesterday. Its the tail end of the run 1975. They changed the plastic of the late models and turned yellow. What serial # is yours?
sundown798 1 month ago
do you know of any other ac adapters that would work with the odyssey. i got one for Christmas and it didn't come with an ac adapter so i have no idea if it works or not.
gagetmorris 2 months ago
1971
Greenday2004 2 months ago
I got one of those for Christmas!
0Supermariofan 2 months ago
buy a xbox 360 slim then lol
TheDrasticKiller 2 months ago
Even if the games seem kinda lame and boring (well from my perspective), gotta give the first game console respect.
Crystasorrow 2 months ago
i bet that once the xbox 360 is as old as that a working one that hasnt been repaired will be the rarest cansole ever
roosteemon 3 months ago
fucking long video and no game at all. 1/10
supdudecunt 3 months ago
"why is it so ASS"
haxor758 4 months ago
@haxor758 What does that even mean?
tomperanteau 4 months ago
wow almost 40 years and still works perfect my original ps2 did not last 3 years then I had to get the ps2 slim version back in 2006 witch is still ticking. And I still have my snes and I had it sence 92 about and the only thing that had to get fixed was my plug after I got that fixed its still runing perfectly today.
cartoonfan29 4 months ago
This works after 40 years and the Xbox can't seam to last more than 1.
CGMArchive1 4 months ago
about to be 40 years old :D
savelijah 5 months ago
cool man its an awesome system i got ome myself in the box hard to get.
retrogamerforlife 5 months ago
Awesome! Our first pong game was made by AMF (of bowling fame) and that had to be '75 or '76. I love those funky big controllers on the Odyssey! Give that to a kid today with those huge television overlays! Have fun!
DickLodge68 5 months ago
high quality my ass lol
sorry i had to say that
legobaxter 6 months ago
Release Date: Aug. 1, 1972
The Odyssesy is three months older than my dad.
themanwiththepan 6 months ago
have you done a review for the 3DO?
giygasisgiegue 7 months ago
Its sad that alot of electronic companies no longer build things to last. it's like technology is moving so fast that the creators of mobile phones and especially games consoles just build a product as quickly as they can before the product gets outdated. I mean this system was built almost 40 YEARS AGO!!!!!! and it can still work unlike the xbox 360 and ps3 which usually last 2-4 years.
The most reliable console i've owned is the Nintendo Gamecube.
Talentz92 7 months ago 7
@Talentz92 Well, there's numerous reasons.
1: The company buys cheaper parts to save on money
2: New consoles have A lot more components and as such, are a lot more fragile.
3: The shorter the life span of your console, the sooner you'll buy another one from them.
SakuraAvalon 7 months ago
good video but the Angry Video Game Nerd is boss. Respect is required.
Yahwehsninja 7 months ago
omg i got one
thedevlinlee 7 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Bare in mind this is 1973, at this point you've NEVER seen anything like this before, someone controlling flickering lights on your TV was hot shit at the time.
MsMrbunbun 7 months ago
Just loving these videos of the super-ancient systems. And it definitely is amazing how these older systems can still work well 30 or even 40 years down the line, compared to the flimsy plastic systems of today. It's the old school, sadly lost attention to production quality and materials.
peterp21 8 months ago
You know a lot about game consoles.
lgarcia783 8 months ago
I wonder if people 37 years ago accidentally hit the reset button a lot ^^
HealingSwordsman 8 months ago
Ps Vita Is 7th generation
omardub15 8 months ago
@omardub15 Its actually eight generation and so is Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
lgarcia783 8 months ago
actually there is one one-player game called Odball which was released in 2009. got to love the homebrew market
Traductus5972 8 months ago
It was not nintendo releasing a similiar gamebut there was this game called "tennis for two" that was a different looking game but it was a Tennis game and it was available in a lybrary. Those people made the game themselves. Probably the only interesting games on Magnavox were the Tennis Game and the SHooting game but to be true shooting at a dot is kinda stupid today but back then it was interesting. Specially for kids.
htdmc2010 8 months ago
The Odyssey is actually a clone of the Brown Box.
vb7200 9 months ago
Is there Halo on this console?
XtremeOwner 9 months ago
i agree with AVGN this system is complete shit. I am an avid video game collector but NO ONE on this planet should buy this system now a days and play it. Honestly youd be better off laying with rocks. this thing is a POS and its ok for collection purposes but if anyone plays this thing they have NO life.
HospitalWaste 9 months ago
does it reads blu ray?
MrLokification 10 months ago
@MrLokification
Am I the only one that finds these inane comments about the performance of older consoles and computers annoying? Yes a C64 has tiny amount of RAM when comared to your MacBook. Yes a Magnavox can't play blu-rays like your PS3. Yes an Atari 2600 is missing the 3G/Wi-fi capabilities of your iPad 2. The sarcastic comments just aren't funny. They are moronic and ridiculous.
SuperCrankyGuy 6 months ago
@SuperCrankyGuy just for your knowledge, i still play with my nintedo 64 and i love to make my old pentium II based pc run linux 26, and you mentioned three piece of hardware I don't own and i'm not plannig to buy. And I hate apple. so, please, before crackin into hysterical complaints because you got sand in your pussy, think about what you're sayin, you dumbass.
MrLokification 6 months ago
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Carlos2006ful 10 months ago
Can you play without overlays?
RamJim9697 10 months ago
Mine works great too... I also have one unit NIB ... So there's two that still work!
scleme316 11 months ago
That console was relased in May 24 1972.
0Supermariofan 11 months ago
That console was relased in May 24 1972
0Supermariofan 11 months ago
I have a magnavox TV in my bedroom, I got it in like 2005 though.
youknowmeordoyou 11 months ago
0:01 - Skip the advertisement :)
Ultranothing 1 year ago
pmsl cuz half ov the consoles on youtube are thinner than the ps3 phat and none ov the consoles ever got viruses LOL
RyanFoster118118 1 year ago
Hey gamester81, Does the Magnavox Odyssey work with only tubed TVs or did someone make an adapter so I can play it on a Coaxial TV... well of course for tvs 18" to 25" .
scrapdog63 1 year ago
@scrapdog63 The Magnavox odyssey can work on any TV with a coax adapter, I think that the only thing that will not work with a flat screen is the gun though I know for all light guns this is true, the Magnavox light gun may work anyways though I never tested it so i can't say for sure.
KingKehra 1 year ago
i just got mine in the mail
Mattbo1000 1 year ago
are there worth any money? cuz i got one only used a few times still in box..
coogipimpnMN 1 year ago
I have one of these with all 1100 games. bought it for a little over a dollar works great
kalloused 1 year ago
I think I just found my favorite youtuber
greasedupgamer 1 year ago
I think its nice to watch a calm gamer that doesnt criticize every game review unlike avgn but avgn is great though.
mortonkoopajr 1 year ago
I have a Magnavox Odyssey that displays just the dots and ball on the screen but the ball goes through both players when I try to play Game Cart #1. Does anyone know what the problem is with the collision detection?
thatsagoodone11 1 year ago
It's brilliant how the first console can last longer than an Xbox 360
eateroftheflame 1 year ago 53
@eateroftheflame and an Xbox 360 can last longer than a Shitstation 3 ;)
TheBL00DAssassin 9 months ago
@TheBL00DAssassin They both die much more than they should. I stay clear of both of them.
eateroftheflame 9 months ago
@eateroftheflame wait 37 years and if there are still xboxes around then you can judge
AwwC00L 7 months ago 16
@AwwC00L I was only joking around, I just thought it was funny that a console that pre-dates rom cartridges has survived longer than a modern HD console with online gaming etc.
eateroftheflame 7 months ago
@AwwC00L Fail...
april76301 7 months ago
@AwwC00L OK. We're all retro here. Except you. So gtfo.
PatchworkParamedic 6 months ago
@AwwC00L
well xbox slim doesnt really brake so i think there will be
pkm100 4 months ago
@pkm100 yes it does. they still die just as often as any other 360. microsoft was right about them not haveing the red ring problem anymore....they now just have a red light instead, so technically they didnt lie as they never said "we have fixed the problems" only "it will no loner get the red ring of death."
nice way to exploit a loophole if you ask me.
TeamHeavyHitters13 4 months ago in playlist More videos from Gamester81
@TeamHeavyHitters13
You probably just a fanboy, all the stats on internet, reviews say that xbox slims is way better and doesnt brake a lot as wel as players i hear a lot less complains now since slim came out, dude both of the consoles are good, i was just saying, i dont know why you took it as an attack on ps3 or something.
pkm100 4 months ago
@pkm100 not a fanboy,i cant stand them.i did months of research before buying my ps3,and i bought it simply because i thought it was a better system and had much better reviews and stats than the 360.
and i quoted exactly what microsoft said at the slim's release,or possibly at E3 when it came out,not quite sure,but i have seen the new ones die just like the old ones.i have friends that go through 360s at least once a year and others with launch ps3s with no problems.and learn to spell break
TeamHeavyHitters13 4 months ago
@TeamHeavyHitters13
oh ok then, but two of my friends have slim and it it always works and the reviews i read said thats its way better then the arcade one or whatever was the first one, i have a jasper and im just really happy with it, lots of my friends have ps3, ps1 was just magic when i was a child but Sony has no Franchises now, if there was still Crash bandicoot like the one on ps1 i would possibly choose ps3 XD
pkm100 4 months ago
@AwwC00L by that time there will still be more magnavox odssey then 360 :P
savelijah 3 months ago
:)
april76301 7 months ago
@eateroftheflame Indeed :D
april76301 7 months ago
That thing is ancient...
naptimewithturtles2 1 year ago
Thumbs up if u want this game
Nasri589 1 year ago
@Nasri589 I am not thumbing up because I'm sick and tired of these type of comments but yes I do want one
pinjimandvakito 1 year ago
i'm pretty sure Simon was not by Mattel, but Milton Bradley
isniffedglue 1 year ago
FUCK YOU. The number 3 was the best game ever!
milkweed93 1 year ago
@milkweed93 hahahahahhahaha took me a sec to understand that
zcxvasdfqwer1234 1 year ago
FUCKING ADS
vidman228 1 year ago
Damn you are the USA Lukemorse1! LOL!!
jillpoo3 1 year ago
odyssey, 360, same thing
swastikaPOWER 1 year ago
OMG 200 CONSOLES!
wow
dantex97 1 year ago
Can you buy and review the AVGN DVD's Volume 1,2, and 3?
wesley12106 1 year ago
who came here because of the AVGN?
blainethomas 1 year ago
hey cool review.
but i have a question:
is that odyssey gun from AVGNs video a joke or serious?
i mean do you have it? does it work? does it exist??
I'd be interested in that.
0M9H4X 1 year ago
It's the first HOME videogame system. In 1971, the future founders of Atari released the first ever Arcade system called Computer Space, which was based off the 1962 game Spacewar.
thatguywithnoname 1 year ago
Can you do a proper review of this, as in, show us some footage of you playing it?
someperson42 1 year ago
Great review!
Thanks for keeping it family friendly too.
"F" bombs are just not necessary.
Tzunamii777 1 year ago
Thanks mate all your videos are helping me because im currently doing a college games development course. Hopefully you can help me get a distiction. thank you.
21Placebo 1 year ago
NEVER SELL DAT THING! if i were u
popbabyface22 1 year ago
had 2 of these and ran them in SLI and it ROX
p3rvertedn1nja 1 year ago
give you $600 for it
juanXDT 1 year ago
@juanXDT lol Are you serious? By now, the Magnavox Odyssey would pretty much cost $30. Maybe less.
NejiHyuga900 1 year ago
@NejiHyuga900 These are worth between $75 and $200 depending on condition and serial number. Some have been known to go for more.
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
@MattTheSaiyan Are you serious? I seen a Game Boy Advance SP that costs $20 at a pawn shop.
NejiHyuga900 1 year ago
@NejiHyuga900 Are YOU serious? GBS SP is fairly recent, and common, and has few people that really still want one. This system is old, rare, and is reasonably large demand by collectors. That's why is costs much more than a GBA SP. How powerful a system is has nothing to do with value, and when a system is 5-8 years old is when it's at it's least valuable, since it's obsolete but not retro either.
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
What no online gaming???????
venom477 1 year ago
@venom477 LOL
WorldChallenge 1 year ago
but we must remember kc munchkin. they lost lots of money on that. and thats why i dislike the system the system
eajoread 1 year ago
why m i so jong?
i wish i was born in that time
i was born in 1989 and my first Pc was a pentium 133MHz
that was in that time the best pc you can ever buy:P
with a voodoo 3D graphic card in it:P
the pc was rebuilded to a sega pc:P
later whe put windows 95 on it
but great vid and great game console i wish i have one:P
Cheers!
nargarothfreak 1 year ago
I'm hoping you could help me, have you any idea what the console was that was around just before the Sega Master System? I remember on the TV screen the graphics were simple, and the controls were a simple joystick. we had a game were you had a wee horse and you jumped over "hedges" the sound effects were simple, you could hear a horse running If I'm right the Horse and hedge was all blue and was in 2D,On a rolling screen do U no what this was? it was Before we moved house in 1992!
PhilipK100 1 year ago
@PhilipK100 Well the Sega Master system was in 1986, an earlier sega system was the sg-1000 though your system might be the Atari 2600 unless it had a key pad too, then it might be the colecovision.
CanadianGamerQC 1 year ago
NES was the graandfather of games. this is the stone age.
cicifire345 1 year ago
I'm not quite sure the order of it, but I believe it went;
Magnavox Odyssey
Magnavox Odyssey 100
Magnavox Odyssey 200
Magnavox Odyssey 2
Magnavox Odyssey 300
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There's so many clone consoles made, I can only keep up with the Magnavox, Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and Microsoft versions.
ChrisJohnson2K 1 year ago
@cicifire345 NEVER!!!!!!!!!!NES was one of the "newer ones".The grandfather was fucking PONG! it was nearly the same as the tennis game from the odyssey. -.-
Goombuu 1 year ago
@Goombuu pong is too old to be a grandfather...moree like great-great-great. and the nes isnt new anymore,in case you havnt noticed;D
cicifire345 1 year ago
@cicifire345 I said it was one of the "newer" ones I mean that it's a lot newer then atari and pong and stuff -.-
Goombuu 1 year ago
RawR im a magnavox odyssey Grrr
bouncingsage 1 year ago
magnavox should make an odyessy 3. o3o
gameboy3800 1 year ago
im looking for one of these. any1 want to sell 1 2 me?
gameboy3800 1 year ago
@gameboy3800 good luck in your search. These suckers are rare ! Have you checked Ebay lately ? I could have swore I saw one in there a couple of days back.
GamingHistorySource 1 year ago
@gameboy3800 AHH I did Here's the Item number. MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY PONG 1975 SYSTEM #11936817 NO BX MOD60
Good luck :) Starting bid is $199.00 so the question remains. How bad do you want it ? lol
GamingHistorySource 1 year ago
@GamingHistorySource looking 4 the 72 version. sry :'(
gameboy3800 1 year ago
@gameboy3800 I believe it is. But Upon closer inspection I believe it was modded for updated televisions. But I did see another one complete for about $300.00 starting bid. If you do get it Please make a video so We can see your find :D Good luck :)
wingnut4427 1 year ago
@wingnut4427 once i can get enough $ i'll defiantly get one. and i post a vid about all my new systems. so u can cound on me 2 post one of the oddyessy.
gameboy3800 1 year ago
RV out? You mean RF?
rejectofsoul24 1 year ago
I Have One.
MSFproductions 1 year ago
You said it predated Pong by 3-5 years, however, Pong was also released in 1972.
theultimatekoopa2 1 year ago
@theultimatekoopa2 I think he means the home version of Pong, which indeed was years later.
I loved the Odyssey in that you could "charge the net" in its version, whereas Atari's version only allowed you to move your paddle up and down.
Keeper1st 1 year ago
the old video game is horrid
8elze8uth 1 year ago
how many consoles u have
ratabebo 1 year ago
@ratabebo Close to 200 I think.
Gamester81 1 year ago 41
@Gamester81 for real???
jvincents 1 year ago
@Gamester81 You are hardcore gamer
MegaGestur 1 year ago
@Gamester81 can u do a review of the light rifle with the odyssey? cuz if u have it please post a reviewed detailed about it.
altairthecoldkiller1 1 year ago
@Gamester81 you have way to many i only have 8 including handhelds
Hylianguy5 8 months ago
@Gamester81 i only have 5 :D
marihuana404 7 months ago
@Gamester81 can u show a video of ur consoles?
marihuana404 7 months ago
This is a great video. I was simply interested in the history of console games and was fed up with the bull that I was getting with the video game nerd among others. (It doesn't help that Google shoves him on every single game search you do. I wish you could have an 'ignore' list for people like him when you search.)
I am very interested in seeing the games run with and without the overlays, just a more in depth look at the games them selves. (without trying to be funny, just factual)
Good job
Galaxieretter 1 year ago
I actually have one of these, including the shotgun controller.
I found a website where someone documented the serial numbers on these, and luckily mine was made in the very first batch.
Unfortunately, it spent several decades in my attic, so the box is beat up, and I have no idea if it works.
Anyway, thanks for posting. It's cool to see people still have these. I wonder how many are left. They truly are museum pieces.
ianmac2010 1 year ago
Im going to do a serius video showing gameplay footage with rifle footage in a couple months. A little compatition for gamester81 maby :D
SuperCommentDude 1 year ago
I was at my grandmas house for a family get together and I told them I bought a magnavox odyssey and odyssey rifle for1000 dollars and my cousin (who I love dearly) got upset at me, and said "I think had an odyssey when I was a kid and I put it on the tree lawn", then my dad cuts in and says "your collecting old worn out tree lawn garbage". My uncle tells me he collects coins, and apparently THOSE
will be worth somthing someday. I do live with my parents and im 16. what should I say to them?
SuperCommentDude 1 year ago
It's a museum piece. Hang on to it.
ianmac2010 1 year ago
And I don't think you can make your relatives understand how important this item is. It's a piece of video game history and the value of rare collectables like this will only go up as time goes by.
ianmac2010 1 year ago
Wow, you really took me back with this video. In addition to the screen overlays, the football and roulette boards really took me back to my youth in the 70's. I totally forgot about those. Thank you for a wonderfully nostalgic video.
BeeGees78 1 year ago
No footage of the system in action?
SonicTheCat 1 year ago
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How come you never shown gameplay
JOESONYNERD 2 years ago
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arx455 2 years ago
out of the 300,000 that are out there, there are about 274,678 left, because these things are fucking tough lol
awesomepivots 2 years ago
I am sure most of them ended up in landfills.
ianmac2010 1 year ago
were on earth did you get that
quinnbb123 2 years ago
my mom had 1 of these when she was young she was gonna get it from my grandma but my grandma sold it can u get these on ebay
poopyhead002 2 years ago
I just checked EBay, and there are several on sale right now. They range in price $539 to around a thousand dollars.
So, you can still get them, if you can afford them.
ianmac2010 1 year ago
@ianmac2010
on the german ebay market there was one that just went over for around 200 euros, which should be around 260 dollars I think. these r just collectible items. I mean nobody ever wants to play with those. I enjoy playing the SNES even in 2010, but this (I've seen the irate gamer review of this consol and the games) and it surely is no fun. but the tv overlay idea was genious in my opinion
WuschelofDespair 1 year ago
Ody be ridn you probably had the Oddesey 2
TheBillbot 2 years ago
yes my mom told me that she couldn't afford 1 of these but she got me 1 for christmas my favorite game is tennis its so fun i think i had the best christmas ever than anybody
souljaboyupindatho 2 years ago
In the 70s, my Grandma would get the latest toys for us kids to play while the parents sat around and drank wine. She had the Odyssey that had the handle integrated into the game cartridge. It was about the same time the Atari 2600's became popular. I seem to remember the Odyssey having better graphics and sound but the Atari had BETTER games. Way cool video Gamestar81!
OdyBeRidin 2 years ago 10
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I'm glad this vid brought back some nostalgia for you.
Gamester81 2 years ago 2
@OdyBeRidin, If the games had handles on them, then it the Odyssey 2, which sold much better than the Odyssey.
Wired2X 2 years ago
@OdyBeRidin, the Magnavox Odyssey didn't really have graphics, it had overlays, which was the substitute for graphics.
Ollie7475 1 year ago
@OdyBeRidin This odyssey you have was Odyssey 2 aka Videopac
MrLastkill3r 1 year ago
@OdyBeRidin livin the life
martinblank83 1 year ago
@OdyBeRidin This was Odyssey 2
MrLastkill3r 1 year ago
My Dad said he had one of these when he was a kid, when the static electricity didn't hold the overlays on, they had to use tape. I wish it was still around : ]
undergroundman1993 2 years ago
I cant believe that you steel have this gaming system! Wow! Respect to video game history!
feedthebear51 2 years ago
The games were supposed to work with TV screen covers that stuck with static, but they'd peel off mid-game. They also had painted borders, but didn't restrict movement so there was always yelling if someone went through a wall. We really tried to get them to work, but they never did. The football game was a joke, even back then, but the light gun was extraordinarily cool, even by today's standards. The only fun games were shooting and pong w/english. I post a reply...
TheLipschitzful 2 years ago
The games were all designed as variations on pong. Two squares. So if two squares hit a ball, it was called pong. In Cat-n-Mouse If the Mouse-Square, got touched by the Cat-Square then it would disappear. The TV covers showed you a maze in a house to the cheese, you'd have to steer the squares through the maze to stop the mouse or to get the cheese, but there was actually nothing to stop you from going through the walls. You were just on your honor.
TheLipschitzful 2 years ago
I had a system like this in say 84, 85 when I was 3 or 4 it was called Odyssey or Apollo 2001 something like that. It was shaped like a boomerang had a selector knob in the middle for the game you wanted to play and a slider on each side as a control. I looked it up once and it said it was made by Magnavox. Guessing the next model up from yours. Back in 84 it was old cause the kid downstairs had Atari and he had no idea wtf system I had. Think my aunt uncle bought it in the late 70's.
sz42781 2 years ago
Yeah there were a number of "Pong Clones" released after this that were also went by the name of Odyssey. They are different than this since the games were built in, and the controls were built into the system.
Gamester81 2 years ago
@Gamester81 It was a magnavox I saw it on the net somewhere.
sz42781 2 years ago
@Gamester81
dude where did you get this from? are they very rare now?
deathmachine1191 1 year ago
@Gamester81 have you reviewd the intellivision yet im gonna search
uwright22 1 year ago
Low blow at 360 really unnecessary.
MaffiasoJd 2 years ago
Oh hey, I recognize you! You are the one who gave Pete Dorr a bunch of cool Star Wars stuff and a Turbografx! That was pretty cool of you.
sabremasterzero 2 years ago
Cool thanks for watching.
Gamester81 2 years ago
I would love to see what the inside of one of these looks like. :D
A nice video, I'll watch more of yours. :D
kurisux 2 years ago
can you hook it up on the tv and show us what it looks like???
loughman4life 2 years ago
Can you also show us how the games for this looks line on a TV screen>?
sirvasil 2 years ago
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sirvasil 2 years ago
gamester, why dont you reveiw the odyssey 100-500 or the odyssey 2?
those would be some cool videos.
leadarc 2 years ago
Cool thanks for the request. I might do the Odyssey 2 soon. The other ones are just pong clones and not that interesting to be honest. I might do a vid on those eventually.
Gamester81 2 years ago
It good to see a video of this system actually talking about it in a good way since it was the first.
JasonJ25 2 years ago
nice vid john, i hope to get this some day, but id get bored of it fast, but for being the first home video game system, it deserves respect.
Jp4rk 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Avgn rip off
crazynintendoguy 2 years ago
LOL thanks for watching my vid. This review is nothing like AVGN's. Other then the fact we own the same system how is it a ripoff?
Gamester81 2 years ago