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MAGNAVOX
ODYSSEY 2 (1978-1983)
The Ultimate Computer video game system??
I love the box design, eh!
This is the sequel to the
original Odyssey (the
first real video game system ever), here's Magnavox's Odyssey 2! This poor man's
Atari 2600 featured a new build in keyboard to play some more educational games
and you can even edit some of your different games too thanks to all the buttons.
The Odyssey 2 may be best remembered most for it's Pac Man-like game; KC Munchkin
and the Atari lawsuit that followed. Atari took Magnavox to court in 1981 to
order Magnavox to discontiune production of KC Munchkin saying it was too similar
to there licensed Pac Man game for the Atari 2600 but Atari lost the case and
Magnavox quickly increased shipments of the KC Munchkin instead, however, Atari
contiuned to countersue and then eventually won and Magnavox was then forced
to stop selling the game thus ruining their greatest hit.
Magnavox didn't give up though, they just released a sequel to KC Munchkin in
1982 called KC Krazy Chase. KC Krazy Chase not only improved the gameplay (improved
radically enough for Atari to leave them alone) but if you had the Odyssey 2
Voice adapter hooked up you can actaully hear KC Munchkin talk turing the game.......
how cool is that?? The Odyssey 2 Voice Adapter was not compatible with certain
games but you can also use it with the system keyboard to test the voices out,
there was nothing else like it. Despite some nice features about the Odyssey
2, the system is just too old now of days to be taking seriously and some of
the games (many cloned Atari 2600games) can really suck. "Oh No!"
System Rating: 19/100 I barely play it anymore but it's
still better than the CDi
Rare Scale: 4/10 it's getting rarer because of its age.