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Title
Magnavox Odyssey2
Creator
Magnavox
Date Created and/or Issued
1978-1983
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Magnavox Odyssey2 (the 2 is superscript) video game console, with joystick. The Odyssey2 was released in 1978 as the second generation of the original Odyssey, the first home video game console, released in 1973. It was also known as Philips Odyssey 2, and sold in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000, and in Brazil as the Philips Odyssey. The Odyssey2 includes a full alphanumeric membrane keyboard, and standard joystick design of the 1970s and early 1980s. It also had an add-on speech synthesis unit, for speech, music, and sound effects enhancement.
Type
image
Identifier
98713E77-0B5F-4C4B-937F-169860918448
2003-1-3294ab
Subject
Video games (LCSH)
Nineteen seventies (LCSH)

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