Magnavox Odyssey

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Magnavox Odyssey Series Console

Manufacturer: Magnavox
Type: Video Game Console
Generation: 1st Gen Era
Retail Avalibility: 1972 - 1975
Units Sold: 330,000
Media: Cartridge
CPU: None
Controller Input: 2 Paddles
Successor: Magnavox Odyssey 2

5 Best Games:
Tennis
Table Tennis
Invasion
Wipeout
Handball


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Magnavox Odyssey 2

Manufacturer: Magnavox
Type: Video Game Console
Generation: 2nd Gen Era
Retail Avalibity: 1978 - 1982
Units Sold: 2,000,000
Media: ROM Cartridge, 2KB, 4KB and 8KB
Controller Input: 2 Joysticks, QWERTY keyboard
CPU: Input 8048 of an 8 bit microcontroller running at 1.79MHz

Memory:
CPU-internal RAM: 64 bytes
Audio/Video RAM: 128 bytes
BIOS ROM: 1024 bytes

Video:
Intel 8244 custom IC
160x200 Revolution (NTSC)
16-colour fixed palette; sprites may only use 8 of these
4 8x8 single-colour user-defined sprites; each sprite's colour may be set independantly
12 8x8 single-colour characters; must be one of the 64 bit shapes built into the ROM BIOS; can be freely positioned like sprites, but cannot overlap each other; each cahracters colour may be set independantly.
4 quad characters; groups of four characters displayed in a row
9x8 background grid; dots, line or solid blocks

Audio:
Intel 8244 custom IC
mono
24-bit shift register, clockable at 2 frequencies
noise generator
NOTE: There is only one 8244 chip the system, which performs both audio and video functions.

Output:
RF Audio/Video connector
Peritel/SCART connector (France only)

5 Best Games
The Master Starategy Series
Quest for the Rings
Conquest of the World
The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt
Killer Bees