Games That Defined The Magnavox Odyssey 2
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Thanks for watching! I mistakenly said the system came out in 1979, from a typo I made in my notes, when it actually came out in 1978. Sorry for the error and thank you @sandal_thong8631for pointing it out.
Glad to help!
1st game console I ever bought so it definitely has a special place in my gaming memories 😊 my dad who was born in 1916 loved playing bowling on the MO2 this video brings back a lot of good memories and makes me miss all the loved ones who are gone.
First i ever owned as well
My first system....and still have it 40 years later 😂.....so many great memories!!
My father randomly picked this console up during a trip through a mall. Him asking the question, "Do you want to take this home?" is one of my very earliest memories. I assume we were trying the console out for a bit before he asked. He personally only played it briefly that evening, and as far as I know, that's the only time he ever played any video game. Every game we ever owned for the thing, he bought that day. We never added to the library. I remember the full list: Speedway/Spin-Out/Crypto-Logic, Basketball/Bowling, Armored Encounter/Sub Chase, Golf, Football, Baseball, Cosmic Conflict, Take the Money and Run. As you can see, the selection was dictated by availability-those are all basically launch titles. It probably goes without saying that I got the most fun out of Cosmic Conflict and Take the Money and Run, even without a second player.
That helicopter changing direction really looks amazing!
This was almost my exact experience with the Odyssey 2 as a kid. Great post!
This was my first gaming console. KC Munchkin and UFO were my favorite games!
I'm surprised that you didn't include Quest for the Rings in the list. That game was certainly defining with the accompanying gameboard. It was certainly one of the first RPGish games on any system. Although it could be frustrating, it had elements that I loved and there was such satisfaction getting past the dragon and reaching the ring.
Thanks for showing the Odyssey2 some love.
Pretty amazing that they did such nice graphics on all of these games (for the time of course). UFO is really close to the Vectrex pack-in, Mine Storm!
Only 30 seconds in....admire the Odyssey 2 system so much. Thanks for bringing it up!! Speedway was my favorite. The Indy 500 is tomorrow and hence why its my favorite. ❤
For me, when I drag the O2 out and dust her off for some games its Attack of the Timelord, KC's Crazy Chase, Turtles, and Showdown in 2100 AD (now THAT'S an awesome title.)
I have the Videopac. I love the games that come with an entire board game. These really are a must try!
Great. I will have to go look for the games in the basement. There was a DnD board game that used the oddysey to fight the battles set up by the game. There were 4 character types and 4 battle areas... and maybe 4 variants of those. I am sure it is something clever like dragon or dungeon something something. It was impressive. The board game was simple on its own the video game was pretty good even playing random battles but when combined it was really a good combination.
Great list. KC's Krazy Chase! with The Voice module is my favorite O2 game.
My Favorites:
1. Quest for the Rings - A unique videogame/boardgame hybrid that was really well executed.
2. K.C.'s Krazy Chase
3. Pick Axe Pete
4. K.C. Munchkin
5. Killer Bees
6. Turtles
7. UFO Patrol
8. Attack of the Time Lord
9. Frogger
10. Monkey Shines
There are also some great homebrews (just to name a few):
1. Dark Mage
2. Amityville
3. Kill the Attacking Aliens
4. Amok
5. Frozen Fort
It brings back the memory of sooooo many car crashes.
Interesting list, thanks for sharing! I like how you dug into the library to pick out some unusual games, and nothing requiring the Voice (which I'm sure didn't sell that great.) I am a little surprised you didn't pick one of the 'Master Strategy' games since they really were unique and one of the games people most associate with the O2.
The first time I played an Odyssey 2 was probably around 1982 or 83, when my brother bought one; I remember playing KC Munchkin on it, and was quite fun. However, I didn't get one of my own until maybe around 2014, along with The Voice and some games, from a local used game store. I still pull it out sometimes to play. Favorites of mine include KC as well as the sequel, KC's Krazy Chase (which deliberately baited Atari, and made hilarious use of The Voice), PT Barnum's Acrobats which also uses The Voice, Attack of the Timelord (no relation :)) and UFO. At CORGScon last weekend I picked up Type n' Tell, which seemed to me like a way to advertise the capabilities of The Voice. All you do with it is spell out sentences and it will read it back in a very robotic voice. Not really a game, but I did get it for $5.
Great video! There definitely needs to be more videos on UA-cam about the Odyssey 2.
I never knew anyone that had an Odyssey 2, but the local record shop (that also sold stereo equipment and random electronics) had a demo unit that you could play. I was always amazed by it; that and the Vectrex, which was also available to demo.
Much under-rated system, more please maybe some reviews
Classic system, and love the Voice!
Good video! I had a Magnavox Odyssey 2 system that my sister gave to me! At the time, i was more into the Atari 2600 etc. I did sell the system. I wish I could have kept it! That Odyssey golf game, does look like the Atari 2600 version of it! I liked it when the golfer hits the ball against a tree and his reaction to it! Nice!
I didn't have a Magnavox Odyssey 2 until about 8 years ago, and didn't have any friends who had one growing up. When I first hooked it up I was very dissatisfied with it. I actually thought it was pretty terrible. Then I plugged in K.C. Munchkin, Demon Attack, and Pickaxe Pete. Three great games. I now have a pretty sizeable collection, and there are a few others I like as well.
When it was released, I already had a Coleco Telstar and my sister had an Atari 2600. I would have drooled over this compared to the Telstar, but there is a reason Atari was the king back then.
This was the top prize at a county fair "video game contest" that I won', so I had an Odyssey 2 back in the day. However, the game it came with was terrible and I wasn't interested. My son bought me an Odyssey 2 for Christmas, because he knew I had owned one as a kid, and maybe didn't understand I had never really played it. Still, it turned out to be a great gift. Eventually I picked up Pick Axe Pete, and it's been a lark.
I grew up on this.
They had a pattern to the racing game
i played a LOT of Monkey Shines...one of the only games that made the keyboard important.
My favorite Odyssey 2 games in no particular order:
Killer Bees
KC's Krazy Chase
Turtles
Attack of the Time Lord
Smithereens
PT Barnum's Acrobats
Pick Axe Pete
UFO
Freedom Fighters
Blockout / Breakdown
Cosmic Conflict
Showdown in 2100 AD
Take the Money and Run
OK... my list would be (in no particular order):
Showdown in 2100 AD
Pick Axe Pete
Quest for the Rings
Monkeyshines
K.C. Munchkin
K.C.'s Crazy Chase
P.T. Barnum's Acrobats
Armoured Encounter
Baseball
Conquest of the World
I played some Odyssey² games at a friend's house. I remember playing Helicopter Rescue (and maybe bowling?). Usually we played the two-player games Baseball and Football which were better than the Atari ones from 1978, except Basketball which stunk. I also remember playing skiing. I was surprised that Atari's 1980 Golf was pretty much a copy of Odyssey² Golf. This console's games compare well to Atari's 1977-8 collection. But once Atari went to 4K carts, they got a lot better, but Odyssey² stayed pretty much the same.
i don't remember the tV series "Out of this World" but i completely remember the game that i played ...it was ...ok.
no plains on getting a Magnavox Odyssey 2, however I love it's Graphics
When I was a kid, I got one of these at a Yard Sale. I definitely got "Poor man's Atari" vibes from it. The worst feature is that the joysticks are hardwired into the thing.
We need someone to make a Magnico! Are there any more veritable video games legends out there, ready for such a quest?
I think what hurt this also is that TV/electronic stores were like franchises back in the day. The big box stores like sears at the time had their own relabled brand and the TV stores were a Zeneth or Magnavox store. These would only be in the Magnavox stores and I think that hurt it. Sears had an agreement with Atari so it was more available.
Pachinko was a great game! I used to play against the computer and keep all the balls on my side so they couldn't score.
Awesome thanks
Today I was looking for a real racing game for Odyssey², in this case Spin-Out, which should have been on the same cart as _Speedway!_ though the latter is more of a passing-traffic game than a race (similar to _Street Racer_ for Atari). Oh, well. Maybe next time.
I thought I missed a live stream for a sec there.
this was my first video game system, that i ever owned. My dad got it for me because it looked like a computer. it wasn't. the keypad was rather useless
So… would it be fair to say the award for "best music" on the console goes to… _Helicopter Rescue?_
Still have this game, with about 10-15 games. Haven't played in many years though. Picked this over the Atari 2600 the controls were superior. i later purchased a Coleco Gemini (2600 clone).
1at game sysyem I owned. List is great. I would of included The Quest for the Rings as well. Great multiplayer game that was part video game and part board game.
Pick axe pete and munch man are definitely must haves and popeye is one who could,ve been on this list as well😁
Was there an American football 2 player game for this system where you pointed the joystick N S E W NE SE SW NW to pick your offense or defense?
It sounds like the same exact soundchip as the Atari 2600
I read that I was Odyssey² debuted in 1978, not 1979, so it makes sense it compares well with 1977-8 carts by Atari.
Mattel's Intellivision may have done limited city release in 1979, but Atari getting the must-have Space Invaders in 1980 gave Atari the market, despite imitators. Pac-Man was the next must-have game (Pac-Man fever), and neither of these systems got it, except for the copies you mentioned. If Atari had not released Pac-Man in 1982 on the 2600, but saved it for the 5200 and 400/800 home computers (which were the same tech-level, I think) then people would have bought either of those instead of 5 million more Atari 2600s, in my opinion, and maybe the Video Game Crash of 1982 wouldn't have happened.
I agree, if you compare the early O2 titles to the launch titles for Atari, it comes off as way more sophisticated. Had Atari not evolved they way it did, maybe O2 could have had a chance.
@@sensibleperson1979 I wouldn't say that. Pickaxe Pete (1982) and Popeye (1983-European and Brazil release only), were about as good as it got.
If Mattel got Space Invaders, then Intellivision might have been the system people got in 1980 instead of Atari. In which case Atari might have gone for a newer system in 1981 to compete, or given up and just pushed the computers with Asteroids and Missile Command?
@@sensibleperson1979 Parker Bros. and Imagic also released some other games for it in Europe and Brazil in 1982-3. I don't think he's reviewed Q*Bert yet, but he did Frogger, Super Cobra, Atlantis and Demon Attack, with Frogger being the best one (you jump on green grass at the end, not the water).
I read they showed off Odyssey³ at the Consumer Electronics Show in 1983, but it was inferior to ColecoVision and too late with the Crash.
Only one game that defined Odyssey 2 was K.C. Munchkin. It was better than Atari 2600 Pacman. You had to chase the dots, and it just looked better too. I'm surprised nobody has made a remake of it.
I tell anyone who will listen it's worth getting an O2 for Killer Bees! alone. It's a fantastic, frantic game unlike any other I've ever come across. When ever I play my O2 it's the first game I tackle. Then I usually follow it up with some UFO and the KC games.
The Challenger series with the purple stripe on the box were all very playable and hold up today. UFO, Pick Axe Pete, Freedom Fighters, Attack of the Timelord, and KC Munchkin are still fun to me.
I wish I had an Oddysey 2
I had to G 7000 but never had The voice synthesiser And I had the intelligent With voice sensitivity
okay, i didn't become a Christian until age 15, so I used to call Pick Axe Pete a swear word name (the middle word).
I'm doing research on old systems to emulate and tbh, every game you mentioned looks like a knock off of another game.. I see little value in any of these games.
I starte out with the Atari 2600 - never played this system before. I would have to say the Atari is way better. Thanks for the video!