Classic Game Room - SEGA DREAMCAST vs. MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY 2
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Classic Game Room HD reviews a competition between two video game console powerhouses, the SEGA DREAMCAST vs. the MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY 2. Which gaming system is the winner, the Sega Dreamcast or the Magnavox Odyssey 2? Watch this detailed review and find out. The Sega Dreamcast is a popular game system that was released in North America in 1999. The Magnavox Odyssey 2 is a classic cartridge based game console released in 1978. In some ways these two game systems could not be more different... in some ways they could not be more alike. The Sega Dreamcast has Sonic, Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur and Chu Chu Rocket. The Magnavox Odyssey 2 has K.C. Munchkin, KC's Krazy Chase, War of Nerves and Invaders from Hyperspace. Each game console costs about $40 today, used, and games are readily available and frequently inexpensive. Sega is well known for the amazing array of arcade titles, machines and game consoles like the Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Megadrive, Game Gear and Sega Saturn. Magnavox is known for.... televisions. Maybe they made boom boxes too, and lots of other stuff. This is an interesting and entertaining look at two video game consoles with short life spans. It didn't have to be that way, and it doesn't. You can buy the Dreamcast, Odyssey 2 and stacks of games for a fraction of the price of a new PS3 or Xbox 360. Classic Game Room loves classic retro systems as much as the new ones, and this competition of Sega Dreamcast vs Magnavox Odyssey 2 is one of our finest examples of how completely insane we are. We've already compared the Atari 2600 versus the Playstation 2 and the Atari 7800 vs. the PS3 and the Xbox 360 vs. the NES... why not this side by side awesome console comparison? CGRHD!
I still love these vids reminds me of my dad, the OGs original gamers.
Dream on dreamcast
Dreamcast lost out to O2 as Arsenal Football Club's shirt sponsor. So that's a win for the Odyssey 2!
I always love the endings to his videos!
watching these viseos makes me want to collect every console with every game
BTW - Glad you still give the Dreamcast some videos. It's still one of my all-time favorites. It sits on my computer desk with a VGA box, along with my Gamecube (which also has a custom-made VGA adapter). Two great game systems that are still a blast to play.
Stupendous Mark! best contrast/comparison video of system consoles yet! thanks for posting.
I feel proud to say that I have owned both of these systems. :)
Same here. Still have my od2
Do they still work?
@@nintendozilla9843 Dude, it's been 13 years since I made that comment. I'm so much older now that I don't even remember ever owning an Odyssey lol
@@Walawalacookie Hahaha!
I got my Dreamcast, perfectly working with 2 controllers, cables, a few games, and VMU, for $8.50 at Salvation Army. Best. Deal. EVER.
I got my Dreamcast in 2004 (idk why) when I was younger I thought it wasn't good but now it seems amazing to me! Good thing I held onto it now I have great games like Sonic Adventure 2, Power Stone, Virtual on OT, and House of the Dead 2. THANK GOD I STILL HAVE MINE!
I have no idea how this compares... But I love your reviews
Wow on this channel r a lot of consoles i never heard about. I love this channel.
Instant subscriber my friend!
I loved my odyssey 2 back in the day. We got in for free at a time share thing and high tailed it out of there. But it was mad fun in 1982ish.
I'm surprised the Dreamcast was so short lived, considering there were some great games (Sonic Adventure 2 was awesome!), it had some unique features such as memory cards witch were little handheld video games themselves, superb graphics capabilities for the time, internet connectivity, I could go on and on! The Magnavox Odessy 2 was pretty good for its time too and shares a similar story.
the dreamcast was also the first console to o online im disappointed you didnt mention that in your review.
Im glad you bought the magnavox otherwise i would never have heard of it.
I agree. Those systems are overlooked.
Went with my dad & bro to buy a system in the day, couldn't decide between the Atari 2600 or the Odyssey-2. Then we saw the Intellivision display in the store... Blew both of the other systems away in both sound & graphics! Guess what we bought, and never regretted it?
An O2 is incomplete without "The Voice" speech-emulator... A large, clunky piece that slipped over the top/back of it that came with special games. It was fun getting it to swear out-loud while in that high-end department store!
ahh the dream cast, brings back good memories.
They also had the same operating system!
The DC was essentially the prototype for the Xbox.
I always enjoy watching your hand and index finger moving up and down.
What a mature, thought-out response.
im with you on that! Whats even better is the fact that you can make your dreamcast the ultimate sega/retro machine by getting the Genesis and mastersystem/gamegear emulator discs for it. Also NES, SNES, 2600 and NeoGeo emulators and It becomes the ultimate retro/sega/arcade system!
now if it could only play saturn games.....
also, i love the fact that mark, when talking about sonic, each time he points at shadow, we get what you are saying though, dont worry
XD i love the "o2" thing
I bought a brand new Dreamcast online a week ago, should be getting it this week :D
The dreamcast might not have sold too many consoles but it`s one of my favorite consoles :)
I have two Dreamcasts and two Odyssey 2s. I have to agree on giving the edge to the Dreamcast, but the Odyssey 2 never really had a chance going up against a system loaded with arcade ports.
The US and japanese dreamcast have the original orange logo. When releasing in Europe they discovered that the logo was basically the same as used by a german board game company (i think Ravensburger Verlag) for their PC titles, so they changed it.
@Valt101, Up yours! The Odyssey 2 was released in the early 1980s. What do you expect?
..Wow.
Absolutely.. just.. wow.
2:35 The Magnavox Odyssey was in fact the first publicly sold home game console. So yes, very early; the *earliest* actually.
Oh man.. after having a bad day or just feeling crap, chilling with CGR makes everything better.
If sega started making consols again they would fail just like last time nintendo was destroyed in sales during the mid late 90's and all the way up till the wii's release....but what happened they still are around, thats how strong nintendos foundation is, it cant be destroyed ever.
Nintendo lost their lead after the snes and didn’t regain it until the wii. The steady followers held on tight.
But don’t fool yourself they fucked up last generation with the Wii U.
Oops you posted this eleven years ago
good news, Mark! Thexder WAS remade! it's downloadable on the PS3 and PSP!
Magnavox did have 3 party support, starting with IMAGIC and Demon Attack. Then Parker Bros came in with Frogger, Popeye and a few other titles. But it was little too late.
Just bought mine from a dude on craigslist. 1 console with A/V cables and power cable. 2 controllers with memory cards. 3 star wars games and soul caliber for $35
I loved the Dreamcast, it's a shame it didn't catch on because Powerstone and Shemue were really great games.
1978 vs 1999?! I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CHOOSE!!!
not necessarily. The internet yes it was the first, but remember that the Intellivision had the PlayCable and the Genesis/Mega Drive had the Sega Channel. They allowed a downloadable game subscription service via co-axial cable. In Japan there was an SNES add-on called Satellaview which was a satellite service for downloadable content.
I never played the dreamcast. And after watching his reviews...
I just bought a dreamcast today
"... As well as a number of titles that didn't really stand out."
I know you used it as an example, but Blue Stinger was a great 1st gen. Dreamcast game. It's just unfortunate that the U.S. release was runined with the camera changes. The Japanese version uses fixed camera rather than a rear camera like the U.S. release, and it's much more fun to play.
Honestly, some people treat it as a poor RE knockoff, but it's so absurdly funny and campy that it's quite fun to play.
Correct, SEGASammy's new console will be called "Ring Edge" or "Ring Wide" in Japan and will launch in late summer 2010.
Viva la Dreamcast!!! They are still making games for it today. Perhaps CGR should review one of those.
Never thought I'd hear Soul Calibur and Hydro Thunder mentioned in the same sentence.
If you look at the dude with the red eyes on the "Blue Stinger" cover at 5:31 , you might notice that he kind of looks like one of the first Uroboros victims you see on RE5.
Dude, that was v. entertaining indeed. Thanks for doing this.
hey I have two questions why would you have two Dreamcasts? What's the point of having two?
I'm watching this video dancing in a giant donut costume outside for work! All hail the vectrex!
Translation of the section in portuguese:
"1 million units sold within a day of its launch in the USA. The Dreamcast is badass. A hug to everyone who doesn't speak badly of OLD consoles, because they did their part for things to be like today, OKAY."
Actually,they were not commercial disasters. The Odyssey 2 was selling moderately well,probably #3 or #4 best selling-Second generation console at the time! Now the Emerson Arcadia,that's another story...As for the Dreamcast,in it's short life-span,it was very popular in the sixth-gen and current -gen gaming world. The two were pretty successful.
I compltely agree with you. But sadly I think it was these moves that ended up killing Sega in the "console wars". They would jump the gun to create the next great console (which they would be for a short time) giving thier competiters a look of what they needed to do in order to creat a better machine. I love Sega but I think if they would have took thier times creating thier machines they would still be 1 of the top consoles to this vary day.
do you have a neo geo review also?
I still find it amazing how much marketing won out. Wasn't it up against the ps1 for a lot of its lifetime? crazy!
I have an Oddysey 1. I bought it at a thrift shop for 1$ Original box and all the games.
I quietly grabbed it,bought it then bolted to my car.
SEGA needs to pull an ATARI. Sometime in the 90s, I remember ATARI actually re-releasing it's Atari 2600 and some of the games just before they started releasing the handhelds. I think now if SEGA re-released the Dreamcast, it would sell more. They could market it to us Retrofreaks , as well as selling it at a more affordable price for people that might not want to pay 199 for other consoles.
I like the cr8tive comparisons.
Dreamcast player forever.
I need to grab a charge n blast since you flashed it onscreen. I've read about that game before, to bad we did'nt get space harrier 2 before the end of the run.
@RHYSsoul Shenmue 2 was on xbox, Shenmue 1 was on Dreamcast, still waiting on a 3rd, not too fussed about the possible Shenmue MMO but I'm looking forward to the new Sonic cart racing game that has Ryu from Shenmue on his motorbike!
I just bought a dreamcast with my christmas money along with Sonic Adventure 2 :D
I hope they will review the Magnavox Odyssey 1 eventually
DREAMCAST IS WAY BETTER!
Also, the Philips G7K's main competition was really the likes of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum over here in Limeyland, still, it was much better than the 2600 :P
are your CDs scratched by now?
I love this guy, he's so silly and weird. And very fair too.
SEGA Dreamcast had online play (with a friggin' 56K modem), with awesome online games like Phantasy Star Online.
@Ez8ify That's the same kind of argument that effected sales on 1st-gen consoles: "Soon you'll be able to add-on home-computing capabilities..." they said... Knowing that since the computer was also entering the home at the time, and people would be steered by cost as to what they bought.
I got mine at a pawn shop with a couple games, a controller, the hook-ups, a memory card all for 50 bucks
The point shouldn't go to the Odyssey 2 for having a built-in keyboard, point should go to Dreamcast for that because you can plug in two keyboards and play Typing of The Dead!
Anyways, I love the Dreamcast, probably my favorite console ever. It was too ahead of it's time and had so many new and great ideas that it brought to the market. Too bad that it died so soon. I will have to eventually check out an Odyssey 2... one day.
Some gamestores may have it. My local used "Store (sells books and games)" sells them for $30.
Mark there is a adaptor that plugs into the broadband side of the DC that overrides for Odyssey 2 games. They fit tight but get the job done. I read a article where (Monkeyshines) was played. ( A great title). You need the boot software first but they only made 8 copies in Canada somewhere. I hear some collector bought the last 6 copy's and heard he moved to Alaska. What I read in the forums in '02. The last 2 are out there....
Hoping Sega will make a Dreamcast-addon that plays cartridges.
yes :) i would find that very great, thus i kinda like the complete 2D engines with HD artwork, but yes its problaby easier to make it 2.5D bechause they have the work with sonic generations already done :)
In terms of library Dreamcast definitely wins, but for the time both systems had pretty awesome graphics and sounds. Magnavox Odyssey 2 could have used more action arcade games and ports, and instead focused more on educational games. I'd say just get both of them, I can't imagine anyone regretting it.
No. The Ring Edge has been trademarked as a console as well. The touch screen arcade version will go by the name "RingEdge". If you want to learn more, visit my profile.
Hey Mark! make a Nes vs Sega video.. that would be interesting! have a good evening with lots and lots of beer!
@moreoreos123
I would say there is no debate about if the grafics are technically good or bad, but I think you can debate about the charme and effect or how good it fits to the topic of the game.
Honestly, I was never a sega fan, but I think it would be nice for sega to still be in the competition... you know, have more than just 3 console choices :|
Arcade classics!
Also Mark, get an Odyssey 1. NOW. Like seriously, if you like classic stuff, you would love it! So much pixelated amazingness. Also the best game on the Dreamcast in my opinion is Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2.
sega needs to enter the console competition again
Yes as they put it well SEGA Dreamcast may not be in the eye's of consumers,But will always be in the hearts of the hardcore
do you have jet grind radio for the dreamcast awesome game
I named my planet on Spore CGRHD, I hope you do a review of it at some point in time.
i am a fan of playstation and iam.......happy and proud for this type of fan.
Is that because the systems of old don't die? My genesis is from 91, and it's still working perfectly.
You don't even have a Thexder review on Classic Game Room, do you?
do you think Sega would have any success if they made an other Game Consule or do you think there bad repution still remains or there recent success as a 3rd party deleoper has turned that around?
Is odyssey2 backwards compatible with odyssey 1 games?
When did MO2 come out?
Dreamcast had a great technical possibilities and for now, that techs are not bad at all. I love this console and It's sad that Sega can't get more popularity and gain more money from that console due to Playstation born. Playstation is a great console, but Sega should still doing something with new games for Dreamcast, and not to sold their titles to other platforms. I think that DC VS PS was equal chances to hit the world.
my sega dreamcast is diferente, i have the blue logo. why you have the red one?
This might be a rumor, but I think they may be making a dreamcast 2!
the odyssey has a gun that looks like a gun...wow ima go trick or treating with that!
Nice style of reviewing
Plus,Sonic Adventure 2 was on Gamecube,too.
by the way magnavox oddysey 1 was the first ever home game console released not just early
@AwesomeMcKillington
Hey! The Gamecube was the most powerful system of the last generation!
Where chexder!!?? i cant find it on youtube
@AwesomeMcKillington
That wasn't a reference to the NES in any way.
"Now you're playing with power!"
you should have more care with thouse GD´s from Dreamcast... nice review
How many Odyssey 2 games do you have