Popular games for platform Odyssey

01.09.1972

Baseball is a combined board-video game for the Magnavox Odyssey system that runs with its Cartridge No.3.

01.09.1972

Ski is one of the 12 original games that were shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.2 and uses stick on ski markers with an overlay.

31.12.1972

Magnavox Odyssey launch title, sold separately. A racing game using both a track overlay and a game board; the game board keeps track of laps and the second player's dot along with the ball dot keeps time. Uses game card number 5.

31.12.1972

One of four games packed with Shooting Gallery, a Magnavox Odyssey peripheral. One player sets their dot on overlays of prehistoric animals, while the other player attempts to shoot the dot with the light gun in as few shots as possible. Uses game card number 9.

31.12.1979

This is some sort of a capture the flag game. Instead of a flag, the object is to capture the enemy general. Two armies share the screen, the Army of Northwestonia in the upper left corner and the Army of Southeasternia in the lower right corner. The players control the general of the army with the joystick. The robots in each army are controlled by the computer, and their mission is to capture the enemy general.

31.12.1972

One of four games packed with Shooting Gallery, a Magnavox Odyssey peripheral. One player is a bandit in an Old West town, and moves along a path, stopping at windows for the other player to try to shoot with the light gun. Uses game card number 9.

31.12.1981

Keyboard Creations! lets the player type in a main message which will continually scroll across the screen. The game also lets the player set up an "alarm" message which can pop up every 30 seconds. The player can also set a digital clock to keep track of time.

31.12.1973

In Brain wave you must shoot down the invaders and dodge the incoming. Use dice to decide the next move.Watch out for falling air craft because it can kill you just as quick as the gun fire can. This game forces you to think and of course take a chance.

01.09.1972

Shooting Gallery was the very first collection of shooting games with a light gun for a home console system. It came on the Magnavox Odyssey Cartrdige No. 10, used a original sized rifle and four different screen overlays.

31.12.1972

Simon Says is one of the 12 original games that was shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.2 and uses cards with an overlay. In Simon Says, one player holds a deck of cards (provided with the game) with depictions of several body parts and must then indicate them to the other players by saying something like "Simon says... touch your right hand". The other players will then rush to the specified place as quickly as possible, the winner being the one to touch the most body parts before his/her opponent.

01.09.1972

Haunted House is one of the 12 original games that were shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.4 and uses clue cards with an overlay.

31.12.1972

Soccer replaced the game Football in European export versions of the Magnavox Odyssey. It uses a custom screen overlay and two game cards, #3 and #5. The gameplay is a variant of Table Tennis in which the horizontal position of players is fixed (although not enforced by the Odyssey console itself). If a player manages to maneuver the ball around the opponent, the next volley will take place one step closer to the opponent's goal. Once a player has reached a position in the opponent's half of the playing field, a goal can be scored. The game also includes rules for penalty kicks, which require changing the game card.

01.07.1969

Table Tennis was developed from 1966-1969 until eventually releasing as the pack-in game for the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972 and is one of the earliest known sports games, notably the inspiration for Atari's Pong.

31.12.1972

States is one of the 12 original games that were shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.6 and uses 50 state cards with a study map.

31.12.1982

Type & Tell! lets the player type in a word or a message and then have the words spoken back to them by utilizing the Odyssey 2's voice module. The instruction manual suggests the following games that can be played: Garble! - Players take turns typing in one letter at a time, The idea is to form sentences by just using the sounds the individual letters make. Sound Waves! - Players type in random letters trying to create sounds that sound like something that could be heard in real life. Super Star! - Players can use the sounds or dialogue the game makes in their own home movie or radio show. War of Words! - This game requires at least two players. Player take turns typing in words until a sentence is created by one of the players adding a period. Players then take turns inserting words into the sentence, while trying to keep it grammatically correct. The first player to extend the sentence exactly to the end of the available typing space is the winner. If a player extends the sentence beyond the end of that available space, they lose.

01.09.1972

Hockey is one of the 12 original games that were shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.3 and uses a stadium scoreboard with an overlay.

31.12.1972

Extra game released for the Odyssey in 1972. Came in a pack of six with Wipeout ,Volleyball , Invasion , Handball and Baseball. Worked with Cartridge #2

01.09.1972

Magnavox Odyssey launch title, sold separately. Two players use paddles to knock a ball back and forth on a screen; uses an overlay of a volleyball court, and players must knock the ball over the net for scores to count. Uses game card number 7.

31.12.1972

Roulette is one of the 12 original games that were shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.6 and uses play-chips, play money and a layout board with an overlay.

31.12.1973

Extra game released for the Odyssey in 1973. Came in a pack of six with Interplanetary Voyage , Brain Wave, Win, Wipeout, and Volleyball. Worked with Cartridge #8

31.12.1983

Trans American Rally is a racing game released in 1983. It is avaliable only for the Odyssey Videopac +.

31.12.1973

Players move their dot to symbols on the overlay to fill out their "Win card", while their dot is invisible until the reset button is pressed.

31.12.1973

Interplanetary Voyage is an Action game, developed and published by Magnavox, which was released in 1973. The player guides their dot, which has momentum, to planets to complete missions given by cards with a maximum number of moves allowed.

31.12.1972

One of four games packed with Shooting Gallery, a Magnavox Odyssey peripheral. One player moves their dot along a flight path on the overlay, while the other player attempts to shoot it with the light gun. Uses game card number 9.