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.

31.12.1983

Power Lords is a game released for the Odyssey 2. It is based on the toy line from the 1980s that bears this name. To start the game, press 1 on the keyboard. You have just arrived at Volcan Rock - an artificial planetoid defended by a laser-eyed space serpent and other minions of the evil Extra-Terrestrial Alliance! Use the joystick of the right hand control to fly the space sled. Press the action button to fire your lasers. Warning! Your space sled can be destroyed by falling lava, rocks, contact with the space serpent's body or a blast from it laser eyes. Gryptogg, Raygoth and Arkus of the Extra-Terrestrial Alliance, will periodically open doors in the volcano to fire a gravitational ray. The higher your score, the stronger the artificial gravity fields will become and the more likely you will be drawn to your doom. Direct hits of your lasers will stun the space serpent and destroy falling rocks. You can defeat the gravitational ray by blasting the door in the volcano. SCORING: - Blasting lava during volcanic eruption: 3 points - Stunning the space serpent: 15 points - Hitting an open door: 45 points - Destroying lava rock: 75 points - Surviving a volcanic eruption: 1000 points The score of your current game appears at the lower right of your screen. The high score in a series of games will appear at the lower left of your screen. Two question marks request the initials of the high scoring player. The high scoring player enters his or her initials through the keyboard. The high score and the high scoring player's initials will remain on the screen until a higher score is achieved in succeeding games. To start a new scoring round press RESET and then press 1.

31.12.1983

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

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.

31.12.1972

Extra games released for the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972. Came in a six pack with Wipeout, Volleyball, Fun Zoo, Invasion and Baseball. Could be bought separately. Worked with Cartridge #8.

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

Analogic is one of the 12 original games that were shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.3 and uses play-chips with an overlay. A math game where players can move to either squares depicted on the overlay based on if the number on the square is even or odd and is the sum of the other player's move and another number Analogic is a brain teaser played on a galactic map made of numbered squares. One player starts in planet ODD while the other starts in planet EVEN and the objective is to be the first to reach the opponent's planet. The ODD player is only allowed to move to a square if it's number summed with EVEN's current square totals an ODD number, and vice-versa.

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.

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.

31.12.1972

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

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.

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.

31.12.1972

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

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.

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

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

Magnavox Odyssey launch title, sold separately. A combination of strategic moves made on a separate game board and tactical combat resolved on the screen; different assaults use different cards. Used game cards number 4, 5, and 6.

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

31.12.1972

Cat and Mouse is one of the 12 original games that were shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.4 and uses stick on numbers. In Cat and Mouse, two players chase each other in a maze, taking turns. At any one time, one will play the Mouse who's objective is to reach his home, while the other player plays the Cat who tries to catch the Mouse before that happens.

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01.01.1970

Deep Eclipse: New Space Odyssey is the ultimate space thriller in the best tradition of the genre. You're the pilot of a space fighter, accidentally catapulted into a parallel universe populated by hostile alien creatures; and they're not happy to see you! To get out of this hell, do your best, to destroy hordes of enemies. Be prepared to be part of this world, if you want to survive. Develop and upgrade your space fighter with a wide range of role-play features. Destroy to survive! Survive to return home!

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

Two players use paddles to knock a ball back and forth on a screen; uses an overlay of a basketball court. This cart has 2 different spots games: bowling and basketball. Be the king of the alley or the court. Bowling is up to 4 players while basketball is 2.

31.12.1972

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.

31.12.1973

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.