November 12, 1975 · Computer or hardware
Magnavox Odyssey 200 (1975)
The first dedicated console with an option for four on-screen paddles.
Released November 12, 1975 at $129.95, it offered Tennis, Hockey and Smash, with a mechanical score slider rather than digital scoring and a Texas Instruments multi-chip design. It arrived just after the Odyssey 100 and was followed by the single-chip Odyssey 300 in October 1976. Magnavox sold 1,773,918 Odyssey-brand units between 1972 and 1981.
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Facts
- Date
- November 12, 1975
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Dedicated console
- Maker or publisher
- Magnavox
- CPU
- TI multi-chip logic (6 chips)
- Media
- built-in games
- Generation
- 1st
- First sold in
- United States
- Notable games
- Tennis; Hockey; Smash
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- Magnavox Odyssey 100 (predecessor, 1975)
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