October 1976 · Computer or hardware
Magnavox Odyssey 300 (1976)
The first Odyssey to use a single-chip design (the AY-3-8500), with digital on-screen scoring.
Released in October 1976 at $69, it competed with Coleco's Telstar and offered Tennis, Hockey and Smash with three difficulty levels and a single control dial. The Odyssey 400 and 500 followed later in 1976, and Odyssey 2000, 3000 and 4000 in 1977.
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Facts
- Date
- October 1976
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Dedicated console
- Maker or publisher
- Magnavox
- CPU
- General Instrument AY-3-8500
- 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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