Boojakascha Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Hello Sadly I noticed that the Magnavox Odyssey games have risen in price. Personally I want to preserve light gun gaming as much as possible. Therefore I started to do a multi card which can be used as cards 9 & 10. Then I realized that this was a waste of silicon an time and that I should better make a 12 in 1 mutli card. Myself I just own 3, 9 & 10 so I was very into the idea once I had it. Here is a picture of the final card: I put all the PCB files onto my website, so everybody can print one for personal usage. I uploaded the files as GERBER and as .brd files (I prefer the latter...). I wish you all happy gaming! Here is a short video of proof, which shows that the little thing actually works:www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFJGMqS9hTI&t=4m27s 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 PM SENT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 How do you select a game with it? Each card does something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojakascha Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 How do you select a game with it? Each card does something different. The odyssey works on short circuit and interruption which alters the game logic of the main unit. Plug in in my cart will short circuit pins 4 and 2 which powers the system (turn the system on). Besides that, nothing happens. Now you would read the white instruction on the surface. They tell you which short circuits to establish (by flipping a DIL switches) in order to recreate a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Oh, those things on the black chips are switches. I guess I needed to look more closely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Just an idle thought, but it'd be easy to put together a few "Odyssey Multicart" stickers to put over an old keyboard box of similar size to the originals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojakascha Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Just an idle thought, but it'd be easy to put together a few "Odyssey Multicart" stickers to put over an old keyboard box of similar size to the originals... That's a cool idea^^ But personally I keep my own multicard loose with the system. You see, I did similar other Odyssey stuff, all these are all lose anyways. So for me personally It makes no big difference =) Also the Ulysses I am doing is a bare PCB on a isolated base plate. I like looking at FRA4 =) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojakascha Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Oh, those things on the black chips are switches. I guess I needed to look more closely. The resolution is low, it is hard to see on the photo... I do web stuff since 2004 and I still compress all my web stuff as it was back then with slower internet, just for being ecological. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthsarian Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I recently picked up an Odyssey that was missing its game cards. At first I was trying to design a PCB where I would add solder bridges to create a permanent version of each game card. Then I saw this thread and realized I'd missed the obvious: dip switches. So I took a shot at making my own and it works! Awesome idea! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojakascha Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 I recently picked up an Odyssey that was missing its game cards. At first I was trying to design a PCB where I would add solder bridges to create a permanent version of each game card. Then I saw this thread and realized I'd missed the obvious: dip switches. So I took a shot at making my own and it works! Awesome idea! looks lovely! Great job! Looks far less convoluted than mine^^ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoremm Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 wowwww... amazing! congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoolDave Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 10/16/2018 at 8:44 AM, ruthsarian said: I recently picked up an Odyssey that was missing its game cards. At first I was trying to design a PCB where I would add solder bridges to create a permanent version of each game card. Then I saw this thread and realized I'd missed the obvious: dip switches. So I took a shot at making my own and it works! Awesome idea! Very cool... what kind of cost is one looking at to make one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojakascha Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/30/2019 at 12:56 AM, TheCoolDave said: what kind of cost is one looking at to make one ? It depends on where you print it (India/China/Europe/US) and how many of them you take (law of scale) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoolDave Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 7 hours ago, Boojakascha said: It depends on where you print it (India/China/Europe/US) and how many of them you take (law of scale) I have this type of card for my Vectrex (32 in 1) that does the job pretty well. Might be interested in trying to create one. I am in the US... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojakascha Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 You could take a look at Seeed Studio. They are cheap but don't have a terrible working condition reputation. And then you could try to make a shout out for other interest people. Making 5 of these is approximately equally expensive as making one. Therefore the cost of a single cart, would be five times cheaper if you managed to distribute the remaining four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoolDave Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 20 hours ago, Boojakascha said: You could take a look at Seeed Studio. They are cheap but don't have a terrible working condition reputation. And then you could try to make a shout out for other interest people. Making 5 of these is approximately equally expensive as making one. Therefore the cost of a single cart, would be five times cheaper if you managed to distribute the remaining four. Thanks ! You also have some interesting other projects on your site. Might need to play with some other things (always wanted to see a NES gun work on a modern LCD tv) Ok, I'll bite. Any other interest in this ? I am NOT interested in any profit, I would just like to own one. So we figure out how many, cost to make, we figure out shipping costs, then we divide it between all users and your cut is required to be part of it. If I get a handful of requests (PM me) I'll spend some time to try to get an idea of the costs and take it from there. I have never done this before but, would like see the process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychedelicShaman Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 On 9/1/2019 at 10:20 AM, TheCoolDave said: Ok, I'll bite. Any other interest in this ? I'd be in for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealOC Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Sorry for bumping an old thread - I'd be interested in one, if anyone else still up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojakascha Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 1 hour ago, TheRealOC said: Sorry for bumping an old thread - I'd be interested in one, if anyone else still up for it. Mike actually sells them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 4 hours ago, TheRealOC said: Sorry for bumping an old thread - I'd be interested in one, if anyone else still up for it. Still some available, details in the thread quoted, Boojakascha did the hard work, I just paid a lot of money for someone else to make them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealOC Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 @Boojakascha @Mikebloke Thanks very much, will PM now. Just got an Odyssey with no games and overlays, so this would be a great solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojakascha Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.