Atari_Bill Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Anyone know much about “the wizard of Odyssey Great Game Giveaway” promotion? I ran across the following and I don’t recall seeing these with the sticker very often. I’m assuming it was a buy x and receive free game y. Anyone else run across one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJSAM123 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I have one of these. Mine is a Pick Axe Pete. Speaking of which, if I remember correctly, in the Pick Axe Pete commercial it mentions this particular giveaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Thanks! I was beginning to think no one was around this board anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJSAM123 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Here's Pick Axe Pete with the sticker. So the commercial mentions that you'd get $82 worth of free games when you purchased an O2. Two games are shown, Quest for the Rings and PAP. It makes sense. By '82 the Odyssey 2 was starting to wind down in America. My hunch is that the promotion was intended to get rid of as much older inventory as possible to make way for the few remaining titles in the future line-up. It makes me wonder how many of these were specifically stickered for this promotion. I'll have to poke around eBay and see what I can find. I'd assume they'd all be in the lower right hand corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 I think that would be a fair assumption. I did some searching when I got it but I can’t really find much in the way of info for this promotion. I’m assuming it must have been a mail away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeOfPortal Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 6:14 AM, Atari_Bill said: I think that would be a fair assumption. I did some searching when I got it but I can’t really find much in the way of info for this promotion. I’m assuming it must have been a mail away Just want to point out there’s another Pick Axe Pete on eBay. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F293453492301 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, EdgeOfPortal said: Just want to point out there’s another Pick Axe Pete on eBay. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F293453492301 No there’s not. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeOfPortal Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Just now, Atari_Bill said: No there’s not. ? Ha! Good for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJSAM123 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Here's some good stuff. On the Odyssey 2 Homepage, there's a timeline that details many different events during the Odyssey 2's life, including the giveaway. It's a great resource. According to the timeline, the giveaway started on October 8, 1982. https://www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/articles/timeline/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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