+swlovinist Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Wanted to know what games were launched for the Odyssey 2 at launch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 This should be helpful: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 The list from the above link shared the games below. I am looking for the launch games that came out with the US Odyssey 2 Launch of Feb 1979. I also see that Take the Money and Run 9412 was a 78 title? Speedway/Spinout/Crypologic 9400 (Pack-In) Blackjack 9401 Football 9402 Armored Encounter/Sub Chase 9403 Bowling/Basketball 9404 Mathimagic/Echo 9405 Computer Intro 9406 (1979) Matchmaker/Buzzword/Logix 9407 Baseball 9408 No 9409 Computer Golf 9410 Cosmic Conflict 9411 *Take the Money and Run 9812* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metarog Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On the side of the original O2 box is a blurb that shows the games available now. I would assume these would be launch games. They are… Speedway/Spinout/Cryptologic Football Baseball Basketball/Bowling Blackjack Armored Encounter/Sub Chase Math-o-Magic/Echo Matchmaker/Buzzword/Logix Introduction to Computer Programming I read somewhere there were 8 launch games besides the pack-in so I bet these are it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 8:30 AM, swlovinist said: I am looking for the launch games that came out with the US Odyssey 2 Launch of Feb 1979. Odyssey 2 launched in '78, didn't it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metarog Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 11:21 PM, BassGuitari said: Odyssey 2 launched in '78, didn't it? In Europe it launched on Dec 78 but Feb 79 in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 7 hours ago, metarog said: In Europe it launched on Dec 78 but Feb 79 in the US. Ah, interesting. For many years it was generally accepted that Odyssey 2 came out in 1978. Digging deeper out of curiosity, February 1979 is probably accurate, judging by U.S. patent and trademark records (I'm taking The Odyssey2 Homepage!'s word on this; I haven't looked them up myself). I also found a scan of a Feb. '79 issue of the British magazine Computing Today which, at the end of a review of the Bally Arcade, seems to back it up: "We have sketchy details of two other possibly similar products being announced in the U.S. (where the Bally Arcade sells for $300). Magnavox has its 'Odyssey 2', which has a full touch keyboard and two joysticks, and a plug-in cartridge system..." However, The Odyssey2 Homepage! also has a scan of an ad for a Spokane, WA appliance/furniture store dated 12/15/1978 that features the Odyssey 2: Feb. 1979 seems like the likeliest U.S. launch date based on [scant] available info, but it also seems possible it may not be definitive. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimj Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 8:30 AM, swlovinist said: No 9409 "No 9409" is "Computer Programmer"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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