Philips Odyssey

Infobox CVG system| title = Philips Odyssey



manufacturer = Philips
type = Video game console
generation = First generation
lifespan = flagicon|Europe 1976
discontinue= 1978
CPU = General Instrument AY-3-8500
media = embedded games
conrollers = Two paddles
onlineservice =
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successor = Videopac

Odyssey is the name of a range of games consoles introduced by Philips in the 1970s including the beige-coloured Odyssey 2001 and its successor, the identically shaped but dark brown-coloured Odyssey 2100 from 1978. The Philips products were different in design and functionality from the Magnavox Odyssey game consoles marketed in North America by Magnavox, a North American Philips subsidiary since 1974.

The successor to Philips’s Odyssey consoles, the Videopac system, was marketed in North America as the Magnavox Odyssey%C2%B2.

References

*Philips Odyssey 2001/2100 advertising and inside view on Pong Story: [http://www.pong-story.com/ody2001.htm]