<s>
The	O
Magnavox	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
2	O
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
Magnavox	O
Odyssey²	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Philips	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
second	B-Application
generation	I-Application
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
that	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1978	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
sold	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
Videopac	I-Device
G7000	O
,	O
in	O
Brazil	O
and	O
Peru	O
as	O
the	O
Philips	O
Odyssey	B-Device
and	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
Odyssey2	O
( オデッセイ2	O
odessei2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
major	O
home	B-Device
consoles	I-Device
prior	O
to	O
the	O
1983	B-Application
video	O
game	O
market	O
crash	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
and	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1970s	B-Application
,	O
Magnavox	O
pioneered	O
the	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
by	O
successfully	O
bringing	O
the	O
first	O
home	B-Device
console	I-Device
to	O
market	O
,	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
quickly	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
later	O
models	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
technological	O
improvements	O
(	O
see	O
Magnavox	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
series	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1978	B-Application
,	O
Magnavox	O
,	O
now	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
North	O
American	O
Philips	O
,	O
decided	O
to	O
release	O
an	O
all-new	O
successor	O
,	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
website	O
IGN	O
named	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
the	O
21st	O
greatest	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
,	O
out	O
of	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
25	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
had	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
removable	O
circuit	O
cards	O
that	O
switched	O
between	O
the	O
built-in	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
,	O
each	O
game	O
could	O
be	O
a	O
unique	O
experience	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
background	O
graphics	O
,	O
foreground	O
graphics	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
scoring	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
any	O
other	O
system	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
included	O
a	O
full	O
alphanumeric	O
membrane	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
educational	O
games	O
,	O
selecting	O
options	O
,	O
or	O
programming	O
(	O
Magnavox	O
released	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
called	O
Computer	O
Intro	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
with	O
the	O
intent	O
of	O
teaching	O
simple	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
used	O
the	O
standard	O
joystick	B-Device
design	O
of	O
the	O
1970s	B-Application
and	O
early	O
1980s	B-Application
:	O
the	O
original	O
console	O
had	O
a	O
moderately	O
sized	O
silver	O
controller	O
,	O
held	O
in	O
one	O
hand	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
square	O
housing	O
for	O
its	O
eight-direction	O
stick	O
that	O
was	O
manipulated	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
releases	O
had	O
a	O
similar	O
black	O
controller	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
8-pointed	O
star-shaped	O
housing	O
for	O
its	O
eight-direction	O
joystick	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
upper	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
was	O
a	O
single	O
'	O
Action	O
 '	O
button	O
,	O
silver	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
controllers	O
and	O
red	O
on	O
the	O
black	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
's	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
some	O
came	O
with	O
controllers	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
plugged	O
and	O
unplugged	O
from	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
unit	O
via	O
their	O
DB9	O
connector	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
had	O
their	O
controllers	O
hardwired	O
into	O
the	O
rear	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
unit	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
strongest	O
points	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
its	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
unit	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
speech	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
enhancement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
area	O
that	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
may	O
be	O
best	O
remembered	O
for	O
was	O
its	O
pioneering	O
fusion	O
of	O
board	O
and	O
video	O
games	O
:	O
The	O
Master	O
Strategy	O
Series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
graphics	O
and	O
few	O
color	O
choices	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
biggest	O
competitors	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
—	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
Mattel	O
's	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Bally	B-Device
Astrocade	I-Device
—	O
were	O
its	O
"	O
weakest	O
point	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
these	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
was	O
listed	O
by	O
Jeff	O
Rovin	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
in	O
total	O
of	O
sales	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
seven	O
major	O
video	O
game	O
suppliers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
nationwide	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Mattel	B-Operating_System
Intellivision	I-Operating_System
in	O
1980	O
,	O
the	O
console	O
video	O
game	O
market	O
was	O
dominated	O
by	O
the	O
competition	O
between	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
remained	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
primary	O
consoles	O
from	O
1980	O
to	O
mid-1982	O
,	O
though	O
a	O
distant	O
third	O
behind	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
Mattel	B-Operating_System
Intellivision	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1983	B-Application
over	O
one	O
million	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
units	O
were	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
sell	O
would-be	O
customers	O
on	O
its	O
resemblance	O
to	O
a	O
home	O
computer	O
,	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
was	O
marketed	O
with	O
phrases	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
Ultimate	O
Computer	O
Video	O
Game	O
System	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Sync-Sound	O
Action	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
True-Reality	O
Synthesization	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
On-Screen	O
Digital	O
Readouts	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
serious	O
educational	O
tool	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
packaging	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
and	O
its	O
game	B-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munchkin	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Killer	B-Application
Bees	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
third-party	O
game	O
appeared	O
for	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
until	O
Imagic	O
's	O
Demon	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
in	O
1983	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
third-party	O
support	O
kept	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
games	O
very	O
limited	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
Videopac	I-Device
G7000	O
overseas	O
led	O
to	O
two	O
other	O
companies	O
producing	O
games	O
for	O
it	O
:	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
released	O
Popeye	B-Application
,	O
Frogger	B-Application
,	O
Q*bert	B-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
,	O
while	O
Imagic	O
also	O
released	O
Atlantis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Europe	O
,	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
did	O
very	O
well	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
was	O
most	O
widely	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
Videopac	I-Device
G7000	O
,	O
or	O
just	O
the	O
Videopac	O
,	O
although	O
branded	O
variants	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
some	O
areas	O
of	O
Europe	O
under	O
the	O
names	O
Philips	B-Device
Videopac	I-Device
C52	O
,	O
Radiola	O
Jet	O
25	O
,	O
Schneider	O
7000	O
,	O
and	O
Siera	O
G7000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
rare	O
model	O
,	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
Videopac	I-Device
G7200	O
,	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
;	O
it	O
had	O
a	O
built-in	O
black-and-white	O
monitor	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Videopac	O
game	B-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
are	O
mostly	O
compatible	O
with	O
American	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
units	O
,	O
although	O
some	O
games	O
have	O
color	O
differences	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
are	O
completely	O
incompatible	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Frogger	B-Application
on	O
the	O
European	O
console	O
,	O
being	O
unable	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
playing	O
field	O
,	O
and	O
Chess	B-Application
on	O
the	O
American	O
model	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
extra	O
hardware	O
module	O
could	O
not	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Brazil	O
,	O
the	O
console	O
was	O
released	O
simply	O
as	O
Philips	O
Odyssey	B-Device
(	O
since	O
the	O
original	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
had	O
had	O
only	O
a	O
limited	O
release	O
by	O
a	O
local	O
company	O
,	O
Planil	O
Comércio	O
,	O
under	O
license	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
became	O
much	O
more	O
popular	O
in	O
Brazil	O
than	O
it	O
ever	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
;	O
tournaments	O
were	O
even	O
held	O
for	O
popular	O
games	O
like	O
K.C.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Didi	O
in	O
the	O
Enchanted	O
Mine	O
)	O
referring	O
to	O
Renato	O
Aragão	O
's	O
comedy	O
character	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
famous	O
Odyssey	B-Device
games	O
in	O
Brazil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
December	O
1982	B-Application
by	O
Kōton	O
Trading	O
Toitarii	O
Enterprise	O
( コートン・トレーディング・トイタリー・エンタープライズ	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
DINGU	O
company	O
)	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
オデッセイ２	O
(	O
odessei2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Japanese	O
"	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
and	O
its	O
games	O
consisted	O
of	O
the	O
American	O
boxes	O
with	O
katakana	O
stickers	O
on	O
them	O
and	O
cheaply	O
printed	O
black-and-white	O
Japanese	O
manuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
apparently	O
not	O
very	O
successful	O
;	O
Japanese	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
items	O
are	O
now	O
very	O
difficult	O
to	O
find	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
8-way	O
,	O
one-button	O
,	O
digital	O
joysticks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
production	O
runs	O
of	O
the	O
Magnavox	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Philips	O
7000	O
,	O
these	O
were	O
removable	O
and	O
replaceable	O
;	O
in	O
later	O
models	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
permanently	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROM	B-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
,	O
typically	O
2	O
KB	O
,	O
4	O
KB	O
,	O
or	O
8	O
KB	O
in	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Voice	O
:	O
provides	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
and	O
enhanced	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Intellivoice	O
,	O
games	O
compatible	O
with	O
The	O
Voice	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
it	O
;	O
Danny	O
Goodman	O
of	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Video	O
&	O
Arcade	O
Games	O
predicted	O
"	O
that	O
eliminates	O
any	O
incentive	O
to	O
buy	O
the	O
$100	O
voice	O
module	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rare	O
C7420	O
Home	O
Computer	O
Module	O
,	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
by	O
Philips	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
costly	O
extension	O
for	O
the	O
newer	O
Videopac+	O
and	O
Jopac	O
consoles	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
expensive	O
module	O
is	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
the	O
cheap	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
#9	O
:	O
Computer	O
Intro	O
!	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
console	O
emulator	O
for	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
called	O
O2EM	O
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
Philips	B-Device
Videopac	I-Device
G7400	O
emulation	O
among	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emulator	O
works	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
included	O
within	O
OpenEmu	B-Application
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
O2EM	O
(	O
originally	O
not	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
)	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programmer	I-General_Concept
Daniel	O
Boris	O
and	O
further	O
enhanced	O
by	O
André	O
Rodrigues	O
de	O
la	O
Rocha	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
multi-platform	O
multi-system	O
emulator	O
MAME	B-Device
has	O
Odyssey	B-Device
2	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
emulator	O
to	O
emulate	O
The	O
Voice	O
expansion	O
module	O
without	O
using	O
sound	O
samples	O
.	O
</s>
