4 in 1 Row

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - 1982

4 in 1 Row is a translation of the Connect Four board game. Two players (Pussycat and Hounddog) take turns dropping colored (red or green) discs in an eight-column six-row grid. The object is to place 4 discs in a row, either vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

Alien Invaders: Plus

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1980

ALIEN INVADERS - PLUS! Starring the Merciless Monstroths! These tentacled terrors from the stars command ruthless robot invasion forces as they come relentlessly closer to Earth. You're almost hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned. It will take strategy, dexterity and the most exquisite timing to even come close to winning this battle against overwhelming odds. This is -without question - one of the most challenging, exciting and demanding electronic games ever invented!

Alpine Skiing

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1979

ALPINE SKIING! This authentic electronic simulation of world class championship skiing is so realistic you can hear your skis cut through the powder as you traverse the slopes! It's all here! The Slalom—the Giant Slalom—and the soaring Downhill races! It's you against other skiers and a computerized timer that clocks you to 1/10th of a second! The excitement is endless— the computer generates over 195,000 different runs!

AMOK!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Homebrew - 1998

AMOK! was the first Odyssey² new release about 15 years after the console was discontinued. It is inspired by Berzerk. The player is trapped in a spaceship and is armed with a laser pistol, which can fire in all 8 directions. Each stage is a maze with one or more exits, and the player has to try to exit them while avoiding to touch its walls and get killed. Besides the danger of the walls, the player will face the berzerk robot sentinels, which can move about and shoot, but that can also be killed if they touch the walls. After a while, the Smileybot will appear and try to kill the player....

Armored Encounter + Sub Chase

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - December 1, 1978

Armored Encounter! is a clone of Atari's Combat. Two players control tanks and try to shoot each other the most in a time limit of three minutes. Each tank has 20 rounds of ammunition. The last three rounds will change color, warning the player the ammunition is low. This game offers 12 variations, selected by the alphanumeric keys. Sub Chase! features a Hawk hunter-killer jet against a Shark missile-launching submarine. One player controls the jet, which scrolls left, and the other controls the submarine, which scrolls right. While neutral ships sail on the water surface, the players have...

Atlantis

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1983

The lost city of Atlantis is under attack! Wave after wave of Gorgon vessels are approaching, each armed with weapons capable of destroying a part of the city. You are in charge of the command posts at the edges of the city and need to defend it from the invaders. The various gorgon craft will keep flying by on the screen in varying numbers and in different flight patterns. At first they fly high in the sky but then progressively lower. If an enemy makes it low enough before you destroy it, it will use it's weapons and destroy one of the buildings in Atlantis. As you progress in the game, the...

Attack of the Timelord!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1982

The player has just attracted the attention of Spyrus the Deathless, the Timelord of Chaos, and his only defense is his Time Machine's laser cannon. The Timelord will now send his fleet of Time Ships to destroy the player. In this space shooter the player controls the Time Machine horizontally with the directional stick and shoots its laser with the action button. The Timelord's Time Ships have four kinds of weapons to assault the player, and they will be introduced in the game's first four levels. In the first level, the Time Ships will shoot missiles, which travel in straight lines...

Baseball!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

BASEBALL! This will take you out to the ball game in the purest sense! The pitcher can throw in-side and outside curves! An un-challengeable electronic umpire who will never need glasses calls the balls and strikes! The out-fielders can play to a batter's weakness. A batter can hit for a hole in the outfield. Singles! Doubles! Triples! Homers! Even sacrifice flies! It's all here! (Except for the hotdogs and peanuts!) On-screen digital readouts show balls. strikes and score! Full sync-sound action - from the crack of the bat to the cheers of the crowd! Two players.

Blockout + Breakdown

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1980

BLOCKOUT! You have ninety seconds to break through a fourth dimensional barricade—but you have to outwit electronic demons who have the power to stop you cold. BREAKDOWN! You have one minute to bust all the blocks on the screen—but you better be quick—because electronic demons keep put-ting them back. Challenge another player—or just try to beat the computer You can even watch the computer play itself! On-screen digital scoring and tim-ing! Full sync-sound action!

Bowling + Basketball

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

BOWLING! A true electronics simulation! You go straight for the pins or hook from either side of the alley! But once you commit to the hook you're on the hook! There's no going back. Digital scoring! Sync-sound action! Two to four players. (Lanes change color to let you know when it's your turn.) BASKETBALL! For ultimate realism, there's even a built-in electronic gravity field! The electronic basketball bounces like a real basketball. If you don't get a clear shot into the basket, the ball hits the rim or the backboard and bounces back into the court! On-screen digital scoring and timer....

Calculator

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Casino Slot Machine

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1980

CASINO SLOT MACHINE! Lady Luck is alive and well and living inside this authentic computerized simulation of the latest nine window one arm bandits. Enter your bets into the computer and pull the handle. Free wheeling melons, bells, plums, cherries and the other traditional symbols spin by and fall into place one reel at a time. You can win (or lose) in five different directions on each turn. Fantastic party action! One to four ! people can play at a time. Full sync-sound action and the computer keeps track of the money!

Catch the Ball / Noughts and Crosses

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - 2019

Two titles are available in this cart: Catch the Ball puts one or two players in the role of a circus clown who has to catch a while ball which comes rolling down a maze of obstacles. The clown has to try to follow the ball as it falls its unpredictable path. A time limit of three "game minutes" is counted down and the player with more balls caught by the end of the time wins. The joystick is used to move the clown left or right and the "action" button accelerates his movements. There are 6 possible variations, with the players taking turns after each ball caught, taking turns after each miss...

Chinese Logic

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - 1980

In Chinese Logic the player has to move a sequence of numbers (9 to 0) from the point A of a pattern of lines to point D (or B in the variations). The numbers must be placed in point D in the same descending order. There are two other points to which the numbers can be moved, B and C. If one or more numbers are parked in one of the points, the player can only additionally move to that point numbers which are lower than the last one already parked. The numbers can be moved one by one only and to do so the player has to type the letter of origin and then type the destiny letter. Moves can be...

Clay Pigeon

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1982

As the name implies, Clay Pigeon! is a clay pigeon shooting game. At the left corner, a trap launches targets toward the shooter. The player controls the shooter which stands in the right corner of the screen. In order to proceed to the next level, the player has to hit at least eight of the ten plates thrown. While he's shooting, some ducks will appear flying over his head. They'll drop "bombs" over him, and if he doesn't avoid them, he'll be stunned for some time. If he fails to shoot the minimum plates necessary, an eagle will appear and attack him. He needs to shoot the eagle twice to...

Comando Noturno

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1982

Comando Noturno! (Night Commando!) is a combat flight simulator. The player controls a fighter plane on a night mission, and his task is to take off, destroy the target, avoid enemy attack and return to base. The plane is controlled both with the joystick and the keyboard. With the joystick, the player controls the plane's direction (up, down, left or right) and weapon (with the action button). With the keyboard, he controls the several plane's instruments. The game is seen from the plane's cockpit in a first person perspective. There's a main display, which will show (by player's...

Computer Golf

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

COMPUTER GOLF! A nine hole, par 36. electronic golf course for one to four players. Realistic electronic golfers hit long drives and fairway shots! They pitch and chip up to the green! Suddenly—the screen changes automatically to show a close-up of the green itself. Putt out—then go on to a new hole with a different layout and challenge! This is a remarkably complete electronic simulation. You really walk the course and have true control over back-swing, distance and direction. Hit into the trees and your electronic golfer will pound the ground with a club and spout some extremely colorful...

Computer Intro

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

COMPUTER INTRO! This cartridge turns your Odyssey2 into an electronic teacher of computer theory and technology! You learn how to talk with a computer in an assembler language! You use the Odyssey2 alpha-numeric keyboard to write a computer program - and enter it into a microprocessor capable of making 100,000 electronic decisions every second! Then you actually run the program and see the exciting results on your television screen! Shut off the power and it erases everything automatically so you can start a new program any time you want!

Conquest of the World

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1981

Cosmic Conflict

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

COSMIC CONFLICT! You are the commander of the CENTURION, an Earth Federation star-ship guarding a remote corner of the galaxy. An alien invasion fleet from the planet. Badnewsia has penetrated the galaxy's outer-most defenses! If you do not destroy it, earth will be enslaved by the enemy hordes! Disintegrate enemy invasion transports with your laser blasters! Elude enemy star fighters warping in from hyperspace! This is a startlingly realistic simulation filled with remarkable special effects, out-of-this-world sounds, on-screen enemy proximity warnings, and actual messages from Star...

Demon Attack

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1983

Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Phoenix. You control a laser canon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bizarre patterns, and try to destroy your canon with bombs or lasers. When you shoot a demon, it will be replaced with another or will split into two smaller demons depending on which wave you are playing. When the required number of demons for the current round is finally destroyed, you can move on to the next, more difficult round.

Depth Charge / Marksman

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1979

Two titles are available in this cart: Depth Charge is a single-player BattleShip variant. The player controls a cannon in a top-down view trying to destroy 7 submarines hidden in the area of water shown on screen. The area is a 8x8 grid, and the player controls a white cross-hair over it with the joystick. Pressing the action button will shoot the cannon. If a submarine is hidden in that particular area, a blue square will appear, marking it. If there are no submarines, the game will warn the player with a sound and that area will continue unmarked. There are submarines of 4 different sizes,...

Duelo no Velho Oeste!

Magnavox Odyssey 2

É realmente dramático. Cada pistoleiro dispõe de apenas 6 balas em seu revólver. E quem conseguir eliminar o adversário por 10 vezes ganha a batalha. Se você atingir as árvores ou a borda superior ou inferior da tela, os tiros ricocheteiam e podem atingir qualquer dos pistoleiros. Quando acabar a munição, encoste numa árvore que tenha a mesma cor que o seu pistoleiro. Aí tem munição escondida. Mas se você escolher a máquina como adversário, cuidado! Você está duelando contra um frio e impassível pistoleiro androide!

Dynasty!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1979

DYNASTY! The origins of Dynasty predates chess by more than a thousand years. This venerable ancestor is the ancient Chinese strategy game of Go, which was first played by the nobility. Dynasty is a computerized descendant of this legendary war game which was actually a required course in the Japanese military academy as late as 1600. Dynasty is deceptively easy to learn, but its infinite variations make it profoundly addictive. Play against the computer or another player. A digital timing handicapping system gives a newcomer a good chance to upset an experienced player.

Electronic Table Soccer

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1980

Press 1 on the alpha-numeric keyboard. A full size tournament soccer table appears on your screen. The scoring rack is at the bottom. The left hand control controls the goalkeeper at the left side of the screen and the other members of the team who wear the same colors. The right hand control controls the goalkeeper at the right side of the screen as well as the other members of the team. You can play against another player or the computer. Press the action button or move the joystick of the hand control to tell the computer how many people are in the game. If one of the hand...

Football!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

FOOTBALL! All the proaction! You captain a team of realistic electronic superstars! Call the signals! Drop back into the pocket and pass—run for the yardage—or try for a field goal! There's a full complement of offensive and defensive play options including widely varying running and passing situations. Just about anything is possible including interceptions! Unique on-screen electronic sensors automate play action! The defensive linemen automatically follow the ball! On-screen digital read-outs count down the clock and show the score. Full sync-sound! An electronic crowd cheers! The whistle...

Freedom Fighters

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1982

FREEDOM FIGHTERS! You command a starship of the Earth Federation Rescue Fleet. Your mission is to free your captured comrades from the Pulsar Empire's deep space confinement crystals. They are guarded by Pulsar warships which attack you with constellations of hunter-killer drone mines. Unique space conflict simulation! One hand control activates conventional space drive - the other warps your craft through hyperspace! Advanced digital scoring with memory displays high player's name and score as well as current player's score. Full sync-sound action! Any number can play!

Frogger

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1982

It's tough to be a frog! Life isn't all lazy days and lily pads--it abounds with dangers. Can you help Frogger survive some perils and spring him home to safety? First hop your frogs across a busy highway. Then cross a raging river to reach the safety of home. But your frogs will have to leap away from one danger after another before they're safe. Watch out for the tricky diving turtles...jump away from the frog-eating snakes...hop from the jaws of the hungry alligators!

Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1982

THE GREAT WALL STREET FORTUNE HUNT is an authentic computerized model of the real investment world. The opportunities for investment in the game represent the thousands of alternatives available on the various exchanges. You'll find conservative blue chips like IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) and high risk high flyers like WOW (Wildcat Oil Western). You'll find the fast food industry represented by McDonald's Corporation and high technology manufacturers represented by Texas Instruments. Each of the companies available for investment not only represents itself but other...

Hockey / Soccer

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1979

HOCKEY! You captain a full team of ice men. Battle for the puck at the face-off. Make an off-the-wall slap shot! Fake out the goalie and score! Unique on-screen electronic sensors automate play action! You control the stick man and goalie-the rest of the team automatically follows the puck! Realistic skating action! Digital time keeping! Automatic scoreboard. Full sync-sound! Two players! SOCCER! Use your head (and feet) to score in this computerized version of one of the most popular games in the world. Soccer is a national sport in England, Brazil, Russia and a hundred other countries...

Invaders from Hyperspace

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1979

INVADERS FROM HYPERSPACE! Swarms of sinister alien space ships materialize and attack outpost solar systems in a remote corner of the United Planets Interstellar Galactic Empire. Science fiction turns science fact in this incredibly fast-moving and realistic war of the worlds. You'll need lightning reflexes and instantaneous strategic insights to protect all the planets in your two vulnerable solar systems from the invasion fleet! Digital scoring! Sync-sound action!

I've Got Your Number

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1979

Press 1 on the alpha-numeric keyboard. The screen will display a giant electronic blackboard filled with orbiting numbers and symbols. Player 1 appears at the left side of the screen. Player 2 appears at the right side of the screen. Each player stands on a scoring box which will automatically count up each correct answer. The left hand control unit activates the left hand player on the screen. The right hand control unit activates the player at the right hand of the screen. Push the joy stick away from you to walk your player toward the top of the screen. Pull the joy stick toward...

K.C. Munchkin

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1981

K.C. MUNCHKIN - The more MUNCHIES your MUNCHKIN munches, the harder it gets to keep your MUNCHKIN from getting munched up by one of the MUNCHERS! Skill levels increase automatically to create increased challenge as you play! The computer generates myriads of different mazes or you make up your own. There are even invisible mazes ready for when you turn pro. Advanced digital scoring with memory displays player's name and score as well as the current play's score. Sync-sound action. Any number can play.

K.C.'s Krazy Chase!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1982

K.C.'s KRAZY CHASE! The chase is really crazy because while K.C. Munchkin is chasing one end of the dreaded Dratapillar - the other end is chasing him - and so are the dreaded Dratapillar's dreadful Drats! Skill levels automatically increase as you play. Choose from five different mazes - or use the keyboard to make up your own! Advanced digital scoring with memory displays high score! Full sync-sound action - plus speech is played through the Voice of Odyssey2. Any number can play.

Keyboard Creations

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1981

KEYBOARD CREATIONS! It turns your words into a light show that travels across your TV screen. There's a myriad of applications! You can make professional looking titles for your videotape recordings. (a special "date line" even includes a computerized digital clock that displays the actual time the recording was made.) It turns your TV set into a message center that can't be missed! KEYBOARD CREATIONS televises birthday, anniversary and holiday greetings at parties - and telecasts your own commercial messages for business! This immensely versatile cartridge even plays word games to make...

Killer Bees

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1983

The Beebots from the insect civilization of BEM are invading the Earth, protected by swarms of Killer Bees, and it's up to a swarm of white bees to stop them. The player control the white bees swarm, trying to kill the Beebots by flying over them and stinging them. The longer the swarm flies over a Beebot, the slower it moves, until it finally stops and dies. When a Beebot dies, a grave marker will be raised in its place, making the movement of the remaining Beebots more difficult. The red Beebots move clockwise, the blue ones move counterclockwise. The Beebots are protected by swarms of...

Labyrinth Game / Supermind

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1982

Two titles are available in this cart: A Labyrinth Game is exactly what the title defines. The player has to move a pawn from the left side of a labyrinth to the exit on the right side. Each match consists in a series of 10 and the labyrinth always changes when starting a new game. The pawn is controlled with the joystick and the "action" makes it move faster. There are 16 possible variations, including stationary and moving patterns and exits, for one player, two players or one player against the computer (a "Cat and Mouse" game where the computer plays a pawn which tries to catch the...

Las Vegas Blackjack

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

LAS VEGAS BLACKJACK! Step right up and place your bets! The computer starts you off with a thousand dollars and shuffles the cards! You can double-down or take insurance! You're playing by Las Vegas rules! The computer keeps track of your winnings and losses. Good luck! One or two players against the computerized dealer.

Matchmaker / Buzzword / Logix

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

MATCHMAKER! An innocent looking matrix filled with letters appears on the Screen. The first player presses a letter on the keyboard and a symbol appears in the box. He presses a second letter and a second symbol appears. If they match, the player scores! If they don't match it's the second player's turn. The trick is to remember what symbols have appeared in which boxes. Full sync-sound! Two players. LOGIX! This game of deductive reasoning would challenge the great detective himself! The computer secretly chooses five numbers and arranges them in a random sequence. You get to figure out...

Math-A-Magic / Echo

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

MATH-A-MAGIC! (one or more players) Press 1 on the alpha-numeric keyboard for conventional math problems. The computer will ask if you want to add, subtract, multiply or divide. Press the appropriate symbol on the alpha-numeric keyboard. The computer will then ask you to select a skill level from 1 to 3. The higher the number, the harder the problem. Press the skill level desired on the alpha-numeric keyboard. The first problem will appear on the screen. If the problem is displayed on a horizontal format, enter the solution from left to right. A. 7 + 8 = ? A. 7 + 8 = 1 A....

Mission Impossible / Programmed Trip

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Two titles are available in this cart: Mission Impossible is an action game. The player must protect a cargo ship (white craft) which travels on a lay lines from bounty hunters (red crafts), which will destroy the cargo ship if they cross its way. As the cargo ship moves along the lay lines, the player must place NGR bots (green X symbols) at the lay line intersections to change traffic; the player has 7 NGR bots and can replace them. When any ships reaches an NGR bot, it will turn right if traveling vertically or turn toward the bottom of the screen when traveling horizontally. Red...

Monkeyshines!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1981

In Monkeyshines! one or two players will try to tag as many monkeys as they can while avoiding being tagged back. The players can move and jump over platforms where the monkeys are hanging and moving around. If a player catches a monkey, he has to press the "action" button to tag the monkey and throw it in any desired direction. Once tagged, the monkey will become red for a while and try to tag back the player. If the player is tagged, he's out of the game. The game ends when both player characters are tagged. The computer keeps track of how many monkeys were tagged. If more than 10 are...

Mr. Roboto!

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Prototype It´s the year 8048 and mankind has been anhialated. The computers and machines that were built to help man have become smart enough to rule over – and eventually destroy – all civilization. Now, the once united machines have fractured, and the machines have begun to battle with each other. Two factions remain. Each side has a CPU master and 6 robot warrior servants. The CPUs can´t move, so the robots are sent out to do the dirty work. The goal: shutdown the opposing side´s CPU. Many obstacles are in place to prevent this: the other robots, energy surges, firewalls, viruses, and...

Neutron Star

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - 1983

In Neutron Star the player controls a spaceship trying to defend a system of satellites from being hit by planet fragments cast by an explosion. The boulders must be collected by placing them in transport platform in front of the ship. Once the boulder is coupled, the player must move the ship toward a neutron star in the left edge of the screen. The neutron star exerts a magnetic force which will draw the ship into it. The ship must be moved carefully as it displays momentum. If the ship is drawn by the neutron star, it will be destroyed. Once close enough, the boulder can be released (by...

Nimble Numbers Ned

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1982

Nimble Numbers Ned was one of the three games specifically designed to use the resources of the Voice. It is a math game where the objective is to make Nimble Numbers Ned jump over 100 numbered stones, avoiding his barrels of fun. To do so, the player has to run through one of the three minigames. At the start of the game, the computer will ask "which drill?" to what the player has to answer entering a number on the keyboard (1, 2, or 3). At the start of each drill, the computer will ask "how good you are?", to what the player has to answer with a number for the skill level (from 1 to 5). The...

Out of this World / Helicopter Rescue

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1979

OUT OF THIS WORLD! (Odyssey2 Reentry Basic Interstellar Training Simulator) The mother ship orbits the planets as you and your opponent maneuver your space landers to the surface. Fire your thrusters intermittently to conserve your fuel. You'll need it to blast off and link up with the mother ship as it changes speed and direction. Three different electronic gravity fields simulate conditions on Jupiter, Mars, and the moon! Full sync-sound action! Digital scoring! One or two players! HELICOPTER RESCUE! This daring helicopter rescue mission is a race against time! You only have two minutes...

P.T. Barnum's Acrobats

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1982

P.T. BARNUM'S ACROBATS! (1 or 2 players at a time) SINGLE PLAYER VERSIONS Press 0 on the numeric section of the keyboard. You are under the Big Top at the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus! One of the acrobats is standing on the platform at the left side of the screen. His partner is on the teeter board at the center of the screen. Three rows of balloons are dancing back and forth high above their heads. Use the joystick of the right hand control to move the teeter board from side to side. Use the action button to make the acrobat jump from the platform. If he lands...

Pachinko

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1980

PACHINKO! A far out electronic evolution of one of the most popular games from the far east. This cross between a pinball machine and a slot machine is incredibly larger than life. You're right in the middle of the action playing against another person or the computer itself. If you don't like the odds, bounce your ball off the Magic Mountain and get a new set of numbers. But watch out for the robot Troubleshooter. He loves to scoop up your stray balls and send them careening down to your opponent! On-screen digital scoring! Full sync-sound action! One or two players.

Pick Axe Pete!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1982

Pick Axe Pete is in the Misty Mountain Mine, trying to strike it rich. The player controls Pick Axe Pete in a platformed mine. Three doors leading to deeper parts of the mine are displayed, and from them, gold bearing rocks will burst in random intervals. Pete must strike the rocks with his pick, which will break every once in a while. When it happens, Pete must avoid the falling rocks, by jumping over or crawling under them. If two rocks collide, they will uncover a new pick for Pete, which will remain onscreen for a limited amount of time. Also, keys to the other levels of the mine will...

Pinball

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Pinball!, as the name implies, is a pinball game for one or two players. There are two game "formats". The main format has a table with 7 bumpers and two sockets, with two flippers at the bottom center. Holes at the bottom sides of the table are opened when the bumpers in the second line from bottom to top are hit. At first, hitting the bumpers adds 75 points to the score, but as the bumpers change colors when hit, the amount of points scored increase. The bumpers start red, then change to green, orange, dark blue, pink, light blue, white, black and then red again. The table can also be nudged...

Planet Lander!

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Prototype Press 0 on the alpha-numeric keyboard. The computer will display a message screen, telling you to GET READY. The moving arrows tell you to press the action button to continue. The left hand controller is your navigation. Push the joystick left or right to rotate the lander in that direction. Press the action button to ignite the engines. The X and Y gauges show your horizontal and vertical speeds. A red number means too fast. Green means OK. The object of the game is to land successfully on as many planets as possible, before fuel runs out. A successful landing is when...

Pocket Billiards

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1980

POCKET BILLIARDS! Play Eight Ball or Rotation on an authentic computerized replica of a full size pool table. Your electronic cue can rotate a full 360 degrees to play the ball at any angle. You have full control to make a cannonball break shot that gives your opponent no break at all—or a delicate tap that sinks the ball into the corner pocket. Automatic racking. Computerized scoring. Full sync-sound action. Two players.

Pong

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Prototype First press ‘RESET’ The text “SELECT GAME” will appear on the screen. Next press ‘0’ (zero) to ‘9’ or ‘Space.’ Each number or the space key will start a different version of Pong! Squash (Practice) Key 0: 1 player, low ball speed Key 1: 1 player, high ball speed Squash (left controller, blue, goes first) Key 2: 2 players - low ball speed Key 3: 2 players - high ball speed Tennis (right controller, red, goes first) Key 4: 2 players - low ball speed Key 5: 2 players - high ball speed Pong Classic (Squash) Key 6: 1 Player Key 7: 2 players - (left controller...

Popeye

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1983

Put yourself in Popeye's place. You've got a daffy girlfriend who goes by the name of Olive Oyl. Right now, she's got you running in circles, chasing hearts and notes all over the place. Then, there's that blubber-brain, Brutus, who's out to get you. While you're dashing around, he's taking shots to knock you overboard. And if that's not bad enough - you've got that nasty 'ol biddy, the Sea Hag, pelting you with bottles. Now you'd think with all this going on, you could rely on your spinach. NO CHANCE! It's there one second - gone the next! So go ahead, put yourself in Popeye's place - if you...

Power Lords

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1983

Power Lords is a game released for the Odyssey 2. It is based on the toy line from the 1980s that bears this name. To start the game, press 1 on the keyboard. You have just arrived at Volcan Rock - an artificial planetoid defended by a laser-eyed space serpent and other minions of the evil Extra-Terrestrial Alliance! Use the joystick of the right hand control to fly the space sled. Press the action button to fire your lasers. Warning! Your space sled can be destroyed by falling lava, rocks, contact with the space serpent's body or a blast from it laser eyes. Gryptogg, Raygoth...

Puzzle Piece Panic!

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Puzzle Piece Panic! is a Tetris clone. Falling tetrad pieces must be arranged inside a well to form horizontal lines. When a complete line is formed, it is removed from screen. Pieces can be moved horizontally, rotated by pressing the action button (and up for opposite rotation) and accelerated by pressing down. The game has 4 possible variations: A: pieces above the removed line collapse; the goal is to outlast; the game increases one difficulty level for each 10 lines removed; B: pieces above the removed line collapse; the goal is to remove 25 lines; the game doesn't increase the...

Q*bert

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1983

Q*bert is an isometric platform game with puzzle elements where the player controls the titular protagonist from a third-person perspective. Q*bert starts each game at the top of a pyramid of cubes, and moves by jumping diagonally from cube to cube. Landing on a cube causes it to change color, and changing every cube to the target color allows the player to progress to the next stage.

The Quest for the Rings

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1981

THE QUEST FOR THE RINGS! Ten rings of power lie hidden within the Dark Lands of the evil Ringmaster. In gloomy dungeons, crystal caverns, molten infernos, and mysterious shifting halls. Each posing its own challenge, and it's own threat! Each ring is guarded by the treacherous minions of evil that lurk within these halls of doom. Menacing Ores and Firewraths, the loathsome Spydroth Tyrantulus, Doomwinged Bloodthursts, and hideous fire-breathing dragons! The Quest for the Rings is the first of a new Master Strategy Series from Odyssey. Applauded as a first by true game enthusiasts. Offering...

Secret of the Pharaohs

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1981

Secret of the Pharaohs is a puzzle game for two players. Each player has to find the correct position of stones in the Pharaoh's pyramids. The screen is horizontally divided in the half, and the pyramids have four blocks in the lower layer (or higher for the top player), three in the middle and one at the top (or bottom for the top player). Each block has two possible positions for placing the stones, and after the players place them, a number will appear above (for the up player) or below (for the down player), showing how many of them are correctly placed. Players must then relocate the...

Showdown in 2100 AD

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1979

Press 1 on the alpha-numeric keyboard. An authentic acre of the old west will appear on your screen - along with two android gunfighters. The left hand control activates the gunfighter on the left - the right hand control activates the gunfighter on the right. Push the joy stick forward. Your gunfighter will swagger to the top of the screen. Pull the joy stick toward you to walk him to the bottom. Push right to go right. Push left to go left. Press the action button to activate your gunfighter to draw and fire. Each gunfighter has six bullets in his revolver. The number of...

SID the Spellbinder

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1982

Press 0 on the numeric section of the keyboard. The Voice will ask you to "SELECT SKILL." Choose 1 or 2. Press 1 for the first skill level. Press 2 for the second skill level. (If you don't press either, the computer will automatically deliver skill level 2 after about 15 seconds.) The Voice will immediately announce: "MONSTER ATTACK! OPEN FIRE!" Sure enough! Giant Sid the Spellbinder snakes across the screen. Your only defense is a missile launcher at the bottom of the screen. Use the joystick of either hand control to move your missile launcher to the right or left. Press the...

Smithereens

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1982

Press 1 on the numeric section of the Odyssey2 keyboard. You have just arrived in days of old when knights were bold. Football has yet to be invented - and castle crumbling is one of the most popular national sports. The left hand control activates the soldier and catapult at the left side of your screen. The right hand control activates the catapult at the right side of the screen. To launch a boulder, move the joystick in any direction and release it. The longer you hold it back, the farther the boulder will travel. If you hit your opponent's catapult, he will move it out of...

Speedway / Spin-Out / Crypto-Logic

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

SPEEDWAY! (One or more players.) You're racing a really mean machine against the clock and a high speed maze of cars driven by the coolest hotfoots in the world! SPIN-OUT! (One or more players.) Explosive off-the-wall race action around a hazardous enclosed track! Two different raceways! CRYPTO-LOGIC! (Two or more players.) Secret messages are scram-bled by random transposition ciphers that come out differently every time! You Have to out think the computers!

Stone Sling

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1981

Stone Sling is an Action game, developed and published by Philips, which was released in Europe in 1981.

Take the Money and Run

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1978

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN! Your Time Machine has crash-landed in the year 231,000 A.D. You are in the Land of Keynesium-an ultra-sophisticated civilization possessing enormous intellectual curiosity about economic life in the ancient days of the Twentieth Century. You do your best to describe how the Old Ones spent so much of their time chasing money in the run-around of the rat race. You introduce them to the concepts of profit and loss. You tell them about income, expenses, dividends, bear markets, bull markets, taxes and inflation. The Keynesians think you are putting them on-but they give you...

Thunderball

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1979

THUNDERBALL! A wildly realistic pinball game! Thunderball has all the action including thumper bumpers, digital scoring and unique Shifting Flippers you can move to cover additional area. For even more fun, stretch out the excitement by playing Thunderball in slow motion! This remarkable computerized pinball game does everything but collect your quarters!

Turtles

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1983

TURTLES! All the action and excitement of the superhit arcade game! The turtles need your help to find their baby turtles and carry them safely home. But you never know when your turtle is going to be bugged by a beetle. And the longer the beetles are on the screen the smarter and more dangerous they get! There are lots of reasons why TURTLES has been one of the most popular arcade games of all - and they're all here! Full sync-sound action with authentic arcade music when played through The Voice of Odyssey2 module. Advanced digital memory for high score in a series of games. For one or more...

Tutankham

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Prototype Tutankham is an arcade action game played from a top down point of view. You are an explorer in King Tut's tomb on a mission to retrieve as many of the valuable treasures as you can find. In addition to the treasures, you will also find a key in each of the chambers. This is needed in order to unlock the entrance to the next, more difficult chamber. Be careful, for the tomb is guarded by many dangerous creatures! Cobras, bats, scorpions, and more all appear in the maze and will cause you to lose a life if you're caught! To defend yourself you are armed with a laser gun which you...

Type & Tell

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - January 1, 1982

Type & Tell! lets the player type in a word or a message and then have the words spoken back to them by utilizing the Odyssey 2's voice module. The instruction manual suggests the following games that can be played: Garble! - Players take turns typing in one letter at a time, The idea is to form sentences by just using the sounds the individual letters make. Sound Waves! - Players type in random letters trying to create sounds that sound like something that could be heard in real life. Super Star! - Players can use the sounds or dialogue the game makes in their own home movie or...

UFO!

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1981

UFO! You're in command of an Earth Federation robot-controlled battle cruiser. Your mission is to protect earth from endless swarms of Unidentified Flying Objects! You're armed with laser cannon and protected by an energized force field... but beware of what appear to be light-speed Starships armed with computer-guided missiles! Advanced digital scoring with memory displays high player's name and score as well as current players score. Sync-sound action. Any number can play.

Verkehrsspiele 1

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1982

The CSV Video-Traffic Games Edition of the G7000 was given to primary schools in a small region of West Germany. The package consisted of a G7000 and two special games -- Verkehrsspiele 1 and Verkehrsspiele 2 -- that were used to teach children how to behave on the street. The console set is nothing more than a repackaging of a regular Philips G7000. The package comes with a special "Video-Traffic Games" sticker affixed to the TV screen depicted by the box art. It contains a regular G7000, the two games, and some documentation. The first volume of the traffic games was also given away to...

Verkehrsspiele 2

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - 1982

The second of the CSV Video-Traffic Games. The CSV Video-Traffic Games Edition of the G7000 was given to primary schools in a small region of West Germany. The package consisted of a G7000 and two special games -- Verkehrsspiele 1 and Verkehrsspiele 2 -- that were used to teach children how to behave on the street. The console set is nothing more than a repackaging of a regular Philips G7000. The package comes with a special "Video-Traffic Games" sticker affixed to the TV screen depicted by the box art. It contains a regular G7000, the two games, and some documentation. The first volume of...

Volleyball

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - January 1, 1980

VOLLEYBALL! Regulation six player teams! Fast authentic action! The ball is served from out-side the court. You can only score points on your own serve. You can pass the ball between your own players and even spike a shot! Play against another player - or the computer itself! Digital scoring! Full sync-sound action! One or two players!

War of Nerves

Magnavox Odyssey 2 - Released - December 1, 1979

WAR OF NERVES! A fast moving electronic strategy game! You lead your robot army through a forested maze across an electronic battlefield. Mission: out-maneuver the enemy forces and capture their general! But you have to think and act fast-or be captured yourself! Your android troops are armed with stun guns that they fire at will. The maze keeps changing after every encounter! Full sync-sound action including electronic bugle calls. Digital scoring!