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Description: | Magnavox Odyssey 2 games console in original packaging, 1978. Second-generation video game console released by Magnavox (a subsidiary of Philips from 1974) using programmable ROM cartridges. Included a full alpha numeric keyboard as well as joystick console. Also known as the Philips Videopac G7000, the Odyssey 2 was a direct rival to the Atari 2600 and Mattel Intellivision in the early second generation of games consoles. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | games console | Temporal: | 1978 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Philips | Identifier: | 2007-5007 | Go to resource |
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