Ok older #GenX folks...which classic game system was your jam back in the day? #RetroGaming #Retro #Atari #Intellivision #Odyssey2 #Colecovision

The Philips/Magnavox Odyssey2 keyboard design was actually pretty good for a shitty membrane, but the 7200 moving space to the far corner is kinda bullshit. And would've made the keyboard overlay games unplayable.

But that black & white screen, I can't think of *any* O2 games that didn't use color as their primary game element. There were only a few sprites, all little dudes or spaceships looked the same.

https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1087
#videogames #retrocomputing #odyssey2

Alien Invaders Plus for the Commodore 64
Last year we put a spotlight on a Commodore 64 remake of possibly the most popular Odyssey2 game, K.C. Munchkin. Well, here's another, of Space Monster, a.k.a. Alien Invaders - Plus! I assure you, the exclamation point there belongs to Magnavox.

The Odyssey has gotten more talk on this site
https://setsideb.com/alien-invaders-plus-for-the-commodore-64/
#indies #retro #alieninvadersplus #c64 #commodore #emulation #odyssey2 #retro #spaceinvaders

Select Game on YouTube: Steamed Up!
Select Game awakens from its long slumber to test-drive Philips' new Videopac Collection 1 on Steam. There are features. There are bugs. There are opinions. And now...there's video of the game in action. https://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/601-steamed-up/ #odyssey2 #videopac #jopac

Select Game podcast: Steamed Up!
Select Game, the only dedicated Odyssey2/Videopac podcast on the internet, awakens from its long slumber to test-drive Philips' new Videopac Collection 1 on Steam. There are features. There are bugs. https://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/601-steamed-up/ #odyssey2 #videopac #jopac

I don't think I'm on my right mind...

#retrogames #odyssey2

In the 1970s, developers hadn't quite figured out how to translate golf into a video game yet. Philips' version on the #Videopac 7000 is one of the earliest renditions, putting aside the amazing Flats/Golf on the PLATO system and some text-only games. It's a plausible attempt, with simple but (mostly) effective controls. Hold fire to power up your clockwise backswing, then release.

#Atari must have approved, as they pretty much copied it for their Golf (1980).

#retrogaming #Odyssey2

Just as I thought it was safe to leave the 1970s...

... Videopac Collection 1 is out on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2193100/Videopac_Collection_1/. 10 games from the Philips #Videopac 7000 AKA the #Magnavox #Odyssey2 (!)

Presumably there are only 10 games because they want you to buy Videopac Collection 2 when it comes out. (Which I probably will. *sigh*.)

Anyway, here's Air-Sea War, which looks suspiciously like the bomber games on #Atari2600 Air-Sea Battle.

#retrogames

Recently encountered the Odyssey 2 game named "Most Innovative Game of 1982" (per Electronic Games magazine), which feels timely and maybe explains a lot about the last 40 years.

#gaming #odyssey2 #videogame #rétrogaming

Recently encountered the Odyssey 2 game named "Most Innovative Game of 1982" (per Electronic Games magazine), which feels timely and maybe explains a lot about the last 40 years.

#gaming #odyssey2 #videogame #rétrogaming

RT @davidmt@twitter.com

As a kid, my only experience with an #Odyssey2 (or Videopac) was demoing it in department stores. I wasn't much interested in one but I DID want Munchkin.

A conversion of the game has just been released by Pretzel Logic" for the #C64; its really cool!

https://pretzel-logic.itch.io/munchkin64

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/davidmt/status/1521477492829306884

RT @davidmt@twitter.com

As a kid, my only experience with an #Odyssey2 (or Videopac) was demoing it in department stores. I wasn't much interested in one but I DID want Munchkin.

A conversion of the game has just been released by Pretzel Logic" for the #C64; its really cool!

https://pretzel-logic.itch.io/munchkin64

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/davidmt/status/1521477492829306884