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Subject: Odyssey^2 and Odyssey^3 FAQ
Date: 23 Jul 1996 22:12:18 GMT
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Robert D. Kaiser                kaiser@pofvax.pnb.sunysb.edu


Odyssey2   (Philips G7000)
Odyssey3 Command Center   (Philips Videopac + G7400)


         Welcome to the world of the Odyssey^2 and Odyssey^3 ! 
Magnavox's Odyssey^2 was a popular American videogame console, sold
in the United States from 1978 and 1983.  It never was quite as
popular as the Atari 2600 or Mattel's Intellivision, but it did
sell more units that the GCE Vectrex, Bally Astrocade, Emerson
Arcadia 2001, Fairchild Channel F or the RCA System II.

         It is less well known that the Odyssey^2 was even more
popular in Europe, where it was marketed by Magnavox's parent
company, Philips Electronics.  In Europe (and in other parts
of the world as well) the Odyssey^2 was sold as the Philips G7000
Videopac console.  In France, it was known as the Philips C52.

         Around 1983, the videogame market was beginning to
contract, and the Odyssey^2 totally lost its market share to the
next generation 8 bit videogames like the Colecovision, Atari 5200,
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