Odyssey

W.I.N. - Word, Image, Number is one of four add-on games released for the Magnavox Odyssey in 1973. It works with game card #4 originally supplied with the system. Each player picks 2 word cards, 2 number cards, and 1 image card. They then take turns at the console in trying to put the invisible player spot on any letter, number, or shape they n...

Volleyball is one of six add-on games released for the Odyssey in 1972. It comes with game card #7, which makes the center line from Table Tennis deflect the ball. The center line is positioned at the bottom of the screen, representing the net. Players try letting the ball hit the floor on their opponent's side, changing its trajectory by using...

Analogic is a brain teaser played on a galactic map made of numbered squares. One player starts in planet ODD while the other starts in planet EVEN and the objective is to be the first to reach the opponent's planet. The ODD player is only allowed to move to a square if it's number summed with EVEN's current square totals an ODD number, and vice-ve...

Tennis is basically the same game as Table Tennis (game card #1), only now you use a screen overlay to simulate a tennis field and traditional tennis rules apply. It requires game card #3 to play.

Table Tennis requires Odyssey's game card #1, and is an early predecessor of Pong. Each player controls one "paddle" on opposite sides of the screen. The objective is to hit the moving ball past your opponent's side, winning a point, while preventing your opponent from doing the same to you. At all times, the players must avoid the top or bottom...

Submarine requires Odyssey's game card #5. One player controls a group of ships and must follow a path in the screen overlay, while a second player controls the submarine and must try to sink those ships. Players change roles and the one to sink the most ships is the winner.

Soccer replaced the game Football in European export versions of the Magnavox Odyssey. It uses a custom screen overlay and two game cards, #3 and #5. The gameplay is a variant of Table Tennis in which the horizontal position of players is fixed (although not enforced by the Odyssey console itself). If a player manages to maneuver the ball around...

In Simon Says, one player holds a deck of cards (provided with the game) with depictions of several body parts and must then indicate them to the other players by saying something like "Simon says... touch your right hand". The other players will then rush to the specified place as quickly as possible, the winner being the one to touch the most bod...

In Ski, the player must follow a line that simulates a snow course without going out of bounds, suffering penalty points if he does. It requires game card #2 to play.

Shootout is part of the Shooting Gallery add-on for the Odyssey. It requires the supplied rifle accessory, and game card number 9. One player is the Sheriff and gets to use the rifle, while the second player controls the Dalton Gang, and has to move the light dot on the screen through the wild west scenery depicted on the overlay. At every doorw...

Shooting Gallery is one of the games of the Shooting Gallery add-on for the Odyssey. It requires the supplied rifle accessory, and game card number 10. One player runs the Shooting Gallery by making sure the light dot passes back and forth on the current row of targets. The other player uses the rifle and tries to shoot the targets on the overla...

In States, you get to play an educational quiz game about the 50 North American states, with the help of a deck of cards (provided with the game). It requires game card #6 to play.

In Roulette, you place bets and spin a light dot on the screen that should fall inside the roulette overlay. The winner is the one to get away with the most money. It requires game card #6 to play.

Prehistoric Safari is part of the Shooting Gallery add-on for the Odyssey. It requires the supplied rifle accessory, and game card number 9. The screen overlay depicts a prehistoric scenery with a number of different dinosaurs. One player has to position the light dot beneath one of the animals, while the other player tries to shoot it with the...

Percepts was shipped free of charge to owners of the Odyssey console who sent back their registration cards to Magnavox. The game comes with new screen overlays, 30 play cards (15 green + 15 purple), and an instruction sheet. It uses game card #2 from the original console and can be played by either Game of Pattern or Game of Symbol rules. Ga...

Invasion is one of the six add-on games for the Odyssey released in 1972. It requires game cards #4, #5, and #6 originally supplied with the system. The game is heavily based on the classic board game Risk. The fantasy world is represented as a number of countries on the included game board, and players try to conquer their opponents' castles. T...

The game starts with a face-off, which is refreshingly different from the first three games played. (Table Tennis, Tennis and Football) Set the two paddles across from each other and maneuver the puck between them so that it is whizzing back and forth at an amazing' speed.

In Haunted House, one player will act as detective while the other plays as ghost. The objective of the detective is to gather the most Clue cards and find the hidden treasure in the mansion, while the objective of the ghost is to slow the detective down.

One of four add-on games released for the Odyssey in 1973, Interplanetary Voyage lets players pretend they are space pilots on missions throughout the solar system. It comes with game card #12. Picking one of the mission cards, the goal is to land one's spaceship on the right planet. This can be achieved by giving the horizontal and vertical con...

Handball is one of six add-on games released for the Odyssey console in 1972. It comes with game card #8, which makes the center line from Table Tennis deflect the ball. The center line is positioned at the left of the screen, while both players are placed to the right. In a gameplay much more like Squash than Handball, players now alternate in...

One of the six Odyssey add-on games released in 1972, Fun Zoo is an educational game targeted at pre-school children. It works with game card #2 originally supplied with the system. The Zoo Keeper picks up one of the 28 included cards and names the animal or object it depicts. The players now need to navigate the player spot along the yellow pat...

Football is probably the first rendition of American Football on videogame form. With the assistance of deck cards (provided with the game) you choose the moves (Pass, Kick or Run) and play them out on screen. Passing and Kicking require game card #3 to be inserted.

Dogfight is part of the Shooting Gallery add-on for the Odyssey. It requires the supplied rifle accessory, and game card number 9. The color overlay shows numerous airplanes and cross-hairs, all connected by one dashed line. The first player has to maneuver the dot on the screen along this path, while the second player tries to shoot it. Only wh...

In Cat and Mouse, two players chase each other in a maze, taking turns. At any one time, one will play the Mouse who's objective is to reach his home, while the other player plays the Cat who tries to catch the Mouse before that happens.

Brain Wave is one of four add-on games released for the Odyssey in 1973. It works with game card #3 originally supplied with the system, and is played both on-screen and on the included game board. The goal is to build a "train of thought" across the game board, blocking the other player's path. The thought tiles required for this can be bought...