I shit you not! Here's a dusty antique found at a store in Nacogdoches, Texas this past weekend. There was also an older working cell phone for sell there too amongst the usual china, crystal, old wardrobes, etc...
The Odyssey 2 system and cartridges which were available back around 1980 or so. Pretty much equal in graphics capabilities as the old Artari 2600 system judging by screen pictures on the back of the cartridge boxes. Didn't someone here have this system before???
Posted by feetluvr (Member # 1570) on :
That's hilarious- brings back lots of memories!
Posted by Wrinklesguy (Member # 732) on :
$136 !! wow..i wouldn't pay a dime for that junker..looks like one of those devices the Simpson's used in the room with padded walls to shock each other LOL
Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :
quote:Originally posted by Wrinklesguy: $136 !! wow..i wouldn't pay a dime for that junker..looks like one of those devices the Simpson's used in the room with padded walls to shock each other LOL
Zactly!!!! My parents sold my old Intellivision, Colecovision, and 8 bit Nintendo a few years ago in one of their garage sales for a total of $60. That price included the 100s of cartridges that we had for all the systems. I think that was the same year they sold my old Apple IIe computer for a whopping $50 including the desk it sat on as well as probably what was once $1000 worth of software! When my dad bought that back in '83 he shelled out over 2 grand for it and we thought it was "THE SHIT!!!" Sadly technology doesn't age as gracefully as a fine bottle of wine.
Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :
quote:Originally posted by feetluvr: That's hilarious- brings back lots of memories!
Yeah, wouldn't you have been like a 20 something year old kid when that system was out. I remember when that "Quest for the Ring" game of that system was advertised on TV and in gaming magazines. I thought I just had to have that system for that game alone. Never had it though since my parents got the "surperior" Intellivision system instead. Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
quote: Sadly technology doesn't age as gracefully as a fine bottle of wine.
You can say that again
I´ve experienced that for almost 25 years now...from paying $200 for a single Atari cardridge ("Mousetrap"), getting the Commodore 64 with extensions for a few grand, to buying one of the first digicams (1 megapixel) for about $1500...and selling it for less than $80 a few years later.
Investing in technology is about as good as buying shares from Enron.
-Hal-
Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :
quote: Didn't someone here have this system before???
Yes sir, that'd be me! Well, my dad had it actually...that stuff was out my league back in the day, but I sure played the hell out of it!
Could you see whether or not the controllers were detachable? Thing is, Magnavox was behind the times even then as they made those Odyssey 2 systems with controllers built into the dang things (the wires were permanantly attached that is)! Of course that meant that in the event of a controller pooping out on you, you had to send THE WHOLE SYSTEM off to get it repaired! The controllers in the pic don't look familiar, and I'm guessing that this particular system was a second or third run of the original...because Magnavox finally got smart and did what Atari did...made the controllers detachable!
Oh man does seeing that bring back memories.
And yes Brother ledaemon, the game Quest for the Rings was worth owning if you owned the system...it wouldn't be worth running out and buying the system just for that one game though. For the longest time games like Quest for the Rings, Conquest of the World, and Wallstreet Fortune Hunt (I may be mistaken on that last title) were a whopping $50! That was unheard of back in those days! You played your $20-$30 games and you liked it! It took years, but I finally scored the Quest game for a measly $10...I bought it off of a guy at a flea market, years after the system was finally retired.
If I'm not mistaken, I think my folks still have all the games from that system stashed in the garage. If any of them still work it'd surprise the hell out of me, but then, there's no way I can test run the things...I don't have the system!
Man, it really makes you feel old seeing the things you remember from your childhood in an antique store. First I began hearing songs from my youth on "oldies" stations (not "classic rock" stations, but OLDIES), and now this. Jeez...
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :
I didn't spend to much time looking at it other than for taking the picture of it JUST because I remembered someone mentioning it on this forum a while back. I'm guessing that the controllers were detachable because they said "Starfighter" on them as if they were made for a specific game.
Our first Intellivision had its controllers hard-wired to it as well. I can remember having to make a couple of trips to another city with my dad where they had the repair shop to drop it off to be repaired. A few years later we bought the revamped Intellivision that had the detachable easily replaceable controllers. Easily replaceable meaning you had to order them from a 1-800 number and after 6 weeks you could plug them in yourself when they arrived in the mail.
Posted by Fate111 (Member # 2627) on :
HOLY CRAP!!!!
Talk about bringing back some memories! The Odyssey 2 was the first video gaming system I ever had! For some odd reason, I wasn't really into the Atari 2600, even after playing it a few times over at a friend's house at the time. I completely fell in love with this system and I had virtually every game for it back in the day. I remember their regular gaming cartridges usually went for around $20-25. The "bigger" games which they released near the end of the system's run - "Quest For The Rings", "Conquest Of The World" and "The Great Wallstreet Fortune Hunt" did indeed go for $45-50, which was quite a bit of cash to lay down back then. However, with those games, they were part board game, part computer game and it was possible just to play the computer game without having to set up the board game part, although the board game made it more interesting.
Hey Lou, I might have had a "new and improved" version of the gaming system, as I don't remember ever seeing the Odyssey 2 system with joysticks that were permanently fixed or attached to the keyboard/game unit. On the console I had, I distinctly remember that you could detach the joysticks, as they weren't that great of quality and the contacts on the insides of them would wear out, either on the "Action" button or on the joystick part. I do remember having to get replacement joysticks at the tune of something like $25-30 each at one point and the joysticks were removable. I think once those began wearing out, my dad and my brother got together and took the parts out of each joystick that weren't worn and combined them so that we could continue playing on that system and not buy more joysticks.
$136 just for the console with no games is absolutely ludicrous! I remember the system sold for around $200 when it was around and it came with one game cartridge that had three games on it. If that place was asking $136 for the console in working condition and all the games on the shelf next to it, then it might be worth grabbing if you're a big "vintage" video game buff.
The real weird part of all this is that I may still have this system somewhere, along with all the games I purchased for it. I think it would be too much trouble to go dig it out, along with all the games, and set it up just for a walk down memory lane. I have to admit that seeing those couple of pics of the Odyssey 2 brought back a wave of memories for me. Thanks ladaemon for bringing this up and posting about it.
Posted by Bondo (Member # 1403) on :
Haha, the Odyssey! I remember that thing!
I remember my parents had an old pong game system. I can't even remember what it was called though. After that, we stepped up to the Atari 2600, then to Intellivision, then to the Commodore 64.
What I really miss is the stand up machines in the arcades. A roll of quarters equalled hours of heaven (well, maybe an hour or so). I'd love to have a Street Fighter or a Mortal Kombat machine in my house. It's just not the same having to use a keyboard or game pad to play those types of fighting games.
Finish him...Flawless victory...Fatality.
Bondo
P.S. - Check out LeDaemon jammin' out...cool!
Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :
There was an arcade in the mall near us that would sell the machines it had. The prices appeared to be very reasonable and you could pick up the 1st Mortal Kombat machine for around $500 or so as well as lots of other games. I don't think anyone ever shelled out dough for anything because I saw the same machines in there for years. The place is closed down now.
Yeah, creating my new avatar killed some of my down time on my vacation last week.
Posted by Bondo (Member # 1403) on :
Hey, $500 isn't too bad for one of those machines. The only realistic concern I would have is that I know how often they break or need some kind of maintenance.
If I had Street Fighter 2 and/or Mortal Kombat 2, I swear I would never leave the house...unless my wife filed for divorce and kicked me out. In which case, I would be sleeping in my Street Fighter 2 and/or Mortal Kombat 2 machine.
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