dec 1, 1978 - Magnavox Odyssey 2 release
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Price: equivalent to $780 in 2019Units sold: 2,000,000
The Magnavox Odyssey², also known as Philips Odyssey², is a second generation home video game console that was released in 1978. It was sold in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000, in Brazil as the Philips Odyssey and in Japan as Odyssey2. The Odyssey² was one of the major three home consoles prior to the 1983 video game market crash, along with Atari 2600 and Intellivision.
In the early 1970s, Magnavox pioneered the home video game industry by successfully bringing the first home console to market, the Odyssey, which was quickly followed by a number of later models, each with a few technological improvements. In 1978, Magnavox, now a subsidiary of North American Philips, decided to release an all-new successor, Odyssey².
In 2009, the video game website IGN named the Odyssey² the 21st greatest video game console, out of its list of 25.
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dec 1, 1978
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~ 46 years ago