thumb|300px|The Magnavox Odyssey2
The Magnavox Odyssey 2 (stylized as Magnavox Odyssey²) is a home video game console released in North America in September 1978 by Magnavox, at the time a wholly owned subsidiary of Philips. It was also released by Philips as the Philips Videopac G7000 in Europe, the Philips Odyssey in Brazil and Peru, and the Odyssey2 (オデッセイ2 odessei2) in Japan. A late revision of the Videopac known as the Philips Videopac+ G7400 was released in limited quantities in 1983 with unique games. There were games released for Odyssey², Videopac, and Videopac+ across all regions. Games were released in the form of ROM cartridges that were 2 KB and later 4 KB in size. Only two companies, Imagic and Parker Brothers, released third-party software for the system.
Games were initially developed internally at Magnavox. After running out of ideas for new games, Intel employee Ed Averett, a member of the team behind the Intel 8048 and Intel 8244 graphics chip inside the Odyssey², opted to develop games for the system as a freelance developer. He developed at least 25 games for the Odyssey² including K.C. Munchkin and Quest for the Rings, two of the systems most notable releases. He occasionally also enlisted help from his wife, Linda. Packaging and marketing materials for the games were designed by Steve Lehner and Rob Bradford of Bradford/Cout Design, a Chicago based marketing firm which had previously worked on the Magnavox Odyssey.
Two expansion modules were released for the system over its lifespan. In Europe, Philips released a computer chess expansion, the Videopac C7010 Chess Module, a separate unit with an additional CPU that plugs into the cartridge port. In North America, Philips released a voice synthesis expansion module called "The Voice" in September 1982. The module was optional for all the games that used it. This list contains only games officially released by Philips, Imagic, or Parker Brothers during the lifespan of the console.
Official games
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| id="A"|4 in 1 Row
|40
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|Air Battle
|58
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|Alien Invaders - Plus!<br>Space Monster<sup>PAL</sup>
|22
|Ed Averett
|Philips<sup>WW</sup><br>Magnavox<sup>NA</sup>
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|Armored Encounter! / Subchase!<br>Air-Sea War / Battle<sup>PAL</sup>
|4
|Magnavox
|Philips<sup>WW</sup><br>Magnavox<sup>NA</sup>
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| id="B"|Attack of the Timelord!<br>Terrahawks<sup>PAL</sup>
|51
|Ed Averett
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|Backgammon
|48
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|Philips
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|Baseball!
|8
|Magnavox
|Philips<sup>WW</sup><br>Magnavox<sup>NA</sup>
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|Blobbers
|57
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|Philips
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|Blockout! / Breakdown!<br>Dam Buster<sup>PAL</sup>
|29
|Ed Averett
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| id="C"|Bowling! / Basketball!<br>Tenpin Bowling / Basketball<sup>PAL</sup>
|6
|Sam Overton
|Philips<sup>WW</sup><br>Magnavox<sup>NA</sup>
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|Casino Slot Machine!<br>Las Vegas Gambling<sup>PAL</sup>
|23
|Ed Averett
|Thomson-Brandt
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|Philips
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|Comando Noturno!
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|Philips
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|Computer Golf!<br>Golf<sup>PAL</sup>
|10
|Sam Overton
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|<br>Steve Lehner
|Philips
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| id="G"|Frogger
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| id="H" data-sort-value="Great Wall Street"|The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt
|46
|Ed Averett<br>Munchkin<sup>PAL</sup>
|38
|Ed Averett
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|Keyboard Creations!<br>Newscaster
|A
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|Philips
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|Philips
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|Las Vegas Blackjack!<br>Blackjack<sup>PAL</sup>
|5
|Sam Overton
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|Matchmaker! / Buzzword! / Logix!<br>Pairs / Space Rendezvous / Logic<sup>PAL</sup>
|2
|Magnavox
|Philips<sup>WW</sup><br>Magnavox<sup>NA</sup>
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|Moto-Crash+
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|Thomson-Brandt
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| data-sort-value="Mousing Cat"|The Mousing Cat
|47
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|Philips
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| id="N"|Musician
|31
|Jon Shuttleworth<br>Peter van Twist
|Philips
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|Neutron Star
|55
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|Philips
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|Nightmare
|53
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|Pachinko!<br>Basket Game<sup>PAL</sup>
|26
|Ed Averett
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|Pocket Billiards!<br>Electronic Billiards<sup>PAL</sup>
|35
|Ed Averett
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| id="S"|Quest for the Rings
|42
|Ed Averett
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|Speedway! / Spin-out! / Cryptologic!<br>Race / Spin-Out / Cryptogram<sup>PAL</sup>
|1
|Magnavox
|Philips<sup>WW</sup><br>Magnavox<sup>NA</sup>
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|Stone Sling<br>Smithereens!<sup>NA</sup>
|20
|Robert Cheezem
|Philips
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|Le Trésor Englouti+
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|Thomson-Brandt
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|Turtles!
|49
|Jim Butler
|Philips
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| id="U"|Type & Tell!
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|Robert Cheezem
|Philips
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| id="V"|UFO!<br>Satellite Attack<sup>PAL</sup>
|34
|Ed Averett<br>Linda Averett
|Philips<sup>WW</sup><br>Magnavox<sup>NA</sup>
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