video games/Odyssey

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Tue Aug 19 19:34:28 1997

On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, David H Quackenbush wrote:

> Unfortunately it is an Odyssey 2; but it came with a pile of games. The
> Pong is still fun and it can run on batteries, and if I plug it into my 5
> in. TV I'll have a portable video game to keep the grand kids busy! (What
> a concept, maybe it should be revived :).

Cool. The Oddyssey2 is nice. You might want to find out how rare the
games you got with it are. There's a web page (don't know off the top of
my head...e-mail me about it and I'll look in my bookmarks) that has
rarity listings for every game ever made for every game system.

> P.S. I know of an Odyssey, complete with overlays, pistol etc., but it
> is somewhere on the West coast of Florida and I've lost touch with the
> owner of it :(

Oooh, track that sucker down. Mine unfortunately does not have the
overlays but the guy who sold it to me is still looking. I picked mine
up for $20. It's in OK shape. The original batteries were still in it
when I got it which were probably about 20+ years old and leaked out all
over the battery compartment and corroded the battery spring contacts,
but it can be cleaned up. There were other accessories that came with
it, including poker chips and play money. Six "carthridges" came with it
as well. I also came across a lucky find in a thrift store a couple
months back. I got, in the original box, the Odyssey Shooting Gallery,
which is basically a light rifle (actually is a plastic toy rifle light
gun), with some overlays. UNFORTUNATELY, it did not come with any
carthridge, which I presume it came with. If someone knows otherwise
please chime in.

Sam
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