Odyssey 500

Odyssey 500 © 1976 Magnavox Company, The.

Very advanced for the time considering the technology used. It was in fact the only system of its kind. The white paddles representing the players were replaced by simple color graphics: two tennis players with their rackets (TENNIS game), two squash players (SMASH), or two hockey players holding their sticks (HOCKEY).

On the control panel, one can find two switches: one to select the playfield (a wall on the left, a central net or two walls with goals), and the other one to select player graphics. That's why the box claims there is a fourth game, Soccer. It's in fact a combination of the "hockey" playfield and "smash" player graphics.

Built-in games: Tennis, Smash, Hockey