{"id":1505,"date":"2025-05-15T16:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T20:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agcretrogaming.com\/?p=1505---f47ccd03-2b9f-419e-bc2a-5ccfd8b57dca"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T20:39:36","slug":"game-archive-magnavox-odyssey-2-tv-commercial-usa-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agcretrogaming.com\/?p=1505","title":{"rendered":"Game Archive &#8211; Magnavox Odyssey 2 &#8211; TV commercial (USA 1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sgJ5fWrbD44?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Magnavox Odyssey 2, also known as Philips Odyssey 2, 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 Odyssey 2 was one of the major three home consoles prior to the 1983 video game market crash, along with Atari 2600 and Intellivision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical specifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_processing_unit\">CPU<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_MCS-48\">Intel 8048<\/a> 8-bit <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microcontroller\">microcontroller<\/a> running at 3.58 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Megahertz\">MHz<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Memory:<ul><li>CPU-internal <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Random-access_memory\">RAM<\/a>: 64 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Byte\">bytes<\/a><\/li><li>CPU-external <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Random-access_memory\">RAM<\/a>: 128 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Byte\">bytes<\/a><ul><li>External <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Random-access_memory\">RAM<\/a> can be accessed by switching P14 on IO port #1\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Audio\/video RAM: 128 bytes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BIOS\">BIOS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Read-only_memory\">ROM<\/a>: 1024 bytes<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Video:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Intel_microprocessors#Intel_8048\">Intel 8244 (NTSC) or 8245 (PAL)<\/a> custom IC<\/li><li>160\u00d7200 resolution (NTSC)<\/li><li>16-color fixed palette; sprites may only use 8 of these colors<\/li><li>4 8\u00d78 single-color user-defined sprites12 8\u00d78 single-color characters<\/li><li>4 quad characters; groups of four characters displayed in a row<\/li><li>9\u00d78 background grid; dots, lines, or solid blocks<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Audio:<ul><li>Intel 8244\/8245 custom IC<\/li><li>mono<\/li><li>24-bit shift register, clockable at 2 frequencies<\/li><li>noise generator<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Input:<ul><li>Two 8-way, one-button, digital <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joystick\">joysticks<\/a>.Output:<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RF_modulator\">RF Audio\/Video connector<\/a><\/li><li>P\u00e9ritel\/<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SCART\">SCART<\/a> connector<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Media:<ul><li>ROM cartridges, typically 2 KB, 4 KB, or 8 KB in size.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Expansion modules:<ul><li>The Voice: provides speech synthesis and enhanced sound effects.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philips_Videopac_%2B_G7400\">Videopac+<\/a>\/Jopac-compatible only, Microsoft Basic.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like this video and subscribes to the channel. others link down below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/agcave\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/agcave<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"wpar-pubdate\" class=\"wpar-pubdate wpar-pubdate-container\"><span class=\"wpar-label\">Originally posted on <\/span><span class=\"wpar-time\">November 19, 2020 @ 1:15 pm<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Magnavox Odyssey 2, also known as Philips Odyssey 2, 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. 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