Magnavox Odyssey

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Dublin Core

Title

Magnavox Odyssey

Identifier

2015.012.608

Description

Magnavox Odyssey set with:
Original Box
Console
Controllers (x2)
Batteries (x6)
Manuals
Overlays
Score cards and keepers
Add ins - Money, poker chips, etc.
"Game cards" (12 numbered plastic cards with electrical contact jumper strips at the bottom)

Creator

Magnavox

Publisher

Magnavox

Contributor

Scott Correia

Date

1972

Relation

2015.012.608a - console
2015.012.608b1 - controller
2015.012.608b2 -controller
2015.012.608c - dice
2015.012.608d - playing cards
2015.012.608e - Odyssey play money
2015.012.608f - Poker chips
2015.012.608g - original box With Styrofoam
2015.012.608h - overlays for TV screen
2015.012.608i - Eveready C-cell batteries (original)
2015.012.608j - cable
2015.012.608k - adapter/converter
2015.012.608l - Game Cards (12)
2015.012.608m - Manual and Game Items

Format

Magnavox Ball and Paddle

Language

en

Subject

Video Game Console

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Repository

Console and controllers Box 202

Box 131 contains most of the set

Original box with original Styrofoam packaging stored separately: wrapped with Tyvek and on shelf.
6 Batteries (2015.012.608i) stored inside original box.

TV overlays interleaved with unbuffered tissue, stored flat in Box 37.

Condition

2015.012.608a (console)
A-
minor scratches. intact.
cleaned with dilute Orvus and rinsed with distilled water. 7/2015 JH
2015.012.608b1, 2015.012.608b2 (controllers)
A-
Minor wear, intact, Plastic covering on cables becoming sticky
2015.012.608c (dice)
A
2015.012.608d (Playing cards)
A-
minor yellowing, otherwise clean and intact
2015.012.608e (play money) A
2015.012.608f (poker chips) A
2015.012.608g -(original box, styrofoam packing)
D
box badly worn and torn at corners. Styrofoam starting to shrink, slightly soiled.
2015.012.608h TV overlays
A-
were stored folded in half, retain fold (not creased) at center. Some have game pieces applied.
Interleaved with unbuffered tissue, stored flat in buffered poster box
2015.012.608j (cable) A
2015.012.608k (adapter/converter) A
2015.012.608l (Game Card) A
2015.012.608m (Manual and Game Items)
B overall. Cards are in good condition, manual has some spine cracking

Notes

Received as a complete boxed set. Smaller components (chips, money, cards) had been shrink wrapped by donor. All shrink wrappings removed.

Entered by/date

Steve Savage 8/1/2015, edited by JH 8/2/2015

Citation

Magnavox, “Magnavox Odyssey,” Digital Game Museum Collection, accessed December 11, 2024, https://digitalgamemuseum.org/collection/items/show/2047.

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