THE ODYSSEY² TIMELINE!
The historical "Odyssey" of your favorite game machine - by William Cassidy
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A Blast From the Past! What follows is a chronicle of significant (and not-so-significant) events in Odyssey² and Videopac history. Each event in this list has been carefully researched. When available, sources are provided for each entry. Please note: while most major events (e.g.: the Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off finals) can be traced to the exact day of occurrence, some events (such as game releases) are difficult to pin down to specific days, or even specific months in some cases. All dates are presented as accurately as possible.
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Events from the Odyssey² Era: 1977-1986
Jan. 17, 1977 | Magnavox President Alfred di Scipio claims that his company will have a microprocessor-based video game on the market in 1977, probably by the Christmas season. Source: "The TV Makers' Game Plans." Business Week: Jan. 17, 1977. Page 34N. |
July 13, 1977 |  Ralph Baer |
July 26, 1977 | Ralph Baer writes a letter to John Helms to follow up on his visit. Baer suggests some collaborative actions and provides cost estimates. |
Aug. 2, 1977 | Ralph Baer has a telephone conversation with John Helms, the videogame engineering group leader at Magnavox's Fort Wayne center. Fauth states that there is serious talk of cancelling the Odyssey² project, maybe that very day. Helms suggests that Baer come to the Tennessee TV set and videogame manufacturing plant to attend an important meeting. |
Aug. 10, 1977 | Ralph Baer flies to Tennessee to attend the Magnavox meeting, which begins at 10 a.m. The subject: "Discontinuance of Odyssey² development by Magnavox management." Baer argues that Odyssey² has a real chance for success and urges John Fauth, a Senior VP at Magnavox, to continue the project. That afternoon, John Helms and Baer travel to Fort Wayne, IN, to visit Odyssey² engineering headquarters. The mood is bleak; black crepe paper is hung on the walls and many engineers are on the phone trying to line up new jobs. Helms expresses "cautious optimism" about the future of Odyssey² and shows Baer a fully functional development unit. Baer finds the system unique and especially appreciates its keyboard. |
Aug. 11, 1977 | Ralph Baer spends the day at engineering HQ in Fort Wayne, where Helms presents him with complete schematics and specs for the Odyssey². Helms wants Baer to take the specs back to his employers, Sanders Associates, for comment and "moral support." Eventually, Fort Wayne receives official confirmation that the Odyssey² project will continue. Charles B. (Chuck) Heffron is named Videogame Chief Engineer, and Gene Kale is assigned as the "Intel Game" group leader. Baer later summarizes his trip in a memo where he notes, "Almost sure I saved the program!" |
Aug. 22, 1977 | Ralph Baer and his sidekick, Lenny Cope, contact Stan Maser at Intel to discuss Odyssey² technical information and request a second breadboard. |
Sept. 19, 1977 | John Fauth calls Ralph Baer and confirms Magnavox management's decision to continue with the Intel Game design. |
Sept. 28, 1977 | In a telephone conversation with Frank Quota, Chuck Heffron's boss at Magnavox, Ralph Baer learns that Magnavox management has officially approved the Intel Game and its European PAL equivalent. The approval came out of a meeting between Magnavox VP Chuck Dolk, Senior VP John Fauth, and Magnvaox President Alfred di Scipio. Quota tells Baer that everyone at Magnavox believes they need Sanders to design and critique their games to better compete with Atari. |
Dec. 20, 1977 |  Sam Overton |
Dec. 26, 1977 | Magnavox President Alfred di Scipio says that his company's failure to produce a programmable video game system for Christmas 1977 is not a disaster because "There is no sound evidence yet that a large unit market is there at the price points these products require." Source: "Video Games Race to Catch a Changing Market." Business Week: Dec. 26, 1977, Page 44 B. |
Jan. 23, 1978 | Ralph Baer requests all available information on Odyssey² hardware to assist Sanders in making proposals regarding their level of support for the machine. Sam Overton is assigned as the Sanders coordinator. Overton says that six games are done, but that ten are needed before Christmas. Overton is concerned; he is now the lone Odyssey² programmer at Magnavox. Sanders offers to do programming. |
Feb. 13, 1978 | In a memo, Baer suggests using player-positioned bumpers in the Programmable Pinball game Sanders is developing for the Odyssey². This would make use of Telesketch -- a technology patented by Sanders in 1976 that allows players to draw graphics on the screen and have the game become "aware" of their positions. This suggestion is adopted. |
Apr. 30, 1978 | According to its copyright registration, Take the Money and Run is published on this date. Source: U.S. Copyright Office |
July 1978 | In May, Magnavox announced that it anticipated FCC approval of the Odyssey² in July, and planned to announce the system's availability (plus eight cartridges) this month. The expected retail price: $179. Source: "Atari's Game Plan to Overwhelm Its Competitors." Business Week: May 8, 1978. Page 50 F. |
Oct. 1978 | Sanders delivers the Programmable Pinball game to Magnavox. The cost of the job: $50,000. |
Dec. 1978 |  |
Jan. 7-10, 1979 | Odyssey² is introduced at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. According to Baer, it is "well-received." Sanders' Programmable Pinball cart is not included with the available games. (It is not to be released during Odyssey²'s commercial lifetime.) |
February 1979 | According to various records filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, this is the date when Odyssey² trademarks -- including the system's logos -- were first used in commerce. This indicates that Odyssey² was officially released in the United States during this month. |
May 25, 1979 | The copyright for Take the Money and Run (#TX0000394364) is registered on this date. The registrant is Edward B. Averett. Source: U.S. Copyright Office |
Sept. 30, 1979 | According to copyright registrations, Showdown in 2100 A.D., I've Got Your Number, War of Nerves and Invaders from Hyperspace are published on this date. Source: U.S. Copyright Office |
November 1979 | The First Issue date for Magnavox Service Manual No. 6510, "Odyssey² (BJ/BK7600) Video Game System." Source: Magnavox Service Manual No. 6510 |
Dec. 20, 1979 | According to copyright registrations, Hockey/Soccer and Alpine Skiing are published on this date. Source: U.S. Copyright Office |
Apr. 22, 1980 | The copyrights for Showdown in 2100 A.D. (#TX0000569464), Hockey/Soccer (#TX0000569465), I've Got Your Number (#TX0000569466), War of Nerves (#TX0000569467), Alpine Skiing (#TX0000569468), and Invaders From Hyperspace (#TX0000569469) are registered on this date. The registrant for each game is Edward B. Averett. |
July 1980 |  K.C. Munchkin! (Prerelease) Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Aug. 1980 | A revised version of K.C. Munchkin is approved by North American Philips. Production of the game begins. Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Oct. 2. 1980 | General Telephone and Electronics Corporation (GTE) agrees to sell its U.S. consumer electronics business, which includes the Sylvania and Philco television brands, to North American Philips. Hereafter, GTE employees are able to purchase Magnavox and Philips products -- including Odyssey² -- through the employee store at a discounted rate. Source: Arenson, Karen W. "G.T.E. Sets Electronic Units Sale." The New York Times: Oct. 3, 1980. Section D, Page 1. |
Dec. 1, 1980 | According to its copyright registration, Alien Invaders—Plus is published on this date. Source: U.S. Copyright Office |
Dec. 17, 1980 | McDade's, a Chicago-area retailer, ends a special holiday offer: a new Odyssey² console for the low price of $139.76! |
Apr. 1, 1981 | According to its copyright registration, UFO is published on this date. Source: U.S. Copyright Office |
June 1, 1981 | The copyrights for UFO (#TX0000788045), Alien Invaders—Plus (#TX0000788046), Blockout/Breakdown (#TX0000788047), Casino Slot Machine (#TX0000788048), Pachinko (#TX0000788049), Pocket Billiards (#TX0000788050), Electronic Table Soccer (#TX0000788051) and Volleyball (#TX0000788052) are registered on this date. The registrant for each game is Edward B. Averett. The registrations also list June 1 as the date of publication for each game (except for Alien Invaders, which has a publication date of Dec. 1, 1980). |
Fall 1981 | Magnavox increases its budget by $5 million -- to $9.1 million total -- to support the Odyssey brand. Source: McClenahan, Cheryl. "Magnavox Turmoil Leads to Campbell-Ewald Firing." Adweek: June 4, 1984. |
4th Quarter, 1981 | An Odyssey² television commercial featuring the voice of Leonard Nimoy hits the airwaves. |
October 1981 | Quest for the Rings is introduced. |
Oct. 27, 1981 | North American Philips issues the first of two memos to its sales force, emphasizing that the company does not want "others to misapply our game names and trademarks to their games. Likewise, we should not use other people's trademarks or game names to refer to our own games." These memos would later be cited in a lawsuit filed by Atari, alleging that NAP engaged in copyright infringement and unfair trade practices. Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Oct. 30, 1981 |  K.C. Munchkin! |
Nov. 13, 1981 | Minnesota Fats, "The Video King," a retailer in the Chicago area, runs an advertisement in the Chicago Sun-Times that hails K.C. Munchkin as a "Pac-Man-type game." This ad will later be used in the Atari lawsuit to indicate that K.C. infringes on Pac-Man's copyright. Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Nov. 13, 1981 | A legal secretary named Linda Pierce, who works for Atari's legal firm, is instructed to purchase a copy of K.C. Munchkin. She calls a Chicago store named Wieboldt's and is told by a store representative named Mr. Sarno that the game is "just like Pac-Man," but that the store does not have any copies in stock. Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Nov. 15, 1981 | An investigator for Atari's legal team named Thomas P. Gallo visits a Minnesota Fats store in Oak Lawn, IL. He purchases one of the three K.C. Munchkin carts the store has in stock, and is told by a female sales clerk that the game is "just like Pac-Man." Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Nov. 18, 1981 |  Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Nov. 27, 1981 | North American Philips issues a second memo to its sales force that reiterates the policy outlined in the Oct. 27 memo. Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Dec. 4, 1981 | A decision is reached in the Atari/Philips lawsuit. United States District Judge George N. Leighton finds in Philips's favor, ruling that K.C. Munchkin is not "substantially similar" to Pac-Man because ordinary observers would not confuse the two games. Atari's request for a preliminary injunction is denied. Atari would soon file an appeal. Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Dec. 26, 1981 |  Game Giveaway Insert |
Jan. 10, 1982 | The end date of the Great Game Giveaway. |
Jan. 19, 1982 | An appeal of the Atari/Philips lawsuit is argued before the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. The appeal is assigned case number 81-2920 and is presided over by Circuit Judges Wood and Eschbach, and District Judge Myron L. Gordon. Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Jan. 30, 1982 | The five Odyssey² Adventure subscribers who submit the highest scores by this date will win a free Quest for the Rings T-shirt. |
Early 1982 | UK G7000 owner Peter Courtney sends a letter to the UK G7000 Marketing Manager, Steve Newbold, describing his ideas for a new game set in a haunted house. |
Mar. 1, 1982 | A trademark application is filed for K.C. Munchkin. |
Mar. 2, 1982 |  Source: Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) |
Apr. 6, 1982 | Steve Newbold sends a reply to Peter Courtney, thanking him for his haunted house game idea. Newbold claims to have sent the idea on to the G7000 games designers for consideration. |
Apr. 20, 1982 | The Wall Street Journal reports that North American Philips has introduced The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt. Source: Sansweet, Stephen J. The Wall Street Journal: Apr. 20, 1982. Page 18. |
June 1, 1982 | In a preview of the game, Odyssey² Adventure magazine says to watch for the release of Pick Axe Pete! around this date. |
June 5, 1982 | At 6:30 p.m. in Chicago, the Second City comedy troupe presents a comedy show entitled The Odyssey & The Ecstasy Or "What's in A Game?" The show is presented for employees of North American Philips. The performance coincides with the Summer CES. |
Aug. 31, 1982 | The due date for entries to the Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off. |
September 1982 | According to Odyssey² Adventure magazine, The Voice of Odyssey² is scheduled for delivery this month. |
4th Quarter, 1982 |  |
Sept. 9, 1982 | This is probably the date that the Fall 1982 issue of Odyssey Adventure went to press. As of this date, one winner has been announced in the Kellogg's Instant Win Odyssey Video Games contest (Fred B. McGillvray of Newville, PA), and one winning game piece is still available in a box of Kellogg's cereal somewhere. |
Sept. 23, 1982 |  |
Sept. 27, 1982 |  |
Sept. 30, 1982 | At a press conference in Tokyo, North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp. announces that the Odyssey² will soon be "fully marketed" in Japan via two major distributors: Kawada Co. and Tsukuda Co. NAPCEC President Frank Lann talks up the educational potential of the machine, and the company expects to market 100,000 consoles and a half million cartridges in Japan within the first year. Source: "U.S. Odyssey 2 Video Game for Sale." The Japan Economic Journal: Oct. 5, 1982. Page 14. |
September 1982 | Kooton Trading Taitari Enterprises begins importing and selling Odyssey² consoles and games in Japan. The console's original price in Japan: 49,800 Yen. (Note: some sources spell Kooton as "Corton.") Source: "Corton Trading Will Slash Video Game Machine's Price." The Japan Economic Journal: May 17, 1983. Page 18. |
October 1982 | An Odyssey² system with The Voice unit and Type & Tell cartridge are part of the opening ceremonies for the dedication of a new General Instrument plant in England. (General Instrument manufactured microcircuitry used in The Voice.) |
Oct. 4, 1982 |  Source: North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp. et al. v. Atari, Inc., et al., 81-2237 (U.S. Supreme Court 1982) |
Oct. 8, 1982 | The first day of The Wizard's Great Game Giveaway. Customers who purchase an Odyssey² console between this date and the end of the Giveaway are eligible for the title of "Honorary Wizard" and are entitled to two free games: one Master Strategy title and either K.C.'s Krazy Chase or Pick Axe Pete. Source: The Wizard's Great Game Giveaway mail-in certificate |
Oct. 8, 1982 | The first day that employees of GTE could participate in The Wizard's Great Game Giveaway. The Giveaway entitles GTE employees to receive two free games when purchasing an Odyssey² console through the GTE Employee Store. |
Oct. 8, 1982 | Finalists in the Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off begin arriving at the Knoxville Hilton Hotel. |
Oct. 9, 1982 |  Pick-Off Finals |
Nov. 1982 | Scheduled release date for P.T. Barnum's Acrobats. |
Nov. 15, 1982 | Odyssey Good Stuff orders (sent through Odyssey Adventure magazine) received prior to this date are entitled to a Quest for the Rings poster (a $2.95 value!) free of charge. |
December 1982 | Attack of the Timelord! was scheduled for release early this month. |
Dec. 24, 1982 | The final date of The Wizard's Great Game Giveaway offer for GTE employees and for the general public. |
Dec. 31, 1982 |  GTE Brochure |
Jan. 1, 1983 | The brochure advertising special Christmas Odyssey² deals for GTE employees is to be removed from company bulletin boards on this date. |
Jan. 6 - 9, 1983 |  Odyssey3 |
Jan. 10, 1983 | Mail-in certificates for The Wizard's Great Game Giveaway, which ended in December, would no longer be honored after this date. Source: The Wizard's Great Game Giveaway mail-in certificate |
January 1983 | Demon Attack and Atlantis are originally scheduled for release sometime after January 1983. |
Feb. 15, 1983 | Odyssey Good Stuff orders postmarked by this date would receive a free Freedom Fighters iron-on transfer. |
March 1983 | Scheduled release date for Killer Bees. |
March 1983 | Electronic Fun with Computers & Games reports that the Odyssey3 Command Center will be on the market by July 1983. Source: Gutman, Dan. "Game Workout: Odyssey 3." Electronic Fun with Computers & Games: March 1983, Page 29 |
April 1983 | Scheduled release date for Turtles. |
Apr. 30, 1983 | The end date of the Kellogg's Instant Win Odyssey Video Games Sweepstakes. |
May 1983 | Kooton (or "Corton") Trading Corp. lowers the price of Odyssey² consoles in Japan from 49,800 Yen to 29,800 Yen, a 40% drop. Cartridges will sell for 7,900 Yen. Kooton reports shipping about 3,000 Odyssey² units since September 1982. Kooton also plans to start distributing The Voice in Japan during this month. Source: "Corton Trading Will Slash Video Game Machine's Price." The Japan Economic Journal: May 17, 1983. Page 18. |
May 19, 1983 | Christer Medin, Software Manager of the Electronic Games division in Eindhoven, Netherlands, sends a letter to Peter Courtney. In the letter, Medin says that the programming and consumer groups are investigating the possibility of producing Courtney's haunted house game for the G7000. |
June 1, 1983 | A price list dated this date lists "Power Lords I" and "Adventures of the Pink Panther" as "Coming Soon." Source: ODY-118 |
June 4, 1983 |  1983 CES Booth |
June 4, 1983 | In Chicago, The Second City comedy troupe presents "A Video Game Comedy Caper" for North American Philips employees. Source: The Second City. A Video Game Comedy Caper. NAP Video Network: 1983. |
June 15, 1983 | The end date for entry into the Second Chance drawing of the Kellogg's Instant Win Video Game Sweepstakes. Source: Back of 1983 Kellogg's Apple Jacks cereal box |
June 21, 1983 | Philips N.V. (Philips Europe) announces that it will cooperate with Thomson-Brandt S.A. to produce video game consoles and cartridges. This collaboration will eventually lead to the Jopac line. Source: Reuters. "Philips Video Pact." The New York Times: June 22, 1983. Section D, Page 4. |
June 30, 1983 | The final date of entry for a Crazy Chase contest held in England. Players were to solve three scrambled word puzzles and submit their entries on a postcard. Fifty lucky entrants would win a Crazy Chase cartridge. |
June 30, 1983 |  Contest Ad Source: Turtles magazine advertisement |
Aug. 1, 1983 | The winners list for the "Win One for the Turtle" Odyssey Home Arcade Center giveaway contest is to be available after this date. Source: Turtles magazine advertisement |
Aug. 20, 1983 | The businesses Rádio Cidade and Laser Jeans, with the support of Philips and the Morumbi Shopping center in Săo Paulo, Brazil, sponsor an eight-day Odyssey tournament. Divided into age groups, contestants compete for high scores on Come-Come (K.C.'s Krazy Chase). |
Aug. 28, 1983 | Winners of the Rádio Cidade and Laser Jeans Odyssey tournament are announced. Marcelo Polverini wins the age 10-13 group, Fábio Luiz Garbossa Francisco wins the age 14-17 group, René Rui de Souza wins the 18-21 group, and Márcia F. Pinto is the winner of the group for those over age 22. |
September 1983 | Nightmare is released in Europe. |
September 1983 | Scheduled release date for Pink Panther and Power Lords for the Atari 2600, as well as Air Defense for the ColecoVision. None of these games were released. Source: ODY-118 |
October 1983 | Scheduled release date for Power Lords for the Odyssey², as well as "Cavern" (aka Lord of the Dungeon) for the ColecoVision. Source: ODY-118 |
October 1983 |  |
October 1983 | Games magazine calls Turtles one of the "Best New Games." |
November 1983 | Scheduled release date for ColecoVision Flash Point. Source: ODY-118 |
Nov. 1, 1983 |  |
Nov. 14, 1983 | North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp. files a patent application for a "video game device with automatic standby mode." The device is a game console that stops supplying power when cartridges are removed. Diagrams included with the application show the Odyssey² and suggest that it incorporates the standby technology. The inventor is listed as Charles B. Heffron. This application is not granted for another two and a half years (see April 1986 entry). |
December 1983 | Scheduled release date for the ColecoVision version of Pink Panther. Source: ODY-118 |
Dec. 1, 1983 | Orders received in response to the Odyssey² Video Game Christmas Gift Guide by this date would receive free gifts and be eligible to win a free trip to Disneyland. |
January 1984 | Electronic Fun with Computers & Games reports that all remaining Probe 2000 games have been "permanently cancelled." |
Jan. 11, 1984 | The Wall Street Journal reports that Philips Europe and Atari are in negotiations to produce a new kind of video game system. Nothing was to come of this collaboration, however. Source: Karlin, Beth. "N.V. Philips, Warner's Atari Discussing Joint Effort to Produce a Video Game." The Wall Street Journal, 1/11/1984 |
Jan. 31, 1984 | Prices in the Christmas Gift Guide were good only through this date. |
Mar. 20, 1984 | NAP announces that Odyssey production has recently ceased. NAP spokesman Pat Wilson says that the Odyssey division will be dissolved within a year because of "general market conditions." Odyssey orders will be filled until supplies run out, which is expected to be in early 1985. In the meantime, most of the Odyssey division's approximately 40 employees will be reassigned to another division. Wilson goes on to say that Odyssey "was never a major factor" in the home video games market. Source: Eblen, Tom. "Pioneer Home Video Game Is Dropped." The Associated Press: Mar. 20, 1984. |
Oct. 16, 1984 | With ironic timing, since the Odyssey brand had been retired mere months before, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office finally gets around to issuing Odyssey² trademarks. The original "vanishing point" Odyssey² logo (serial number 73388304) is granted registration number 1330713. A second trademark is registered for the later, block-letter style logo: serial number 73389949, registration number 1300714. Another trademark is issued for "Video Output Game Machines and Game Cartridges Therefor," serial number 73388293, registration number 1330712. |
Nov. 15, 1984 | Steve Newbold replies by letter to Peter Courtney, stating that Courtney's idea "did not prompt the original design" of Nightmare and that the many similarities were simply "a case of 'great minds think alike.'" |
December 1984 | Issue 11 of the Brazilian videogame magazine Micro & Video previews A Turma da Mônica, a game based on and named after the famous South American comic strip. The game is never released. Source: Micro & Video, Issue 11, December 1984 |
Apr. 30, 1985 | North American Philips is granted U.S. Patent #4,514,600 for a "video game hand controller." The design covered by this patent was slated for use on the now-defunct Odyssey3 Command Center. |
Apr. 1, 1986 |  |
Events from the Post-Odyssey² Era: 1987-Present
Nov. 2, 1996 | John Dondzila announces the first release of his Odyssey² Multicart, which contains 56 games. The original cost: $75. |
December 1996 | The Odyssey² Homepage! goes online. Source: The Odyssey² Homepage! |
July 1997 | Dan Boris releases the first version of O2EM, the first Odyssey² emulator. |
Aug. 26, 1998 |  AMOK! |
Sept. 1, 1998 | The programmer known only as "VPaC" releases J.G. Munchkin, the first widely-distributed ROM hack of an Odyssey² game (Attack of the Timelord). |
Feb. 16, 2000 | Troy Lukkarila contacts William Cassidy about Probe 2000 prototype games he owns: ColecoVision Lord of the Dungeon, ColecoVision Power Lords, and Odyssey3 Flashpoint -- games that are eventually reproduced and distributed to collectors. |
July 29, 2000 | Thirty Pinball! cartridges, autographed by Ralph Baer, are released at Classic Gaming Expo 2000; Sanders's Programmable Pinball game from 1978 finally sees the light of day. Reproductions of ColecoVision Power Lords and Lord of the Dungeon also debut this day. |
Sept. 2, 2000 | Nico Sapin announces the release of the first Videopac prototype reproduction cartridge: Interpol, which he assigns #61. |
Feb. 16, 2003 | The deadline to enter Nico Sapin's contest to win a free copy of Clay Pigeon +. Mark Guttenbrunner is the winner. Sales of this reproduction cartridge also begin on this date. |
June 24, 2003 | ClickGamer.net releases Pocket Odyssey², a PocketPC Odyssey² emulator. |
Dec. 15, 2003 |  KTAA |
June 10, 2004 | Packrat Video Games releases Planet Lander!. |
June 14, 2004 | People who ordered Planet Lander! by this date could buy the game at an introductory price of $18.95. Regular retail price: $19.95. |
Nov. 2, 2004 | Classic Consoles Center releases a G7400-compatible version of Odyssey3 Flash Point on cartridge. |
May 2005 | Humanoid Games releases the prototype reproduction cartridge Mission Impossible / Programmed Trip. |
Aug. 21, 2005 | Mr. Roboto receives its first public demonstration at Classic Gaming Expo 2005, at the Packrat Video Games booth. |
Feb. 25, 2006 | Mr. Roboto is released at a meeting of the Northwest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts in Seattle, WA. |
March 2006 | Dieter König releases the prototype reproduction cartridge Shark Hunter. |
Apr. 9, 2006 |  Spider-Man |
June 9-10, 2006 | Calculator! is released at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, WI. |
Feb. 21, 2007 | Packrat Video Games releases Puzzle Piece Panic!. |
May 2007 | Route 66 is released. |
Oct. 26, 2007 | Dieter König releases the prototype reproduction cartridge Tutankham. |
Mar. 13, 2008 | Revival Studios releases Munchkin+, a "Plus" graphics enhanced version of Videopac 38: Munchkin. |
Oct. 5, 2008 | Bas Kornalijnslijper releases the prototype reproduction cartridge MelRep. |
Nov. 10, 2008 |  Martian Threat |
Dec. 28, 2008 | This Timeline is first published. |
Oct. 4, 2009 | Bas Kornalijnslijper releases the prototype reproduction cartridge Play Tag at the Retro Spelcomputer Beurs in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
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Oct. 24, 2009 | Route 66+, a "Plus"-enhanced version of the homebrew racing game Route 66, is released at Eurocon/Retrobörse in Vienna, Austria. |
Nov. 8, 2009 | Route 66+ becomes available through mail order. |
Oct. 3, 2010 | Bas Kornalijnslijper releases the reproduction run of the Videopac Service Test Cartridge at Retro Spelcomputer Beurs in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. |
Dec. 4, 2010 | Classic Consoles Center debuts the cartridge version of Baseball+, a G7400-compatible version of Odyssey3 Baseball, at the second Retrobörse in Vienna, Austria. |
Oct. 1, 2011 | Revival Studios releases Astro Dodge, its first original homebrew game for Videopac and Odyssey² consoles. |
Nov. 26, 2011 | Revival Studios releases Mayhem, another original Videopac/Odyssey² homebrew title, at the Retrobörse in Bochum, Germany. Like Astro Dodge, Mayhem features enhanced graphics when played on G7400-compatible machines. |
