Magnavox Odyssey 2

Game console that looked like a computer

By 1980 there was no question that the Atari VCS (soon to be renamed the 2600) was the dominant game console of the new video game industry. Many are aware of the Mattel Intellivision as its primary competitor, but there was another console around at the time: the Magnavox Odyssey 2.

The Odyssey 2 was Introduced in 1978, just about a year after the Atari…