Like the Telstar, the Odyssey 300 uses the AY-3-8500 chip as its logic and was among the first dedicated consoles to use a single IC chip as the focus of its design rather than multiple computer chips or transistor–transistor logic. Unlike Magnavox's previous two dedicated console products, the Odyssey 300 was meant to compete directly with the Coleco Telstar. The Magnavox Odyssey 300 dedicated console was released in October 1976 for US$69. Like the Odyssey 100, the Odyssey 200 is powered by either six "C" batteries or a 9 volt AC adapter and uses three control dials for vertical and horizontal movement and ball "english." The Odyssey 200 also added a unique method of non-digital on-screen scoring in which a white rectangle moved one space to the right each time a player scored a point. The game manual, as well as Magnavox's service documentation describe this as an option for two or four "players," although the console itself can only be physically operated by two persons consequently, the 200 is frequently and erroneously described as a "four-player" console today. The Odyssey 200 was also the first dedicated system to feature an option for four on-screen paddles instead of the customary two. In addition to Tennis and Hockey, the Odyssey 200 featured a third game variation called "Smash" (essentially, the sport known as Squash). Using the TI single-chip design, the console improved on the Odyssey 100 in several areas. The Magnavox Odyssey 200 dedicated console was released in 1975 as a deluxe companion of the Odyssey 100. Each player had three knobs for horizontal movement, vertical movement and ball trajectory adjustment ("English"). The Odyssey 100 is powered by either six "C" batteries or a 9 volt AC adapter. Neither game had on-screen scoring and the system used a crude buzzer for sound. The Odyssey 100 was designed around four Texas Instruments chips. Magnavox already had a single-chip design in mind that year, but wanted to have a product they could release immediately if Texas Instruments, the supplier of their single video game chips, was unable to deliver in a timely manner. It uses a multi-chip discrete component design, which makes it much simpler than all later dedicated consoles Magnavox would eventually release. The Magnavox Odyssey 100 dedicated console was released in 1975. All of these consoles were released in the USA by Magnavox after its purchase by Philips in 1974. There are eight dedicated home video game consoles and one TV with a built-in game console in the Odyssey series. The Odyssey uses a type of removable printed circuit board card that inserts into a cartridge slot, allowing the player to select the unit's various games by connecting different paths along the unit's internal logic circuitry. Baer and first demonstrated on a convention in Burlingame, California on May 24, 1972, it was sold by Magnavox and affiliates through 1975. The Magnavox Odyssey, released by Magnavox in September 1972, is the world's first commercial video game console. A Magnavox Odyssey and one of its two accompanying game controllers
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