They apparently figured their first system failed because awestruck consumers were intimidated by its technical prowess, so they corrected this by making the Junior much smaller and shittier than the original. So the thing sold horribly and then, in 1983, Nintendo released the Famicom (the NES to us) and the Epoch Cassette Vision was forgotten forever.Įpoch, however, struck back with the Cassette Vision Junior. Keep in mind this thing came out five years after the Fairchild up there and its handy wired controllers. Imagine booting up the ol' Xbox and then holding it on your lap as you play. Well, if you did that with the Epoch, you'd be out of a system, seeing as how the controllers were just knobs built onto the console itself. You know when you're playing video games and you're leaning left and right with the controller, throwing it in anger, all that? Hook that shit up to your 72-inch HDTV and you've got yourself a party.Įpoch had a unique vision of fixing this by bringing Japan a console that was quite a bit shittier than others on the market. If you're one of those late adopters and would like to get in on the Odyssey 200 fun, you can usually find them on eBay for almost nothing (we found one at ten dollars with zero bids). "Finally, something that combines the excitement of tennis with my passion for writing down numbers."ĭespite dismal sales, Magnavox kept plugging away, later releasing even more consoles with even more variations of pong (the Odyssey 300 and 400, finally including the amazing innovation of on-screen scoring). There was no reason to buy this stupid thing that made you keep your own score. Copyright laws were very loose in the gaming world at the time, and Pong rip-offs pretty much flooded the market. You had to do it yourself, with a manual slider thing (even Pong kept score for you, on-screen). I also have a male to male plug to go to the TV.To give you an idea of what the technology was like at the time, the Odyssey 200 was not smart enough to keep track of your score. I have a devils pitchfork converter into a coaxial, and a female to male cord to plug into the switcher. That port is currently occupied by my 2600, but I want to have a switcher so I can swap between my 2600 and this Odyssey 300. I have stocked my Amazon cart with gear that I believe will help solve my problem, but I'm not too sure. But these pitch forks and weird "game plug" have thrown me for a loop! My TV is not old enough to have a hook up for the pitch forks (I'm not even sure what to call them) and I can't seem to find a converter for the actual game plug or another solution online outside of opening up the console and switching the cable out for an Atari cable. I've been collecting older consoles for years. I'd like to think I know my way around setting these things up. Hello! I need help hooking up a Magnavox Odyssey 300 to a modern-ish TV. Posts about 6th generation consoles or later, last generation's handhelds, or modern indie games in a retro style might best fit in one or more of the following subs: Have knowledge to share with the community?Ĭheck out the ConsoleMods Wiki! Resources Looking for information on a mod or repair? Alternatively, this content might fit in r/gamecollecting.įind a more in-depth explanation of our rules here! Wiki Provide a prompt with your post for discussion as body text within the post itself. Collection/pickup posts may be posted on Saturday and Sunday. Use Pricecharting or similar pricing services, or eBay sold listings for a method of determining the value of your games, consoles or paraphernalia.Ĭollection/Pickup Posts. Because live streams expire, they are not examples of good content for this subreddit and are not allowed. Reddit is a link aggregation service at its core. Adhere to reddiquette and all reddit site-wide rules. Remember that there's a human on the other end of the screen. "Collection," "Battlestation," and "Score" posts may contain modern games, but they must be majority vintage or vintage-focused.ĭon't be a dick. However, discussion about newer platforms is a allowed as discussion, just not as a top-level post. Dreamcast allowed as an honorary 5.5th gen console. r/retrogaming is for posts about vintage gaming: 5th gen platforms and earlier. For more information please Reddit's self-promotion rules here. (No live streams, though.) However, we ask that your self promotional content not be more than around 10 percent of your total posts. It's perfectly okay to post your YouTube video, blog, or kickstarter here. This subreddit is reddit's home for vintage gaming. r/retrogames: Our discussion-only sister subreddit
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