Different variation´s.

The Odyssey got a numbre of different versions of the system , accessoryes , manuals ect but most mysterious of these ar the versions of gamecards #7 and #8

#7 and #8

Six major version´s are known to exist of the Odyssey system the standard US system,
the standard Export system a special version of the Export system sold in Germany and the rare
European relaese made by ITT, + 2 clones of the Odyssey made in the midd -70:s one from Sweden ( not yet fond ) call´d Kanal 34 and one from Spain ( found in 3 ex ) call´d Overkal.
Below are scans of the tree different type´s of game cards for Simon says and Wipeout made for each of the systems.
From left to right are the US card´s with english text , the export card´s with three different language:s English, German and Spanish and last the rare German card´s made for the ITT system.

The Odyssey exists in two different color´s the standard white and very few in a yellow color.  

Magnavox also made an Odyssey version with the company logo on the front woodgrain

Sometime in -73 -74 a UK company call´d WENDAFORD Limited  perallell imported the Odyssey to the United kingdom. As far as i know this is the only parallell imported Odyssey ever sold in Europe! 

The " Wonder wizard " is a system made by General Home Products in 1976 and it´s a verry strange mix of Magnavox systems!! 

Somes of the accessories for the Odyssey exist in more then one version
and below are the known variations listed .

4 different version´s of the container box is known to exist.
The brown and the white ar from the US. A test container with TEST printed on the front and the black is from the German "Odyssee" this container hade the ITT logo glued to the front the black is from the glue.

Two different version´s of the lower part of the sytrofoam for the Odyssey also exist.
See the diffrens from the pictures.

This ar the two known version´s of the Odyssey game card´s.
The lighter version is slightly rare´r then the dark version.

The game switch exist in 3 different version´s the one on the right is the standard US version and on the left is the one modify´d for export and a spanich version made for the Overkal clone. The US and the export version of the game switch also exist in both a brown and a silver color.

 When Magnavox sold the Odyssey in 1972-74 they included 6 batteries in the packing.
This are the three known types of original batteries. 

 3 differnt verions of the Scoreboard exists the standard US to the left , the export verion to the right and the Spanish Overkal version in the middle. 

Magnavox also made two different versions of the game accessorie stickers.
One with the ordinary Cat&Mouse sticker´s and one with " bonus " sticker´s for  Ski  and  States .

For the Spanis Overkal clone special play money were made  .

The poker-chips exist´s in 2 different thickness in the picture above both roll´s have 50 chips but one  is 10mm longer.
The chips also exist´s in three different style´s in the picture below you can see the differens.

The 2 different chipp versions made for the Odyssey. 

The chipps made for the Spanis Overkal clone.

Click here to see the different versions of the system manual.