I oddly forgot to take a picture of the unit from far away.  I think I was getting tired.  Here's the run down from Pong Story


The Odyssey 100 was very basic and didn't have the common features of the million-seller PONG systems of the next years. The knobs were fixed: there were no detachable controllers yet. There was no digital on-screen scoring: the players marked their score using two little plastic cursors on the system. The serve couldn't be changed: it was automatic.

This could seem strange compared to the first Atari PONG systems which already had digital on-screen scoring. In fact, this was just a question of technology. On-screen scoring would have required additional components, which would have increased the cost of the system. Nevertheless, on-screen scoring was added in later systems although the first attempts used archaic graphics. The first Magnavox system to offer digital on-screen was the Odyssey 300 in 1976.

The main features of the Odyssey 100 were very basic:

Action sounds

Mechanical Scoring

Top and Bottom Ball Rebound

Vertical/Horizontal Player Action

Ball Control

Speed Control

Game Select Switch

On/Off Power Switch

Magnavox Odyssey 100. Click the photo to see the inside.