Latest Odyssey2 Podcast Episodes
601: Steamed Up!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - January 24, 2023 13:00 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsRaise your hand if you saw this coming: If you thought the O2/Videopac news was getting awfully quiet, think again – Philips is back on the scene, releasing new compilations of classic Videopac games through Steam. There are some cool things about this, and some not-ready-for-prime-time things...
503: What’s New With The New O2?
Select Game – theLogBook.com - February 14, 2022 07:03 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEverything old is new again! The latest directly from the developers of the potential new member of the Odyssey family, a look at Odyssey Retro’s potential risks, potential greatness, and very cautious and frank analysis of the system’s chances of actually happening at all. And if the thought ...
502: Retro WHAT?!?
Select Game – theLogBook.com - September 27, 2021 13:45 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsYou wanna retro that by me again? The shot heard ’round the Odyssey2/Videopac world. Is someone seriously trying to bring this hardware platform into the present, or allowing it to stubbornly stick to the past? There are so many questions yet to be answered…and this edition of the show is aski...
501: A New Look For The Odyssey2?
Select Game – theLogBook.com - January 23, 2021 11:42 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsClothes maketh the game: The black background. The vanishing point logo with its very, very seventies font. The Helvetica lettering. Could anything ever replace the classic look of vintage Odyssey2 packaging? Should anyone even try to come up with a new look? Hear from someone who tried, bu...
404: Third Party Invitation!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - November 28, 2020 21:32 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAnyone wanna make games for this machine? Third-party games were – and remain – a real rarity for the Odyssey2 and Videopac. But who, aside from Parker Brothers and Imagic, should’ve stepped up to the plate? Another bite-sized edition of the internet’s only podcast with sync-sound action pond...
403: The Top 5 Odyssey2 Characters!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - September 04, 2020 10:52 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBack In Action? Yes, Select Game is still here…and yes, Select Game still covers the Odyssey2. A bite-sized edition of the internet’s only podcast with sync-sound action is here to let Odyssey2 and Videopac (and Jopac and Radiola Jet…) fans know that there’s more to come. (10:21) Right-click ...
402: The Pinball Wizard Of Odyssey2!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - June 24, 2019 12:19 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBack In Action! Now with 100% less Dalek vocalization. Is the Odyssey2 up to the task of simulating the physics of pinball? And if it falls short…well, little multicolored dudes cracking electrical whips will do just fine, right? Sure they well! Also, we get to test-drive PackratVG.com’s amazing...
401: Plus!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - March 20, 2019 16:05 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsExterminate!! Some podcasts should be heard and not seen, but now Select Game offers you the chance to do both! Well, due to an unidentified microphone-and/or/-software issue, that might be a stretch, as your host sounds a bit Dalek-ish for the first several minutes of the show. In this edition,...
304: The Balloon’s Going Up
Select Game – theLogBook.com - December 29, 2018 20:18 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPoppin’ Fresh D’OH!! Some podcasts should be heard and not seen, but now Select Game offers you the chance to do both! In this edition, we play P.T. Barnum’s Acrobats! and the Videopac-only Loony Balloon, we ask why the Jopac had to have square balloons in the former, and we trace both games to...
303: Who Killed The Odyssey3?
Select Game – theLogBook.com - October 21, 2018 19:21 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA Deep Dive Into The Vaporware Realm! Who killed the Odyssey3? Was it a machine with underwhelming capabilities that would’ve been DOA? Or was it killed by its own heir apparent, the Odyssey4? Forget everything you thought you knew about the end of the Odyssey consoles. (53:53) Right-click and...
302: A Mind Forever Voyaging
Select Game – theLogBook.com - March 31, 2018 23:24 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsUniversal appeal! From his groundbreaking work in hypothesizing and studying black holes, to his famous electronic voice, the late, great Professor Stephen Hawking left his mark on the world, and it’s only fitting for the Odyssey2 and Videopac to pay tribute. (35:48) Right-click and “save as” t...
301: The Kick-Axe Legend of Pick Axe Pete
Select Game – theLogBook.com - February 20, 2018 13:55 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis game rocks! Long before Minecraft and Terraria, Pick Axe Pete was hitting the mother lode on the Odyssey2! The storied history of your podcast host’s all-time favorite, plus an exciting new product announcement and more! (48:29) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | T...
207: Xmas ’83
Select Game – theLogBook.com - November 28, 2017 13:50 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFestive Firepower! Return with us to find out what was under the tree in Christmas ’83, as well as test-driving a lost, unreleased game that’s now up for grabs as a reproduction cartridge. (40:21) Select Game will return in The Living Daylights February 2018. Right-click and “save as” to downl...
206: K.C.’s Krazy Sequels!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - October 28, 2017 20:45 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMuch More Munching! Previously on Buffy Select Game, the courts took K.C. Munchkin! off the shelves. But did the Odyssey2’s cute blue muncher stay out of the limelight? Awww hell no – K.C. is still in circulation today. As in, literally, today. (31:20) This episode was intended to drop before...
205: Back To The Arcade!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - July 28, 2017 04:35 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWinking Frogs! Gather ye quarters while ye may…you’ll need them to save up for Super Cobra, Frogger, and Turtles! on the Odyssey2 and Videopac. Also homebrew news galore. Winking froggies included, some assembly required. (36:03) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mi...
204: Amok Downtime!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - May 26, 2017 13:09 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsStrange Brew! What has kept the Odyssey2 alive into the 21st century? Not me talking about it, that’s for sure – it’s the homebrew programmers and their sometimes brilliant, sometimes frustrating additions to the Odyssey2 and Videopac libraries. This month’s show examines a cross-section of ho...
203: The Odyssey2 At The Arcade!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - April 21, 2017 16:32 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAmazing Arcade Ports! Select Game is back after some downtime to take the Odyssey2…or really the Videopac…to the arcade, where we’ll play Popeye, Frogger, and Pong For Videopac & Odyssey2! Plus: Odyssey2 homebrew news from MGC, and a whole new way you can help the site keep the lights on. (39:29...
202: The All-Ball Show
Select Game – theLogBook.com - March 10, 2017 12:47 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBalls! Select Game returns to cover several Odyssey2 sports games: Bowling!/Basketball!, Pocket Billiards!, Electronic Table Soccer!…and a doomed attempt to play Football! And there may even be something about a trackball! Balls. (44:53) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive....
201: Feedback! Space Blocks!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - February 10, 2017 08:12 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsScintillating Second Season Starter! Select Game kicks off 2017 with your letters and e-mails, wondering where The Art Of Odyssey is, new Select Game swag, and 2016 me plays Blockout! / Breakdown! and Out Of This World! / Helicopter Rescue! (1:00:59) Right-click and “save as” to download manual...
11X: Christmas Special!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - December 21, 2016 08:41 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDeck the Halls! It’s the story of a serious sunburn, rainbow trout, a game room serviced by a single distributor, an attempt to will Odyssey2 ports of arcade games into existence, and a lifelong obsession that culminated in…a marquee. And this podcast. (1:05:53) This podcast is dedicated to th...
110: Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Munchkin
Select Game – theLogBook.com - November 25, 2016 13:11 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsExciting Season Finale! He came to gobble dots and munch on munchers. He brought rave reviews to the Odyssey2. And litigation hell came walking in five steps behind him. Hear the story of K.C. Munchkin! from his conception to his downfall, find out if the game was ever really “rare”, and much...
109: Imagic
Select Game – theLogBook.com - October 14, 2016 20:23 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGnarly Ninth Episode! Third party publishers didn’t lavish a lot of attention on the Odyssey2 or Videopac, but here’s the entire lineup from one company that did: legendary third-party game company Imagic translated Demon Attack and Atlantis for Odyssey2 fans. (26:14) Right-click and “save as” ...
108: Comic Book Heroes!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - September 12, 2016 19:41 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsElectrifying Eighth Episode! Crack open the funny pages, break out the action figures, and swing into action with Spider-Man and the Power Lords on the Odyssey2! Find out what the incredibly obscure selling point of the Power Lords toys was, and just how bad your host is at playing Spider-Man! ...
107: Loving The Aliens!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - August 10, 2016 10:42 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSpaced-Out Seventh Episode! A much-longer-than-usual episode starts off with discussion of absent friends and sound quality, what the most disappointing thing about Cosmic Conflict! was (it’s not what you think), why the Invaders From Hyperspace have got your number, and what one of these games ...
106X: Quest For The Rings (Extended)
Select Game – theLogBook.com - July 15, 2016 06:42 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSword-‘n’-Spell-Slingin’ Super-Sized Sixth Episode! There’s a thin line between setting out on a grand quest to restore peace and order to the kingdom, and “Dad, why do we have to get all these rings?” And in this episode we cross that line! E and I swash our buckles, and fail a saving throw ...
106: Quest For The Rings
Select Game – theLogBook.com - July 07, 2016 12:24 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSword-‘n’-Spell-Slingin’ Sixth Episode! There’s a thin line between setting out on a grand quest to restore peace and order to the kingdom, and “Dad, why do we have to get all these rings?” And in this episode we cross that line! E and I swash our buckles, and fail a saving throw against playi...
105: Mano A Mano
Select Game – theLogBook.com - June 11, 2016 09:34 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFurious Fightin’ Fifth Episode! “They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.” And so will we! Little E joins the show as Select Game’s first Play...
104: Ah, Edutainment!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - May 26, 2016 10:10 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFantastic[ally late] Fourth Episode! Let’s get some educational games out of the way, shall we? Except that one of them is a bit more advanced than I remembered, and one of them played a part in changing the course of my adult life…and still another is sort of an accidental tribute to the late,...
103: UFO Monster Attack!
Select Game – theLogBook.com - April 13, 2016 06:08 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThrilling Third Episode! In this jumbo-sized, spaced-out, and ever-so-slightly self-indulgent episode, your host mulls over a future that never was, running from space crabs as a family pastime, plays a duet between two numbered game consoles, and makes an announcement at the end. Also, somewhe...
102: America’s Pastime
Select Game – theLogBook.com - March 14, 2016 06:11 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsExciting Second Episode! There’s more to life (and the Odyssey2) than racing cars and scrambling words. Listener mail is read, Moonbase Alpha is visited, and Baseball! and Computer Golf! are played. (35:01) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throw...
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