Oddyssey2 keyboard

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   what in the world is the magnavox oddyssey2's keyboard for?  i know thats how i select games and play crypto-logic, but what else can it do?  it certainly cant program, can it?  it even has calculator functions, so they must have a purpose.  if there is a way to program on it, that would be really cool to learn how to do!

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CommodoreKid64 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 September 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 58	Quote Reply Topic: Oddyssey2 keyboard Posted: 02 March 2006 at 3:55pm
	what in the world is the magnavox oddyssey2's keyboard for? i know thats how i select games and play crypto-logic, but what else can it do? it certainly cant program, can it? it even has calculator functions, so they must have a purpose. if there is a way to program on it, that would be really cool to learn how to do! Edited by CommodoreKid64
	** CMB BASIC V2 ** 3583 BYTES FREE READY. LOAD"YOU ARE COOL",8 SEARCHING FOR YOU ARE COOL ?FILE NOT FOUND ERROR ?STOP KIDDING YOURSELF ?YOU ARE A GEEK AND YOU KNOW IT READY.

administrator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 03 February 2005 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 108	Quote Reply Posted: 07 March 2006 at 6:35pm
	Yes, you could program the Videopac system with a special BASIC cartridge. You could also type your name for hiscores (but there were not saved when you switched off the system :-)) And some games used it... like Hangman for example.

CommodoreKid64 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 September 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 58	Quote Reply Posted: 07 March 2006 at 8:11pm
	hmm, i wish i knew how to program in basic... all i know is simply java ! what kind of things could you do with it? could you make your own little games on it? and are you sure that there is no way to save on these little basic cartridges?
	** CMB BASIC V2 ** 3583 BYTES FREE READY. LOAD"YOU ARE COOL",8 SEARCHING FOR YOU ARE COOL ?FILE NOT FOUND ERROR ?STOP KIDDING YOURSELF ?YOU ARE A GEEK AND YOU KNOW IT READY.

administrator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 03 February 2005 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 108	Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2006 at 4:05am
	You could save your programs with the Basic expansion via a simple tape recorder : http://www.cyberroach.com/vidpac/vidhard/new_vid_c7420.htm but you couldn't save your hiscore + name with any known cartridge. This would have required a battery built-in the cartridge, like found on some games for the NES or Epoch Super Cassette Vision. The BASIC was not very powerful. Yes, you could program some simple games, but there were too slow to really enjoy them... Here is an example of a Breakout game program for the Videopac + BASIC expansion : http://mo5.com/musee/fiche.php?id=c7420