Japanese Odyssey 2 game

[fishsandwich]

I was digging through a pile of junk and found an odd Odyssey 2 game... I think it was Freedom Fighters.

It came in the standard USA case with the standard cart and the standard instructions.

However, the name on the spine had been covered with a sticker with Japanese lettering on it. There was also an additional instruction manual written in Japanese enclosed.

Is this how Odyssey 2 games were released in Japan?

[fishsandwich]

Ah... nevermind. Found it.


The Odyssey² was released in Japan in December 1982 by Kōton Trading Toitarii Enterprise (コートン・トレーディング・トイタリー・エンタープライズ, a division of DINGU company) under the name オデッセイ２ (odessei2). "Japanese" versions of the Odyssey² and its games consisted of the American boxes with katakana stickers on them and cheaply printed black-and-white Japanese manuals. The initial price for the console was ¥49,800. It was apparently not very successful; Japanese Odyssey² items are now very difficult to find.

[diskoboy]

Finding an Odyssey 2, in Japan, is like finding an Odyssey 3, here.




Impossible.


Imagine Atari's failure in Japan. Now multiply that by 50. I'd hang on to that puppy..

[mezrabad]

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108708

Just FYI, I posted a similar question in the above link thread a little while back there's some more information there that you may find relevant.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I also have a Freedom Fighters with a Japanese spine label. What are the odds?