Who are the original Odyssey² programmers?
• Sam Overton was an Odyssey² hardware engineer, as well as the first Odyssey² game programmer. He designed the first six games for the system in 1977 and 1978. He then left Magnavox, but returned in 1981. Overton’s games include Sid the Spellbinder and most of the Odyssey² sports titles.31 • Ed Averett worked at Intel as a programmer and sales representative. When Magnavox was ready to pull the plug on Odyssey² in 1978, Averett convinced them that there was a market for video games — while convincing Intel that they could sell more silicon if they allowed him to program Odyssey² games. Averett developed 24 Odyssey² games, nearly half of its original library. His favorite Odyssey² game is K.C. Munchkin.32 • Linda Averett, a computer scientist and Ed’s wife, was credited as a designer for Attack of the Timelord in an issue of Odyssey² Adventure magazine. Reportedly, she didn’t actually have anything to do with the game but Ed gave her credit anyway — a nice gesture, but one she didn’t
