Ed Averett's Inspiration Pack brings Odyssey2 games, confusion to the ColecoVision

The YouTube channel Mike's Gaming Channel came across this peculiar ColecoVision release... a multi-cart featuring two dozen games for the Magnavox Odyssey2.

They're mostly accurate ports, albeit with slightly smeary graphics tucked inside a rough drawing of a CRT television. However, the existence of this cartridge raises some questions. How is this possible? Why does this exist? Was there someone out there who absolutely had to play KC Munchkin, but on a ColecoVision?

An Odyssey2 multi-cart for the ColecoVision is the most curious retro gaming curio since the Vectrex cartridge with a Raspberry Pi inside, which emulates Vectrex games ON your Vectrex. (Yeah, the Pi-Trex was a thing. Heaven only knows why. Maybe Xzibit made it.)

Thanks to Mike's Gaming Channel for the footage, and AtariAge for the heads up about this cartridge's existence, puzzling though it may be.

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