The Odyssey only generates white dots or blocks on the television. To give the games some sort of setting, plastic screens (called overlays) are stuck to the television using static cling. Eleven different overlays came with the Odyssey, in two sizes each. The smaller set was for 18-inch to 21-inch screens, the larger set fit 23-inch to 25-inch screens.

Included overlays were for Tennis, Football, Hockey, Ski, Submarine (shown here), Cat and Mouse, Haunted House, Analogic, Roulette, States, and Simon Says. Table Tennis did not use an overlay.