Acorn System 1
After a disagreement Chris Curry leaves the British company Sinclair and, together with his colleague Hermann Hauser, establishes Cambridge Processor Unit …
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Atari 400/800
As the 2600 established itself among home consoles in the late 70s, Atari began planning its successor. Warner Communications had bought the company and …
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Coleco Zodiac
The Zodiac of Coleco is not an electronic toy in the narrow sense, but an astrological computer that provides information about the user's horoscope. In order …
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Color TV Game Block Kuzushi
Following Atari's success Breakout (1976), the Color TV Game Block Kuzushi is the fourth and last Color TV game. In this kind of skill game, blocks are smashed …
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Ideal Maniac
The Ideal Maniac, developed by Ralph Baer, contains four games for two to four players. Each player has a “Maniac Button” on their side of the device. Most …
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Intellivision
Faced with Atari’s dominance, Mattel initially hesitated to enter the console business and concentrated on handhelds. Their great success encouraged the …
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Open pageKörting Tele-Multiplay 6000 with light gun
Körting Tele Multi Play console model 6000 Color from 1979. The console can be operated via batteries or power supply. The console offers the standard games …
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Mattel Horoscope Computer
In addition to the Coleco Zodiac, the Horoscope Computer 1979 is another electronic toy that deals with the personal horoscope. The prediction of the daily …
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MB MicroVision
The first handheld with replaceable modules is Milton Bradley's MicroVision. Milton Bradley (abbreviated MB) is very successful at the beginning with the …
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Open pageMilton Bradley Bigtrak/BIG TRAK
The Big Trak looks like a science fiction utility vehicle driving on a moon or asteroid.
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Nascom 2
The Nascom 2 is a British single-board kit computer, introduced in December 1979 for £295 plus VAT. Its Z80A can be switched between 2 and 4 MHz. The board …
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Novag Chess Champion MK 2
The Chess Challenger by Fidelity is the first chess computer on the market in 1977; a short time later, CompuChess of Data Cash follows, which has been …
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Tele-Multiplay 8000 (Tele-Multi-Play Color)
Game console from 1979 by Körting. 8 games (basketball solo, basketball double, gridball, football, tennis, hockey, squash, pelota) with 2 removable MATCH …
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Open pageTomy Arcade Attack
Arcade Attack is one of Tomy's many mini arcade games. In this game, enemy alien ships flying by in the background of the screen are shot down by laser …
Open pageTomy Electronic Pinngg Ball Flipper
Pinball machines were one of the most important pillars of the arcades until well into the 1970s. The Pinngg Ball Flipper appears as video games begin to …
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Videomaster Star Chess
Star Chess is a telegame from the British company Videomaster, which differs from the other games of the time, because the console contains only one game …
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