Atari Modular Cartridge Library (ORG 500)
While the average price for an Atari game in Germany is DM 139, the modules in the US are already available on average for $19 to $24, which makes it more …
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BBC Microcomputer
In the early 1980s, the BBC launched the Computer Literacy Project to explain the importance of computers to the British public. It wanted a computer capable …
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CGL Earth Invaders
Computer Games Limited is an English company that markets games from Tomy, Coleco and Gakken under its own name CGL. Among them is Earth Invaders, a modified …
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Coleco’s Tabletop Mini-Arcade series, released from the early 80s, was very popular because it recreated the feeling of standing at a real arcade machine. The …
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Commodore VC 20 (VIC 20)
The Commodore VC 20 is, after the Commodore PET, the second computer of the American company Commodore. In addition, it is the first Commodore home computer …
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Entex Select-a-game
Entex Industries released Select-a-game in 1981. It is a relatively large handheld console powered by four C batteries. Its games resemble those of Milton …
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Epoch Cassette Vision
The Cassette Vision is the only Japanese system in the second generation. Unlike the name suggests, it does not use magnetic tape cassettes, but also modules …
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Epoch Galaxy II
Epoch Galaxy II is another representative of the mini arcade game concept and a classic toy clone: on this device, the Galaxian developed two years earlier by …
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History of Amiga
Jay Miner starts a company that later gets the name Amiga. Amiga starts with the development of its own console. In 1983 the video game crash begins and Amiga …
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IBM Personal Computer 5150
On 12 August 1981, IBM introduced the IBM Personal Computer, model 5150. A small team in Boca Raton, Florida, led by William C. Lowe and Philip Don Estridge …
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National JR-100
In the 1980s Matsushita Electric (from 2008 Panasonic) produced the JR home computer series with the JR-100, JR-200, JR-300 and JR-800. In 1981 the National …
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Osborne 1
The Osborne 1 is regarded as the first commercially successful portable computer. Adam Osborne founded the Osborne Computer Corporation for the project, and …
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Philips P4500
Between 1962 and 1992, Philips subsidiary Philips Computers developed computers and peripherals.
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Romscanner Command Center
The Romscanner Command Center is just one of several similar systems that make it unnecessary to switch modules in the Atari 2600. Several modules are plugged …
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Sinclair ZX81
In 1980, the British company Sinclair Research launched the ZX80 for under $200. A year later, the new and improved version ZX81 will be released for half the …
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Tandy Corporation Tandy-12
The Tandy-12 is a computer-based arcade toy with twelve built-in games. It is developed and produced by the American company Tandy Corporation and then sold in …
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Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
In November 1979, the TI-99/4 was the first home computer of Texas Instruments in the United States. The combination of computers and matching TVs is sold by …
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Vtech CreatiVision
Since VTech is based in Hong Kong, the CreatiVision, although the latest hardware is installed, can be produced extremely cheaply and is priced below Atari and …
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