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US manufacturer Emerson saves time and money when entering the home console market by licensing existing technology from British manufacturer Radofin: Arcadia …
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The Atari 5200 is the successor of the Atari 2600. Technically it corresponds to the home computers Atari 400 and 800, there are different connections for …
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Open pageThe Video Touch Pad is a keyboard with 12 keys for the Atari 2600 game console. It is available individually or bundled with the game Star Raiders; since both …
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BASIS 108: the computer of Basis Microcomputer GmbH in the device catalog of The 1000 Collection.
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Casio FP-200: the device entry with a photograph of the computer and a secondary source.
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Since LCD games enjoy great popularity in the 80s, the Japanese company Casio brings about 160 different play equipment of this kind to the market. Some of …
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The expansion 2 for the ColecoVision does not use the expansion shaft of the console, contrary to its name, but is an alternative controller for racing games …
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The Super Action Controller Set consists of two controllers, which are significantly more ergonomic than the standard controllers of the ColecoVision. At the …
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Open pageAt its appearance in 1982, ColecoVision becomes a serious competitor for the Atari 2600. This situation worsens when Coleco develops the Expansion Module #1 …
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Toy manufacturer Coleco has already produced pong clones, but will only publish its module-based console at a time when the market is already divided. But the …
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The company EACA from Hong Kong builds computers from 1975 to 1983, such as Apple II clones and computers based on Tandy's TRS-80. The latter appear as Video …
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The VC1541 is a 5¼-inch floppy disk drive released by Commodore for the C64 in 1982. It has only one read/write head, so it can access only one side of a disk …
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In January 1982 Commodore introduced the Commodore 64 (C64). The fans affectionately call the computer because of its form "breadbox". At the beginning of 1983 …
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Commodore intended the CBM-II series to succeed the PET in 1982. The business models display 80 characters per line on a monochrome screen. Their MOS 6509 …
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The VIC-20 is a great success, thanks to the video interface chip (VIC) produced by MOS, which produces sound and graphics. Commodore expands the VIC …
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The Dragon 32 is a home computer made by Dragon Data (now insolvent) that was popular in England in the 80s. Its appeal lay in its low price and broad software …
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The Atari 2600 is one of the most popular game consoles of the late 1970s and there were some companies that produced legal and illegal clones. One company …
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In 1982, Entex Industries developed the Entex Adventure Vision as the successor to the Select-a-game handheld. This tabletop console has a central joystick and …
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Open pageEmerson Radio Corp. launched the Arcadia 2001 in the USA in 1982, using Signetics’ 2650A and 2637 chips. It was affordable and successful, establishing a …
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The 9012 is a game console produced in Hong Kong with the standard chip, the AY-3-8500. The console came on the market under various brand names, including R10 …
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The Intellivision II differs from its predecessor mainly in its modernised design. Mattel aimed to minimise production costs and economised on the controller …
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Engineer Richard Altwasser and software developer Steven Vickers played major roles in developing the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. After completing it, they founded …
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As the second manufacturer after Philips, Mattel offers an extension for voice output in 1982 with the Intellivoice. The sound chip used is the same as the …
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NEC released the PC-9801 in October 1982, establishing the PC-98 family that dominated Japan's computer market for more than fifteen years. The first model …
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Open pageThe search for the rings is number 42 of seventy game modules for the Philips G7000. It is a mix of board and video game and provides figures, cards and other …
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Pong console with 4 games tennis, football, squash, hockey.
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Schmid TVG 2000: the entry for the game console in the device catalog of The 1000 Collection.
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In the 1980s, the Munich-based company SHG (Süddeutsche Elektro-Hausgeräte GmbH & Co. KG) the ping-pong console black point. (In the operating instructions …
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In 1982 the British company Sinclair Research Ltd. introduced the Sinclair ZX Spectrum as a successor to the Sinclair ZX81. Like its predecessor, it is based …
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The M5 from Japan's Sord Computer Corporation appeared in Japan in November 1982. Computer Games Limited sold it in Britain as the CGL M5. It has a 3.58 MHz …
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Timex Sinclair 1000: the device entry with a classification in the model series next to the Timex Sinclair 1500.
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Open pageThe micro-computer Alien Chase by Tomy has a single, multi-colored VFD screen for playing, but it can be viewed from two sides, with the second player's screen …
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With the extension C7010, the G7000 and the later released successor model G7400 can be upgraded to a chess computer. The hardware is not on the module alone …
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