Acorn Archimedes A3000
Acorn released the A3000 in May 1989, bringing Archimedes technology into a compact keyboard case reminiscent of the BBC Micro. The keyboard and floppy drive …
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Atari Portfolio
The Portfolio is a portable IBM-compatible 16-bit PC introduced by Atari in May 1989 and launched in January 1990. The operating system is a MS-DOS clone …
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Mattel/PAX Power Glove
The Power Glove is a control unit for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). For the first time, Nintendo games could be controlled with intuitive hand …
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NEC TurboStick (HES-STK-01)
The TurboStick is a wired arcade stick (controller) for the PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16 in the USA) console. It combines joystick, two sliders and 7 buttons (two …
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NewTek Digi-View Gold
Digi-View Gold by NewTek is a video digitizer for the Amiga. Color images are created in three passes with a color filter wheel.
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Game Boy Classic
The Nintendo Game Boy launched the successful Game Boy range in 1989. Today it is also called Game Boy Classic (model DMG-01) to distinguish it from later …
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PC Engine CoreGrafx
The PC Engine CoreGrafx is a Version of the PC Engine. In December 1989, NEC and Hudson Soft released them exclusively in Japan. There are three differences …
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PC Engine Shuttle
The PC Engine Shuttle is a revised Version of the PC Engine. It is published exclusively in Japan in November 1989. The name added Shuttle makes itself …
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PC Engine SuperGrafx
The PC Engine SuperGrafx, or SuperGrafx for short, is an enhanced version of the original PC Engine released exclusively in Japan. Its main differences are …
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Scanntronik Handyscanner 64
The Handyscanner 64, the "Scanner for All", is a product from the German manufacturer Scanntronik. In addition to the scanner, which can be held like a mouse …
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Open pageSega Family Driver
Sega's Family Driver is a special console: it's a kind of racing game in which the events on the screen are not influenced, nor can you speak of a real video …
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Sega Master System Converter/Power Base Converter
In 1985 Sega launched the Sega Mark III in Japan, which appears in the West as the Sega Master System (SMS). With an 8-bit processor and replaceable modules …
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