Difference between revisions of "First and second generations of video game consoles"

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* Volley VI (pong/gun)
 
* Volley VI (pong/gun)
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* Magnavox Odyssey Series  
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* Magnavox Odyssey /Series  
 
* Binatone TV Master Mk IV
 
* Binatone TV Master Mk IV
 
* APF TV Fun
 
* APF TV Fun
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:* Computer TV Game (arcade Othello remake)
 
:* Computer TV Game (arcade Othello remake)
 
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===Coleco Telstar Arcade===
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Only 4 cartridges were released for this triangular abomination, but the console's design means that they can't be dumped and "emulated." They're more like activation discs for data already in the console. No known emulators.
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==Cartridge Consoles==
 
==Cartridge Consoles==
 
* [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]
 
* [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]
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! scope="col"|No intro collection
 
! scope="col"|No intro collection
 
! scope="col"|Description
 
! scope="col"|Description
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|style="text-align:center;"|APF Imagination Machine
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|style="text-align:center;"|Good
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|A PC with a game console mounted on top of it 32X-style (take that, master race!) Only 15 games were released, one being built-in. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=APF/Imagination-Machine here].
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Arcadia_2001|Emerson Arcadia 2001]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|style="text-align:center;"|
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Bally Astrocade|Bally Astrocade]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Bally Astrocade|Bally Astrocade]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|ROMs are [https://ia801700.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/17/items/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23.zip here]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|ROMs are [https://ia801700.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/17/items/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23.zip here]
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Epoch Cassette Vision
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|style="text-align:center;"|Bandai Super Vision 8000
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|style="text-align:center;"|None
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|style="text-align:center;"|Good
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|May be a working emulator in here: [http://homepage3.nifty.com/takeda-toshiya/ Japware]. Only 11 games exist for this thing.
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|style="text-align:center;"|Only 7 games. ROMs can be played on archive.org
 
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|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|Super Cassette Vision
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|style="text-align:center;"|CreatiVision
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|style="text-align:center;"|Good
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|style="text-align:center;"|
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|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Entex_Adventure_Vision|Entex Adventure Vision]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|style="text-align:center;"|1984 successor to the original Cassette Vision.
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|style="text-align:center;"|
 
|-
 
|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|Coleco Telstar Arcade
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|style="text-align:center;"|Epoch Cassette Vision
 
|style="text-align:center;"|None
 
|style="text-align:center;"|None
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|Only 4 cartridges were released for this triangular abomination, but the console's design means that they can't be dumped and "emulated." They're more like activation discs for data already in the console. No known emulators.
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|style="text-align:center;"|Only 11 games exist for this thing, and none have been dumped because of the cartridge design. Apparently the BIOS for the console is inside each cart. On MESS's [http://www.mess.org/dumping/have to-do] list.
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|style="text-align:center;"|APF Imagination Machine
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Good
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
−
|style="text-align:center;"|A PC with a game console mounted on top of it 32X-style (take that, master race!) Only 15 games were released, one being built-in. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=APF/Imagination-Machine here].
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Intellivision#Intellivision_II|Intellivision II]]
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Good
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|NA
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Just an update to the original Intellivision, this console does not have its own library of games.
 
 
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|-
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Fairchild_Channel_F|Fairchild Channel F]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Fairchild_Channel_F|Fairchild Channel F]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|An update to the Channel F, with no exclusive games.
 
|style="text-align:center;"|An update to the Channel F, with no exclusive games.
 
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|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Arcadia_2001|Emerson Arcadia 2001]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Intellivision#Intellivision_II|Intellivision II]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|
 
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|-
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Bandai Super Vision 8000
 
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Good
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|NA
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|style="text-align:center;"|Only 7 games. ROMs can be found on archive.org
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|style="text-align:center;"|Just an update to the original Intellivision, this console does not have its own library of games.
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|-
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Entex_Adventure_Vision|Entex Adventure Vision]]
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:RCA_Studio_II|RCA Studio II]]
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|
 
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Interton_VC_4000|VC 4000]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Interton_VC_4000|VC 4000]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Has 40 games. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Interton/VC-4000/Various here]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Has 40 games. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Interton/VC-4000/Various here]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Magnavox_Odyssey|Magnavox Odyssey]]
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|None
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|This console relied on TV overlays and simple changes per cartridge to create the different games.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Magnavox_Odyssey_2|Magnavox Odyssey 2]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Magnavox_Odyssey_2|Magnavox Odyssey 2]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|
 
|style="text-align:center;"|
 
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|-
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|style="text-align:center;"|CreatiVision
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:RCA_Studio_II|RCA Studio II]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Good
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|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|
 
|style="text-align:center;"|
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|style="text-align:center;"|Super Cassette Vision
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|style="text-align:center;"|Decent
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|style="text-align:center;"|1984 successor to the original Cassette Vision.
 
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! scope="col"|No intro collection
 
! scope="col"|No intro collection
 
! scope="col"|Description
 
! scope="col"|Description
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|style="text-align:center;"|Epoch Game Pocket Computer
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|style="text-align:center;"|Good
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|Only 5 games exist. All can be found [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Epoch/Game-Pocket-Computer/Cartridges here].
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Game and Watch
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Game and Watch
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Many of the 60 Game and Watch games can be played in the various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch_Collection_2 Game and Watch collections.] Just emulate those.
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Many of the 60 Game and Watch games can be played in the various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch_Collection_2 Game and Watch collections.] Just emulate those.
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|style="text-align:center;"|Epoch Game Pocket Computer
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Good
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Only 5 games exist. All can be found [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Epoch/Game-Pocket-Computer/Cartridges here].
 
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|Milton Bradley MicroVision
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Milton Bradley MicroVision
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Preliminary
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Preliminary
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|12 games were made.
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|style="text-align:center;"|12 games were made. They're dumped, but I can't find them.
 
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Revision as of 20:04, 6 August 2014

In the late 70s/early 80s, video game enthusiasts were subjected to an explosion of products hoping to capitalize on the growing market for home game consoles. From the numerous Pong clones, to the suspiciously similar catridge-based consoles, consumers had far more options than they do today, for better or worse. Here is a list of those first and second generation machines for those who wish to relive the dark ages.

Pong Consoles

It's fucking Pong, you can play it anywhere. Emulating first generation systems like these can be tricky, as the games were heavily tied to their hardware, and most were just variations of Pong.

  • Colorsport VIII
  • Radio Shack TV Scoreboard
  • Wonder Wizard
  • Sears Tele-Games
  • Ricochet
  • TV4 Four Way Video Game
  • Volley VI (pong/gun)
  • Magnavox Odyssey /Series
  • Binatone TV Master Mk IV
  • APF TV Fun
  • Coleco Telstar
  • BSS 01
  • Color TV-Game 6 (Just Pong variants)
  • Color TV-Game 15 (Even more Pong variants)
  • Color TV-Game Racing 112 (Just racing, with a wheel)
  • Color TV Block Kusure (Breakout clone)
  • Computer TV Game (arcade Othello remake)

Coleco Telstar Arcade

Only 4 cartridges were released for this triangular abomination, but the console's design means that they can't be dumped and "emulated." They're more like activation discs for data already in the console. No known emulators.

Cartridge Consoles

Name MESS support No intro collection Description
APF Imagination Machine Good ✗ A PC with a game console mounted on top of it 32X-style (take that, master race!) Only 15 games were released, one being built-in. ROMs are here.
Emerson Arcadia 2001 Decent ✓
Bally Astrocade Good ✗ ROMs are here
Bandai Super Vision 8000 Good ✗ Only 7 games. ROMs can be played on archive.org
CreatiVision Good ✓
Entex Adventure Vision Decent ✓
Epoch Cassette Vision None ✗ Only 11 games exist for this thing, and none have been dumped because of the cartridge design. Apparently the BIOS for the console is inside each cart. On MESS's to-do list.
Fairchild Channel F Good ✓
Fairchild Channel F II Good NA An update to the Channel F, with no exclusive games.
Intellivision II Good NA Just an update to the original Intellivision, this console does not have its own library of games.
VC 4000 Decent ✗ Has 40 games. ROMs are here
Magnavox Odyssey 2 Good ✓
RCA Studio II Decent ✓
Super Cassette Vision Decent ✓ 1984 successor to the original Cassette Vision.

Handhelds

Name MESS support No intro collection Description
Epoch Game Pocket Computer Good ✗ Only 5 games exist. All can be found here.
Game and Watch None ✗ Many of the 60 Game and Watch games can be played in the various Game and Watch collections. Just emulate those.
Milton Bradley MicroVision Preliminary ✗ 12 games were made. They're dumped, but I can't find them.
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