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Strange and forgotten consoles

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===Action Max===
VHS tape console released in 1987 by Worlds of Wonder. It relied on a light gun and score counter for all of its 5 games, which could not really be lost. There's an add-on for the laserdisc emulator Daphne called SIGNE, but the download page for it is broken. It may still be out there somewhere.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj498-wkOz4 Cinemassacre Demonstration]
===Amstrad GX4000===
A consolized PC. Has good MESS support.
===Apple Bandai Pippin===
Apple's attempt at being relevant to games. It failed.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv0uHVSMz2A Vintage review] Currently, there is only preliminary [[MESS]] support, but some of its games may be playable on other Apple emus.
===Atari XEGS===
A repackaging of existing hardware, marketed as a game console. Notable for having possibly the worst physical design ever. It has preliminary support in MESS, as does the 65XE computer it's based on. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2gF5wWns0E Overview]
===Casio Loopy===
A Japan-only game console designed for girls, focused on printing stickers. A '''Magical Shop''' add-on allowed for the printing of any screenshot, not just Loopy games. Preliminary support in [[MESS]].
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaW6EB1poxM Drunken Printing Demonstration]
===Casio PV-1000===
A 1983 console pulled from shelves very quickly. Like many others, its titanic failure makes it a rarity nowadays. Good support in MESS.
===Commodore 64 Games System===
Hacked up console version of the regular C64, released only in Europe. Failed hilariously due to its outdated tech (1984 hardware in 1990!), the fact that the normal C64 was already a sufficient game console, and a bad case of the nogaems. Good MESS support.
===Dendy===
The NES, but for slavs. Only [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kne6AKyYUuM Kinaman] can properly explain this one (turn on CC). Has decent support in MESS, and its status as an NES clone means its "exclusives" can be played on NES emulators that support broken pirate carts.
A hybrid DVD player/game console with enhanced movie-viewing tools. Only a few games were made for the system, as the cheaper PS2 slaughtered it. There was an emulator in production called Nuance, but its author died and he didn't release the source code.
===Nintendo Famicom Box===
A hybrid NES/Famicom arcade box distributed to hotels in Japan. The hotel would set the amount of time you could play on one token, and choose the games available. There was also the Super Famicom Box, for playing SNES. No known emulators, but the Super Famicom Box ''may'' work in MAME, as its BIOS is available.
===Playdia===
A disc based system released in Japan by Bandai in 1994. Notably, it had a wireless controller and all of its titles were interactive movies like Dragon's Lair. No known emulators.
An extremely rare Taiwan-only console released in 1995. Some preliminary support in [[MESS]].
===View-Master Interactive Vision===
1988 edutainment VHS console that used two audio tracks on each tape, the player choosing one of two options on screen, to create interactivity. No known emulators.
==Handhelds==
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