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| alternate name = I.T. Unlimited (UK) <br> Genius IQ 128 (<abbr title="Germany">DE</abbr>) <br> Genius PC (<abbr title="France">FR</abbr>)
| alternate name = I.T. Unlimited (UK) <br> Genius IQ 128 (<abbr title="Germany">DE</abbr>) <br> Genius PC (<abbr title="France">FR</abbr>)
|developer = [[VTech]]
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[[Category:68k-based]]
[[Category:DragonBall-based]]
[[Category:Computers (for kids)]]
[[Category:Computers (for kids)]]
[[Category:Educational]]
[[Category:Educational]]
[[Category:Very early emulation]]
[[Category:Very early emulation]]
[[Category:VTech computers]]
[[Category:VTech computers]]

Latest revision as of 19:42, 31 August 2026

Developer VTech
Type Computer
Release date 1997
Predecessor PreComputer series
Emulated

Quite possibly VTech second most powerful computer for kids, just behind the I.Q., The system came with included 45 programs built-in and had many of the basic features and oddities that came standard on most late 90s and early 2000s VTech educational computers, this includes a cartridge slot for more programs & games, a parallel port for printing and an odd mouse that plugged into an RJ11-Type port.

Hardware wise, the PCU runs on a DragonBall microcontroller and came with a custom Windows 3.1 inspired OS.

Emulators

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THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE THAT CAN RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES AND/OR SOFTWARE.

Name Platform(s) Latest version License Active Recommended
x86
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD git artifacts[N 1]
0.289
libretro core[N 2]
GPLv2
BSD-3-Clause
*
  1. CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos
  2. As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)