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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>) | ||
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[[Category: | [[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
[edit | edit source]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 | git artifacts[N 1] 0.289 libretro core[N 2] |
GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗* | |||||
- ↑ CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos
- ↑ As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)