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→Handhelds: moved some systems from Strange and forgotten consoles to First and Second Generations of video game consoles (section)
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|[[wikipedia:Digi Casse|Bandai Digi Casse]]
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|Originally released in Japan by Bandai in 1984, another short-lived console from the early 80s. Only had around 4 to 6 games released for it. The console was released in Europe by an unknown company and in Russia as the Elektronika NM 26, both sometime in the late 80s.
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|[[wikipedia:Epoch_Game_Pocket_Computer|Epoch Game Pocket Computer]]
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|Only 5 games exist for this handheld (Released in 1984). All can be found [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Epoch/Game-Pocket-Computer/Cartridges here].
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||[[wikipedia:MicroVision|Milton Bradley MicroVision]]
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|12 games were made and all are dumped except for some revisions.
</br>These games are: Block Buster, Connect Four, Bowling, Star Trek: Phaser Strike (aka Shooting Star in Europe), Pinball, Vegas Slots, Mindbuster, Baseball, Sea Duel, Alien Raiders (aka Space Blitz or Blitz in Europe), Cosmic Hunter, Super Blockbuster
</br>A Windows emulator that is front-end friendly can be found [https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/05/07/microvision-emulator-release/ here], with all known games included.
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||[[wikipedia:OMNI Entertainment System|Milton Bradley OMNI]]
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|Released in 1980, The OMNI was a weird hybrid of a portable console, Mono 8-track player and a Tabletop game, graphics were limited to four 2-character seven segment displays, 8-track tapes were used to store the games instead of cartridges and because of its massive limitations, most of the games for it were trivia games, it's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued, only 13 games are known to be released for it.
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|[[wikipedia:Palmtex Portable Videogame System|Palmtex PVS / Super Micro]]
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|Released in 1984, Super Micro was a handheld console similar to the Milton Bradley Microvision in design. Bad timing, a lack of advertising, and issues with its design and quality (the plastic body is vary fragile) resulted in failure. Palmtex sold less then 37,000 units and discontinued the console the same year it was released. Only three of the eight games announced were released.
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|[[wikipedia:Romtec Colorvision|Romtec Colorvision]]
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|Released in 1984, The Colorvision was another cheaply made console released during the Video Game Crash. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued. Only 5 games were released for it.
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|[[wikipedia:VTech 3D Gamate|VTech 3D Gamate]]
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|An extremely rare console released in 1983 by VTech, it's unknown how many units were sold and was likely discontinued shortly after released. While six games were announced, only 3 are known to have been released.
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|[[wikipedia:List_of_VTech_Handheld_electronic_games|VTech ProScreen]]
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|Yet another extremely rare console from VTech, The ProScreen was released in 1984 and only three games are known to have been released.
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|[[wikipedia:VTech Variety|VTech Variety]]
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|Another extremely rare console released from VTech in 1983, like the 3D Gamate. It's unknown how many units were sold and was also likely discontinued shortly after released. Only six games are known to have been released for it.
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