Dedicated Consoles

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Dedicated Consoles are devices that have one or more games built into it and there is also no way of adding new games or content to them. there is No CD Drive, Card Slot, Cartridge Slot, or Floppy Disk Drive, they also can't connect to the Internet. in the early days of the Dedicated Consoles, the market consisted of Pong Consoles and early attempts at portable gaming but overtime, Many types of Dedicated Consoles would spawn.

Device Types
LED: One of the first attempts at portable gaming, these systems used a set of LED's controlled by a microprocessor. beyond glow of the LED's, the only graphics were the case decals, stickers and sometimes overlays were used as well. the end result was a loose and cost effective interpretation of a video game. these were vary popular during the 70s.
VFD: These systems used a Vacuum Fluorescent Display, They looked and played better then LED games but they were often more expensive.
LCD: These were uncommon during the 70s, as LCD's were expensive, and unreliable during this time but at the start of 1980s, the many issues that plagued early LCD began to disappear as the tech improved. still, it wouldn't be until the late 80s, when they when they became reliable enough to start becoming the dominant screen technology.
Brick games: A kind of handheld LCD console with dot matrix LCD screens that has very low resolution (usually 10x20). Contains multiple simple games, usually demakes of games on other platforms, such as Tetris, Space Invader, and Battle City.
Plug-N-Play: These systems come bundled with controllers, have controllers built into their chassis, or the chassis themselves as controllers, and are immediately playable after being connected to a television (and sometimes also power adapters), hence the name "Plug-N-Play". Some of them are powered by batteries and others are powered by external power adapters. Many of the Plug-N-Play consoles are based on Atari-2600-on-chip or NOAC (NES-On-A-Chip) hardware filled with horrible unlicensed and/or bootleg modified games for Atari 2600/NES.
Calculator & Watch Games: the gimmick is simple, take something utilitarian and add a built-in game. generally, these devices offered An LCD screen and a basic but hard to control game and for more then a few years, they were popular
Electronic Games: These are not trying to mimic video games and are usually more toy like. two classic examples include Merlin from Parker Brothers and Quiz Wiz from Coleco

Contents

Brick \ Tetris Games

Name Year Developer / Distributor MAME support ROMs Emulators / Description
Challenge Master 1992 Radio Shack None No
E-23 Plus Mark II (Brick Game 96 in 1) 1993 E-Star Imperfect* Unknown Brick-Game-9999-in-1-for-Switch
perseusgames.brickgame
n0Live's BrickGame
premek's brick
BrickEmuPy
Echo Key GA888 (Block Game) Unknown Unknown Imperfect* Unknown Die-shot of the top metal layer of the 4-bit microcontroller used in the GA888 LCD game.
Stack Challenge Unknown Radio Shack None No
Swifter 1991 Vtech None No
Tetris 2019 Basic Fun Preliminary No
Wicked Blocks Unknown Grandstand None No

Electronic Gambling, Tabletop and Card Games

Name Year Developer / Distributor Screen Type MAME support ROMs Emulators / Description
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
2-in-1 Chess & Checkers 2004 RadioShack LCD None No
B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Backgammon Unknown Gakken LCD None No
Backgammon 2 Unknown Gakken LCD None No
Backgammon Master 1984 V-Tech LCD None No
Backgammon Master Unknown Chess King LCD None No
Battleship 1995 Milton Bradley LCD None No
Black Jack Unknown Gakken LCD None No
Bridge Companion 1987 Radio Shack LCD None No
Bridge Computer Unknown Diamond LCD None No
Bridge Shadow 1992 Saitek LCD None No
C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Card & Digital Unknown Takatoku LCD None No
Checkers Master Unknown VTech LCD None No
Chess Champion Mark V 1981 SciSys LCD Good No
Chess Champion Super System III 1979 SciSys LCD Good No
Chess Master 1983 VTech LCD None No
Chess Shadow 1991 Saitek LCD None No
Chess Station 2002 Excalibur LCD None No
Computer Backgammon 1980 Mattel Electronics LCD None No
Computer Chess 1980 Mattel Electronics LCD Good No
Computer Chess Game 1993 Gakken LCD None No
Computer Gin 1979 Mattel Electronics LCD Good No
Computer Mah-jong Yakuman 1983 Nintendo LCD Preliminary No
Computer Othello Unknown Tsukuda LCD None No
Connect Four 1995 Milton Bradley LCD None No
Crossword Pro Unknown Oregon Scientific LCD None No
D A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Double Six Backgammon Computer Unknown Hartung Spiele Berlin LCD None No
E A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Electronic Backgammon Unknown MGA Entertainment LCD None No
Electronic Chess 2010 American Mensa LCD None No
Einstein Touch Chess 2008 Excalibur Electronics LCD None No
Executive Chess 1981 Scisys LCD Good No
H A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Handheld Champion Backgammon Unknown Saitek LCD None No
Hangman 1995 Milton Bradley LCD None No
I A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Igo-Master Unknown Kawasaki LCD None No
Igo-Trainer Unknown Gakken LCD None No
J A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Jackpot: Gin Rummy & Black Jack 1980 Entex / Gakken VFD Good No
K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Kreuzworträtsel-Computer 1998 Novag LCD None No
L A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
LCD Chess 2000 Excalibur Electronics LCD None No
LCD Chess Express 2005 Excalibur Electronics LCD None No
M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Maestro Travel Chess Computer 2004 Mephisto LCD None No
Micro Travel Chess Computer 2004 Mephisto LCD None No
Mini Backgammon Unknown Gakken LCD None No
Mini Backgammon 2 Unknown Gakken LCD None No
Miracle 7 Pachi-Slo Unknown Bandai LCD None No
O A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Oct-Reversi 1983 Casio LCD None No
Operation 1997 Milton Bradley LCD None No
Othello Unknown Tsukuda LCD None No
Othello G-5 Unknown Tsukuda LCD None No
Othello M-II Unknown Tsukuda LCD None No
Othello Tiny Unknown Tsukuda LCD None No
P A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Perfect Mahjong I 1983 Bandai LCD None No
Perfect Mahjong II 1984 Bandai LCD None No
Poker 1980 Entex / Gakken VFD Good No
Pro-Blackjack 1992 Saitek LCD None No
Pro-Bridge 100 1987 Saitek LCD None No
Pro-Bridge 200 1989 Saitek LCD None No
Pro-Bridge 310 1992 Saitek LCD None No
Pro-Bridge 311 1992 Saitek LCD None No
Pro-Bridge 500 1990 Saitek LCD None No
Pro-Bridge 610 2001 Saitek LCD None No
Pro-Bridge Professor 1992 Saitek LCD None No
Pro-Roulette Unknown Saitek LCD None No
S A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Savant 1981 Novag LCD Good No
Shogi 1984 Bandai LCD None No This device has a feature that is very uncommon for the 80s, a touch-screen
T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Talking LCD Chess 2002 Excalibur Electronics LCD None No
The Las Vegas Unknown Tomy LCD None No
Touch Chess 2001 Excalibur Electronics LCD None No
Touch Chess II 2006 Excalibur Electronics LCD None No
Touch Chess and Checkers 2003 Excalibur Electronics LCD None No
U A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
UNO Color Screen 2007 Radica \ Mattel LCD None No

Portable Consoles

Main article: LCD \ VFD Systems

Plug-N-Play

Model Year MAME support ROMs Emulators / Description
E A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Epoch Hello Kitty Piano Computer 2008 None No
Epoch Hello Kitty TV PC 2004 None No
M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
My First Sony Animation Computer 1991 None
V A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
VTech Master Video Painter 1993 None

LED

Model Year MAME support ROMs Emulators / Description
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tiger 2 Game in 1 Safari & Darts 1982 None No
Tiger 2 Games in 1 Space Invader & Gone Fishin' 1982 None No
Tandy 3 in 1 Sports Arena 1984 Good No
Tiger 7-in-1 Sports Stadium 1982 Good No
A A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mattel Armor Battle 1978 None No
A-One Arrange Ball 1980 Good No
Tiger Asteroid Blaster 1998 None No
Bandai Attack Invader 1979 None No
Mattel Auto Race 1977 Good No
B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Parker Brothers Bank Shot 1980 Good No
Bandai Baseball 1978 None No
Entex Baseball 1979 Good No
Mattel Baseball 1978 Good No
Bandai Basketball 1978 None No
Entex Basketball 2 1979 Good No
Entex Basketball 3 1980 None No
Mattel Basketball 1978 Good No
Mattel Basketball 2 1979 Good No
Grip Lend Bestech Marine 1980 None No
Grip Lend Bestech Missile 1980 None No
Entex Blast It 1980 Good No
Coleco Bowlatronic 1981 None No
Bandai Bowling 1978 None No
Mattel Bowling 1980 None No
C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Bandai Champion Racer 1980 None No
EACA Codemaster ~ 198? None No
Vanity Fair Computer Bowling 1980 None No
D A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tiger Deluxe Football 1980 None No
E A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Coleco Electronic Quarterback 1978 Good No
Bandai Elpit Electronic Baseball 1979 None No
F A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Bandai Football 1978 None No
Mattel Football 1977 Good No
Mattel Football 2 1978 Good No
G A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Bandai Golf Game 1977 None No
Mattel Gravity 1980 Good No
H A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tiger Half Court Basketball 1979 Good No
Coleco Head to Head Baseball 1982 Good No
Coleco Head to Head Basketball 1979 Good No
Coleco Head to Head Boxing 1981 Good No
Coleco Head to Head Football 1980 Good No
Coleco Head to Head Hockey 1980 Good No
Coleco Head to Head Soccer 1980 Good No
Bandai Hockey 1978 None No
Entex Hockey 1979 None No
Mattel Hockey 1978 Good No
L A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Kenner Live Action Football 1980 Good No
Kenner Long Beach Grand Prix 1980 None No
Bandai LSI Baseball 1977 None No
M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mattel Missile Attack 1976 Good No
Conic Multisport 1979 Good No
Toytronic Multi Sport Game 1980 None No
P A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tiger Playmaker 1980 Good No
Q A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
R A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tiger Rocket Pinball 1979 Good No
S A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mattel Ski Slalom 1980 None No
Mattel Soccer 1978 Good No
Mattel Soccer 2 1979 Good No
Grandstand Solitaire 1979 None No
Bandai Space Chaser 1980 None No
Entex Space Invader 1980 Good No
Bandai Space Shot 1979 None No
Tandy Space Shot 1982 None No
Parker Brothers Split Second 1980 Good No
Mattel Sub Chase 1978 None No
Tiger Sub Wars 1980 Good No
T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tomy Tomytronic Electronic Basketball ~ Unknown None No
Coleco Total Control 4 1981 Good No
W A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Parker Brothers Wildfire Pinball 1979 Imperfect No
Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Watch Games

Name Year Developer / Distributor MAME support ROMs Emulators / Description
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Arcade Time 1982 GCE None No
Basketball (GF-11) 1982 Casio None No
Bowling 1983 Tomy None No
Cat & Catch 1983 Tomy None No
Donkey Kong 1994 Nelsonic None No
Dr. Mario 1993 Mani Industries None No
Fishing 1983 Tomy None No
Game-10 1980 - 1982 Casio None No
Game-20 1980 - 1982 Casio None No
Game-301 1980 - 1982 Casio None No
Game-401 1980 - 1982 Casio None No
Game Time 1981 GCE None No
Jackpot 2008 TokyoFlash None No
Juggling Unknown Curtis None No
Kurohige 1983 Tomy None No
Laser Attack 1984 Remex None No
Matrix Attack 1984 Remex None No
Monte Carlo 1977 Unitrex None No
Piano Game 1983 Armitron None No
Space Defender 1982 Omni None No
Space Raider Unknown CompuChron None No
Space Shuttle 1982 Conso None No
Straight Flush (GC-50) 1981 Casio None No
Super Mario Bros 1989 Nelsonic None No
Super Mario Bros. 3 1990 Nelsonic Preliminary No
Super Mario Race 1992 Mani Industries None No
Super Mario World 1991 Nelsonic Preliminary No
Time Game Unknown Ventex None No
Treasure Hunt Unknown Conso None No
Y666-5000 (Soccer) Unknown Alba None No
Y755 Mickey & Minnie \ Donald Duck 1982 Alba None No
Y761-5010 Unknown Alba None No
Y765 1982 Pulsar None No
Y765-5050 (American Football) Unknown Alba None No
Y765-5110 Mamagon Unknown Alba None No
Y888 Unknown Alba None No

Electronic Games

Model Year Developer / Distributor MAME support ROMs Emulators / Description
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Air Traffic Control 1981 Bandai Good No
B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Babble 1988 Galoob None No
Barcode Battler 1991 Epoch None No Released in Japan by Epoch in 1991 and internationally later the same year. The console was basically a digital trading card game, where the player used Barcodes to get new characters, enemies and power-ups. Barcode cards were available in packs, and the player was even encouraged to use Barcodes found on everyday products around the house. The Barcode Battler was hugely popular in Japan but a major flop everywhere else. It's unknown how many units were sold or how many cards were officially released.
Baseball Wizard 1992 VTech None No
Brain Baffler 1979 Mattel Good No
C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Comp IV / Logic 5 1977 Milton Bradley Good No
Computer Perfection 1979 Lakeside None No
Copycat 1979 Tiger Electronics Good No
D A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Detective 1980 Epoch None No
Digits 1978 Coleco None No
Ditto 1981 Tiger Electronics Good No
Doremifa Touch 1980 Shinsei None No
Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Einstein 1979 Castle Toy Good No
Electronic Detective 1979 Ideal Toy Company Good No
Exec-U-Play One Fingered Bandit 1981 Imaginamics None No
Exec-U-Play Problem Solver 1978 Imaginamics None No
F A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Fabulous Fred 1980 Mego None No
Flash 1980 Ideal Toy Company Good No
Flash-Wits / Genius 1981 Milton Bradley None No
Funtronics 1979 Mattel Good No
G A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Gotcha! \ Encore 1979 Toytronic None No
H A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Henry 1996 Tiger Electronics None No
Hunt For Red October 1990 Toy Wizard None No
I A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
I Took a Lickin From a Chicken 1980 LJN Preliminary No
J A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Kidi Star Dance 2018 VTech None No
L A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Light Fight 1981 Milton Bradley Good No
Lil Genius 1978 Coleco None No
Lite 3 1997 Tiger Electronics None No
M A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Maniac 1979 Ideal Toy Company Good No
Master Mind 1978 Invicta Plastics Good No
Merlin 1978 Parker Brothers Good No
Milton 1986 Milton Bradley Good No
Mind Boggler 1978 Mattel None No
Musical Marvin 1980 Entex None No
N A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Name That Tune 1980 Castle Toy Good No
O A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Owly 1980 Tiger Electronics None No
P A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Plus One 1980 Milton Bradley Imperfect No
Punch Your Lights Out 1983 Tiger Electronics None No
Q A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Quick Star 1989 VTech None No
Quiz Wiz 1980 Coleco None No
Quiz Wiz Challenger 1981 Coleco Good No
R A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Reader's Digest Q&A 1980 Selchow & Righter Good No
Reflex 1981 Parker Brothers None No
S A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Scrabble Lexor 1978 Selchow & Righter Good No
Scrabble Sensor 1978 Selchow & Righter Good No
Sicom / Cylon 16 1980 Yonezawa None No
Simon 1978 Milton Bradley Good No
Smart Start Speak & Listen Computer 1995 VTech None No
Spell Down 1988 Tiger Electronics None No
Star Wars Battle Command 1979 Kenner Good No
Star Wars Laser Battle 1979 Kenner None No
Super Music Challenger IV 1980 ToyToy None No
Super Simon 1980 Milton Bradley Good No
Super Sonic Master Mind 1979 Invicta Plastics Good No
Swat Swat Mosquito 1981 Coleco None No
T A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tactix 1980 Castle Toy Good No
Touch Me 1978 Atari Good No
U A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
V A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
W A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Wizard 1987 VTech None No
X A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Y A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Yacht Four 1980 Union Major Inc. None No
Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Zap! 1979 Coleco None No

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