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{{Consoles}} In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the video game market experienced an explosion of products hoping to capitalize on the success of the Odyssey and Atari. From the nigh-infinite Pong clones, to the suspiciously similar consoles, consumers had far more options than they do today. This is a list of those first and second generation machines. Not all of them can be emulatedor preserved, though some that can't be emulated have simulations instead. See also [[Strange and Forgotten Console emulators]], a similar page for the 90s and 2000s.

* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1009&st=1 APF TV Fun]* Binatone TV Master Series* Binatone Color TV Game Series* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=944 BSS 01]* [[gametech:Coleco_Telstar|Coleco Telstar]]* Coleco Telstar Arcade*<ref group=N name="cta">Only 4 cartridges were released for this triangular abomination, but because of the console's design they can't be dumped and "emulated." They're more like activation discs for data already in the console. No known emulators.</ref>

* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1105&st=3 Wonder Wizard]Ricochet

* [[Magnavox Odyssey emulators|Magnavox Odyssey /Series]]* Binatone TV Master Series* Binatone Color TV Game Series* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=10091105&st=1 APF TV Fun]* [[gametech:Coleco_Telstar|Coleco Telstar]]* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=944 BSS 013 Wonder Wizard]

* [[gametech:Color_TV_GameColor TV Game|Nintendo Color TV -Game]] (5 different versions)

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! scope="col"|[[Need Games?|No-intro collection]]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[APF M-1000 MP1000 emulators|APF Imagination Machine/M-1000MP1000]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=apfm1000 Good]|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/apfm1000_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|A PC with a game console mounted on top of it 32X-style (take that, master race!) Only 25 games were released (15 cartridges), one being built-in, and a lot of homebrews. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=APF/Imagination-Machine here].

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Atari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=a2600 Good] |style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/atari_2600_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html ROM Hunter v13 v15 Collection]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Atari 5200 emulators|Atari 5200]]|style[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine="text-align:center;"|a5200 Good ]|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/atari_5200_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/Atari5200_201602 No-intro]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Bally Astrocade|Bally Astrocade]]***<ref group=N name=mame>Emulated by [[MAME]] only.</ref>|style[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/results.php?list="text-align:center;"|Goodastrocde Decent]|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/bally_astrocade_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|[https://ia801700.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/17/items/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23/Bally_Professional_Arcade_and_Astrocade_TOSEC_2012_04_23.zip TOSEC]

|style="text-align[[wikipedia:center;"Bandai Super Vision 8000|Bandai Super Vision 8000***]]<ref group=N name=mame />|style[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine="text-align:center;"|sv8000 Good]|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/sv8000_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|Only 7 games.

|style="text-align:center;"|[[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]|style="text-align:center;"|Good|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/coleco_colecovision_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/ColecoColecoVision_201602 No-intro]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Arcadia 2001 emulatorswikipedia:Commodore MAX Machine|Emerson Arcadia 2001Commodore MAX Machine]]*|style[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine="text-align:center;"vic10 Good]|Decent✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓✗|style="textAlso known as Ultimax (USA) and VC-10 (DEU), though it was only briefly sold in Japan. It's a cut-aligndown console version of the C64 hardware family (Later used in C64) with limited computing capability & a membrane keyboard. TOSEC:center;"|([https://archive.org/details/emerson_arcadia_library ✓Commodore_Max_Machine_and_Vic_10_TOSEC_2012_04_23 2012]|style="text-align:center;"|), ([https://archive.org/details/Emerson_Arcadia_2001_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSECtosec-20161111-commodore-max-machine-vic-10 2016]).

|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Entex_Adventure_VisionEmerson Arcadia 2001 emulators|Entex Adventure VisionEmerson Arcadia 2001]]|style<ref group=N name="textarcadia2001>Clones and variants: Advision Home Arcade, Arcadia, Cosmos, Dynavision, Ekusera, Hanimex MPT-03, HMG-2650, Home Arcade Centre, Intelligent Game MPT-03, Intercord XL 2000 System, Intervision 2001, ITMC MPT-03, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, Ormatu 2001, Palladium Video-Computer-Game, Polybrain Video Computer Game, Poppy MPT-align:center;"03 Tele Computer Spiel, Prestige Video Computer Game MPT-03, Robdajet MPT-03, Rowtron 2000, Schmid TVG-2000, Sheen Home Video Centre 2001, Soundic MPT-03, Tele Brain, Tele-Fever, Tempest MPT-03,Tobby MPT-03, Trakton Computer Video Game, Tryom Video Game Center, Tunix Home Arcade, UVI Compu-Game, Video Master.</ref>|Decent|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/adventurevision_library emerson_arcadia_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|Like the Vectrex, this console had it's own screen and operated like a miniature arcade cabinet. Only four games were released for it. [https://archive.org/details/Entex_Adventure_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 Emerson_Arcadia_2001_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]

|style="text-align[[gametech:center;"Entex_Adventure_Vision|Epoch Cassette Entex Adventure Vision]]|style[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine="text-align:center;"|Noneadvision Decent]|style="text-align:center;"|✗✓|style="text-align[https:center;"|✗//archive.org/details/adventurevision_library ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|Only 11 games exist for Like the Vectrex, this console, had its own screen and none have been dumped because of the cartridge designoperated like a miniature arcade cabinet. Apparently the BIOS Only four games were released for the console is inside each cartit. Latest MAME forum [httphttps://forums.bannisterarchive.org/details/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=102087&page=4Entex_Adventure_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC] thread.

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Fairchild Channel F emulatorswikipedia:Cassette Vision|Fairchild Channel FEpoch Cassette Vision]]|style="text-align:center;"None|Good✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓✗|style="text-align:center;"|Only 11 games exist for this console, and some have been dumped. Seanriddle has succeded to dump the graphic sprites of Kikori no Yosaku. Apparently, the BIOS for the console is inside each cart. Latest MAME forum [httpshttp://archiveforums.bannister.org/details/channelf_library ✓ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=102087&page=4 thread]|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/FairchildChannelF No-intro]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Fairchild_Channel_FFairchild Channel F emulators|Fairchild Channel F II]]|style="text-align:center;"|Good|style="text-align:center;"|NA✓|style="text-align[https:center;"|//archive.org/details/channelf_library ✓]|style="text-align[https:center;"|An update to the Channel F, with no exclusive games//archive.org/details/FairchildChannelF No-intro]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Intellivision emulatorsgametech:Fairchild_Channel_F|IntellivisionFairchild Channel F II]]|style="text-align:center;"|Good|style="text-align:center;"|✗NA|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/intellivision ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archiveAn update to the Channel F, with no exclusive games.org/details/Mattel_Intellivision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Intellivision#Intellivision_IIInterton_VC_4000|Intellivision IIInterton VC 4000]]|style<ref group=N name="text-alignvc4000">Clones:center;"|GoodRadofin 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System, Jeu Video TV, Super Play Computer 4000, etc.</ref>|style[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine="text-align:center;"vc4000 Decent]|NA✗

|styleHas 40 games. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder="textInterton/VC-align:center;"|An update to the Intellivision, with no exclusive games.4000/Various here]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Magnavox Odyssey² Emulatorsemulators|Magnavox Odyssey²/Videopac]]/Videopac|style="text-align:center;"|Good|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/library_magnavox_odyssey2 ✓]|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/MagnavoxOdyssey2 No-intro]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:RCA_Studio_IIIntellivision emulators|RCA Studio IIMattel Intellivision]]|style="text-align:center;"Good|Decent✗|style="text-align[https:center;"|//archive.org/details/intellivision ✓]|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/RCA_Studio_2_TOSEC_2012_04_23 Mattel_Intellivision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[gametech:Interton_VC_4000Intellivision#Intellivision_II|VC 4000Mattel Intellivision II]]**|style="text-align:center;"|DecentGood|style="text-align:center;"|✗NA|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|Has 40 An update to the Intellivision, with no exclusive games. ROMs are [http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Interton/VC-4000/Various here]

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Vectrex emulatorsgametech:RCA_Studio_II|VectrexRCA Studio II]]|style[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine="text-align:center;"|Goodstudio2 Decent]|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/GCEVectrex NoRCA_Studio_2_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]. [https://github.com/ajavamind/rca-studio2 rca-studio2 programmer emulator]. [https://www.emma02.hobby-introsite.com/studio.html EMMA 0.2].

|style="text[[Vectrex emulators|Vectrex]]|Good|✓|[https://archive.org/details/vectrex ✓]|[https://archive.org/details/GCEVectrex No-intro]|-align|[[wikipedia:center;"VTech CreatiVision|VTech CreatiVision|style]]<ref group=N name="text-alignvtech">Clones and variants: Educat 2002 (Israel), Dick Smith Wizzard (Australia/New Zealand), FunVision Computer Video Games System (Oceania), Hanimex Rameses (Oceania), VZ 2000 (Oceania), etc.<br />Computers:center;"Laser 2001, Salora Manager (Finland).</ref>|[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=crvision Good]|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|[https://archive.org/details/vtech_creativision_library ✓]|style="text-alignThis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTech_CreatiVision hybrid computer and console] were [https://computer.wikia.com/wiki/VTech_CreatiVision distributed to many different countries around the world and some variants were rebadged units with different names]. [http:center;"|//www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu/emulators.php Emulators list]. [https://archive.org/details/VTech_Laser_2001_and_CreatiVision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC].

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Clones and variants: Advision Home Arcade, Arcadia, Cosmos, Dynavision, Ekusera, Hanimex MPT-03, HMG-2650, Home Arcade Centre, Intelligent Game MPT-03, Intercord XL 2000 System, Intervision 2001, ITMC MPT-03, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, Ormatu 2001, Palladium Video-Computer-Game, Polybrain Video Computer Game, Poppy MPT-03 Tele Computer Spiel, Prestige Video Computer Game MPT-03, Robdajet MPT-03, Rowtron 2000, Schmid TVG-2000, Sheen Home Video Centre 2001, Soundic MPT-03, Tele Brain, Tele-Fever, Tempest MPT-03,Tobby MPT-03, Trakton Computer Video Game, Tryom Video Game Center, Tunix Home Arcade, UVI Compu-Game, Video Master <nowiki>**<references group=N /nowiki> Clones: 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System, Jeu Video TV, Super Play Computer 4000, etc.

<nowiki>'''Further info:'''*[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/sysset.php www.progettoemma.net's Systems list] (ProjectMESS' list of computer & console systems & their overall emulation status in MAME/MESS)**<[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/nowiki> Emulated by [[lsset.php www.progettoemma.net's Software list] (ProjectMESS' list of computer & console systems & their emulation levels of all games in MAME]] only./MESS)

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|style="text-align|[[wikipedia:center;"MicroVision|Milton Bradley MicroVision]]|style="text-align:center;"|Preliminary|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|12 games were made. 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.|-||[[wikipedia:OMNI Entertainment System|Milton Bradley OMNI]]|None||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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