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|[[wikipedia:LJN Video Art|LJN Video Art]]
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|A notorious "educational" console made by the notorious LJN released in 1985. It was meant as a paint program type system that was meant to compete against television rather than mainstream consoles at the time. It flopped hard. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neURIc_A3js Commercial] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-zEhhTqdvg AVGN Review]
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|[[wikipedia:Video Challenger|Video Challenger]]
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|Released in 1987, this VHS-Based console only had around 8 games released for it and like most systems of this type, it only played Light-gun games, It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued.
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|[[wikipedia:CP_System#Capcom_Power_System_Changer|Capcom Power System Changer]]
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|A console version of the Capcom CPS arcade board. Compatible with SNES controllers.
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|[[wikipedia:Game Wave|Game Wave]]
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|A failed attempt to steal sales from the Wii, the Game Wave was an obscure console released in 2007 by ZAPiT Games that only had trivia games. It also had a VeggieTales family party game.
Re-ordered some console names alphabetically & linked some encyclopedic sites. Good finds on the 3 VHS-based consoles and a light gun console. Added small note to V.Smile (Needs more research on SunPlus hardware which powered it, JAKKS Pacific, Vii...).
|Hybrid clone of both the [[SG-1000 emulators|SG-1000]] and [[ColecoVision emulators|ColecoVision]]. Sold by Telegames as the Telegames Personal Arcade, allegedly with permission from Coleco themselves. The console's build quality leaves a lot to be desired, not to mention that games for the aforementioned platforms can be played on most [[ColecoVision emulators]] anyway.
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|[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Video_Buddy Family Driver\]/[https://segaretro.org/Video_Driver Video Driver]
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|Sega also had a go with the VHS-Based console market with the Family Driver from 1988 and unlike most of these type of consoles, this did not play Light-gun games but instead played driving games, . Only three games were released for the system, ; it's unknown when Sega discontinued it.|-|[[wikipedia:LJN Video Art|LJN Video Art]]|None||A notorious "educational" console made by the notorious LJN released in 1985. It was meant as a paint program type system that was meant to compete against television rather than mainstream consoles at the time. It flopped hard. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neURIc_A3js Commercial] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-zEhhTqdvg AVGN Review]
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|[[wikipedia:My Vision|My Vision]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/Epoch_Super_Cassette_Vision_TOSEC_2012_04_23 TOSEC]/[https://archive.org/details/supercassettevision_library ✓]
|1984 successor to the original Cassette Vision. Much easier to emulate as the hardware is similar to some other obscure systems. The graphical quality is somewhere between the ColecoVision and NES. Was actually fairly successful in Japan until the Famicom came along and kicked its ass. Then [http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/11/117006/1757950-ladycassettevision.jpg this] [https://www.svg.com/94780/bizarre-console-flops-gaming-history/ happened].|-|[[wikipedia:Video Challenger|Video Challenger]]|None||Released in 1987 by Select Merchandise and licensed to 4 companies in different regions, this VHS-Based console only had around 8 games released for it and like most systems of this type, it only played Light-gun games. It's unknown how many units were sold or when it was discontinued.
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|[[wikipedia:View-Master_Interactive_Vision|View-Master Interactive Vision]]
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|Korean system that was simply an MSX/MSX 2, depending on the model, in console form. Mostly just existed as a way to play MSX games. Though there were a few games made specifically for it, they were playable on the MSX as well. Any MSX emulator should work for its games.
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|A console version of the Amiga 500. Can be emulated in [[WinUAE]] like other [[Amiga emulators|Amiga hardware]].
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|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8E Konami Picno]
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|Released in Japan by Konami in 19931992, The the extremely rare Picno is an odd hybrid of a Video Game Console and a Drawing Tablet that used cartridges similar to [[wikipedia:HuCard|HuCard's]], itand [https://segaretro.org/Sega_Pico Sega Pico]. It's unknown how many units were sold, when it was discontinued or how many games were released. [http://videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/142354502350/the-konami-picno-%E3%83%94%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8E-1992-a-drawing-tablet Software & sources lists].
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|[[wikipedia:Tandy_Video_Information_System|Memorex VIS]]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ln_CmNtbvQ Vintage review] Currently, there is only preliminary [[MAME]] support, but some of its games may be playable on other Apple emulators.
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|[http://videogamekraken.com/arcadia-skeet-shoot-by-toymax Arcadia Skeet Shoot]
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|Released in October of 1998 by Toymax (The makers of the Creepy Crawlers and My Pet Monster toys), this Projector-based console , that only [http://kevinisblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/arcadia-electronic-skeet-shoot-game.html played Light-gun games ], sold 435,000 units in the first 18 months before being recalled after reports of projectors overheating, melting, smoking and in a few rare cases, causing burn injuries (Faulty cartridges were to blame). after After about three revisions, the system was discontinued sometime between 2000 to 2001 with only 5 out of the 9 games advertised known to of have been released, . It's unknown how many units were sold once the console was relaunched after the recalledrecall.|-|[[wikipedia:CP_System#Capcom_Power_System_Changer|Capcom Power System Changer]]|Good||A console version of the Capcom CPS arcade board. Compatible with SNES controllers.
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|[[wikipedia:Casio_Loopy|Casio Loopy]]
|[https://archive.org/download/No-Intro-Collection_2016-01-03 No-intro]
|A Japan-only game console designed for girls focused on printing stickers. A '''Magical Shop''' add-on allowed for the printing of any screenshot, not just Loopy games. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaW6EB1poxM Drunken Printing Demonstration] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWGVtwTkiM Ashens overview]
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|[[wikipedia:FM_Towns_Marty|FM Towns Marty]]
|A disc-based system released in Japan by Bandai in 1994. Notably, it had a wireless controller and all of its titles were interactive movies like Dragon's Lair. No known emulators.
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|[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Video_Buddy Video Buddy]
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|Released in November of 1999 by the Interactive Learning Group, This this VHS-based console was designed for children ages aged 3 to 7 years old and had about 20 games were released for it, a . A revision of the Video Buddy that used DVD's instead of VHS's was released in 2003 and while both version's versions were initially successful, A a crowded "Children" console market led to it's its downfall, it. The [http://videogamekraken.com/category/vhs-based other company] that made the DVD-based console shut down in 2006. It's unknown when it was discontinued or how many units were sold.
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|An educational game machine by VTech. It derived from Sunplus' 16-bit SPG-series CPU architecture, which had similar peers including most [http://pnp-info.angelfire.com/ Jakks Pacific TV games] and Vii. The XaviXPORT was similar but had its own custom XaviX CPUs.
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|[[wikipedia:XaviXPORT|XaviXPORT]]
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|[[wikipedia:Game Wave|Game Wave]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/ZAPiT_GameWave_Redump_2017-12-23 Redump]
|A failed attempt to steal sales from the Wii, the Game Wave was an obscure console released in 2005 by ZAPiT Games that only had trivia games. It also had a VeggieTales family party game.
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|[[wikipedia:HyperScan|Mattel Hyperscan]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/MattelHyperscan_Redump_2014-12-14 Redump]
|Something you would expect to see under a bargain bin at Wal-mart, the Mattel Hyperscan was a card/disc based system released in 2006 to appeal to some poor child's aunt at Christmas. It was run on a 32-bit Sunplus system-on-a-chip CPU, a successor to the 16-bit CPUs used to run such consoles as the V.Smile, many Jakks Pacific TV games and Vii. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv2-M78m_qI CGR Review].
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|[[wikipedia:Vii|Vii]]
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|An obscure Brazilian console released in 2009. It was based on the BREW platform, and its games were delivered via a 3G mobile network. It was only sold in Brazil, Mexico, and China.
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