April 1978 · Computer or hardware
Bally Astrocade (1978)
A powerful but hard-to-program Z80 console that doubled as a BASIC computer.
It had capable graphics for its time but its architecture was hard to exploit and it sold poorly. Its library included Gunfight, Red Baron and arcade ports like Galaxian.
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Facts
- Date
- April 1978
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Bally
- CPU
- Zilog Z80 @ 1.789 MHz
- RAM
- 4 KB (expandable)
- Graphics
- 160x102 / 320x204, 4-8 colors
- Media
- Videocade
- Generation
- 2nd
- First sold in
- North America
- Notable games
- Gunfight; Red Baron; Demolition Derby; Space Invaders; Galaxian
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- Atari 2600 (VCS) (rival, 1977)
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