July 30, 1981 · Computer or hardware
Cassette Vision (1981)
Epoch's Japanese console that held about 70% of the market before the Famicom.
The CPU lived in the cartridge, a design that allowed faster processing. It had four knobs built into the console body.
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Facts
- Date
- July 30, 1981
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Epoch
- CPU
- NEC uPD777C
- Graphics
- 75x60, 25 sprites, 8 colors
- Units sold
- about 400,000
- Generation
- 2nd
- First sold in
- Japan
- Media
- ROM cartridge
- Notable games
- Baseball; Galaxian; PakPak Monster; Battle Vader; Elevator Panic
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Related
- Super Cassette Vision (successor, 1984)
- Nintendo Famicom (Japan) (rival, 1983)
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