Bandai_Super_Vision_8000

Bandai Super Vision 8000

Bandai Super Vision 8000

1979 video game console

The Bandai Super Vision 8000, also known as the TV Jack 8000,[2] is a home video game console released by Bandai in 1979 belonging to the second generation. The console can be directly connected to a TV.

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This console was the last of the Bandai TV Jack console series but was completely different from the other consoles of the series. The Super Vision 8000 had a central CPU. The other consoles belonged to the first generation: they didn't feature a microprocessor, and were based on custom codeless state machine computers consisting of discrete logic circuits comprising each element of the game itself (Pong-style console).

Technical specifications

  • CPU: 8-bit NEC D780C-1 (Z80 clone), running at 3.58 MHz[3]
  • Resolution: 256 pixel x 192 with 2 Colors (32 x 16 character mode using built-in 8x12 font), 128 x 192 Bitmap Mode with 2 Colors, 128 x 96 Bitmap Mode with 4 Colors
  • Memory: 1KB RAM, 3KB VRAM
  • VDG: Ami S68047 (Motorola 6847 clone)
  • Audio: General Instrument AY-3-8910, three channel sound, with one noise generator
  • Introductory price: 59,800 Yen (Japan)[4][5]

Games

All seven games released for the console have been developed by Bandai Electronics and sold since 1979.[6]

List of games

  • Missile Vader
  • Space Fire
  • Othello
  • Gun Professional
  • PacPacBird
  • Submarine
  • Beam Galaxian

References

  1. [1]
    "Super Vision 8000 by Bandai – The Video Game Kraken". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. [2]
    Dunn, Jeff (15 July 2013). "Chasing Phantoms - The history of failed consoles". gamesradar. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Video Game Console Library". Video Game Console Library. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. [4]
    "CLASSIC VIDEOGAME STATION ODYSSEY:SUPERVISION 8000". www.ne.jp. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. [5]
    Bolat, Robert. "WoW Service". Coin looting. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Console Living Room: Bandai Super Vision 8000 : Free Software : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org. Retrieved 2023-03-26.


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