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Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy

Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy

Home video game console by Gakken

The Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy (Japanese: TV ボーイ, Hepburn: TV bōi) is a second generation home video game console developed by Gakken and released in Japan in 1983 for a price of ¥8,800.[1]

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The system was made to compete with the Epoch Cassette Vision, which had a market dominance of 70% in Japan.

The console was released months after the Nintendo Famicom and Sega SG-1000 which, although more expensive at ¥15,000, were more advanced and had more features as well as bigger games libraries; furthermore, Epoch had just launched the Cassette Vision Jr. revision for ¥5,000. These factors made the system obsolete from the start, with a high price tag, very few and comparably rudimentary games, and a strange form factor, leading to poor sales. As a result, it is now a very rare collector's item among some retro gamers.

Technical specifications

Games

There were only 6 games officially released for the system, each being sold for ¥3,800;[1]

Each of the games is designed for one player only.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Compact Vision TV Boy by Gakken – the Video Game Kraken".
  2. [2]
    "Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy [BINARIUM]". binarium.de. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. [3]
    "The Video Game Console Library". Video Game Console Library. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
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