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DESCRIPTION
It is not clear if the Emerson
Arcadia 2001 system was the first of this "group" to appear, but it
is the best known for sure ! The Arcadia was launched in 1982 in the United
States. It's a middle range system as the graphics and games are hardly better
than those of the VCS 2600 or Intellivision back in 78.
Many clones and compatibles
systems were found all around the world. Some look like the Arcadia 2001 and
can use the same carts (Leisure Vision, Advision, Leonardo, Schmid, etc...),
and others are completly different in shape (MPT-03 systems, Telefever, etc...)
and are not "physically" compatible with the previous systems, i.e.
carts are not the same.
But for all these systems,
the games are absolutly identicals.
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HOW TO RECOGNISE THEM ?
- There are at least 12
keys (4 x 3) on each joystick keyboard plus at least
1 fire button on each joystick too. This fire button is sometimes
on both sides of the controller (Arcadia 2001 for example) or on the keyboard
(MPT-03). When there are more than 2 of these fire buttons, they usually have
the same function.
 
- Most of the times there
are 5 buttons
on the control panel (Reset, Select, Option, Start, Power on/off). But the
most important it's that there are always SELECT
and OPTION buttons. There are sometimes called SELECT A and SELECT
B, but are always 2 of them to make selection within the games. This is quite
typical of these systems.
 
- Inside, the CPU is
a Signetics 2650 (sometimes 2650A), and
the video-chipset a Signetics 2637.
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THE GAMES
There are more than 30
games known for these systems. The Emerson Arcadia 2001 has the most complete
list of games but other systems like the MPT-03 has games that were not available
for the Arcadia like Auto Race, Basketball, Circus, etc...
Name
of the game (Emerson Arcadia) |
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3D-Bowling |
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Alien Invaders |
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American Football |
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Auto Race (MPT-03 only)
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Baseball |
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Basketball (MPT-03
only) |
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Brain Quizz |
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Breakaway |
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Capture |
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Cat Trax |
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Circus (MPT-03 only) |
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Combat (MPT-03 only) |
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Crazy Climber (MPT-03
only) |
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Crazy Gobbler |
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Escape |
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Golf (MPT-03 only) |
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Grand Slam Tennis |
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Hobo |
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Jump Bug |
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Jungler |
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Math Logic (MPT-03
only) |
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Missile War |
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Ocean Battle |
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Pleiades |
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Red Clash |
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Robot Killer |
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Route 16 |
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Soccer |
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Space Attack |
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Space Mission |
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Space Raiders |
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Space Squadron |
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Space Vultures |
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Spiders |
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Star Chess |
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Tanks a lot |
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Turtles / Turpin |
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THE SYSTEMS
Name |
Brand |
Country |
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Arcadia
2001 |
Advision |
U.S.A. |
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Leisure Vision |
??? |
Canada |
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Hanimex
HMG-2650 |
Hanimex |
Europe
/ Australia
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Leonardo |
??? |
Italy |
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Arcadia |
Bandaï |
Japan |
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Home Arcade |
Advision |
France |
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TVG-2000 |
Schmid |
Germany |
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XL-2000 |
Intercord |
??? |
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Prestige
MPT-03 |
Prestige
? |
France |
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Rowtron
MPT-03 |
Rowtron |
??? |
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Tryom MPT-03
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Tryom |
??? |
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Video Computer
Game |
Poppy |
??? |
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Video Computer
Game |
Soundic |
Europe |
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MPT03
SYSTEM |
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Tele-Fever |
Eduscho |
Germany |
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Intervision
2001 |
Intervision |
Northern
Europe |
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Video Computer
Game |
Palladium |
Germany
? |
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LINKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Emerson Arcadia 2001 :
Emerson
Arcadia 2001 emulator
The Emerson
Arcadia 2001 FAQ
Arcadia 2001
Museum
Digital Archeology
/ Emerson Arcadia 2001
General :
The Video
Game Consoles F.A.Q.
Obscure
Pixels (pictures and infos)
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