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Bandai Super Vision 8000

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Manufacturer
  
Discontinued
  
1982

Generation
  
Media
  
Release date
  
1979; 38 years ago (1979)

The Bandai Super Vision 8000 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

  • the CPU was an 8-bit NEC D780C (Z80 clone), running at 3.58 MHz
  • 256 pixel x 192 with 16 colors
  • the audio chip was a General Instrument AY-3-8910. Three channel sound, with one noise generator
  • selling price in Japan: 59,800 Yen
  • Games

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

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

    Bandai Super Vision 8000 Wikipedia


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