Arcadia 2001
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Display | TV; 128 × 208 / 128 × 104, 8 Colours |
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Graphics | Signetics 2637 UVI |
Sound | 2 channels (Beeper and Noise) |
Controller input | 2 x Intellivision-style controller (12 button keypad and 'fire' buttons on the sides) |
Power | 12 volt |
The Arcadia 2001 is a
The unrelated Arcadia Corporation, manufacturer of the Atari 2600 Supercharger add-on, was sued by Emerson for trademark infringement. Arcadia Corporation then changed its name to Starpath.[3]
Description
The Arcadia is much smaller than its contemporary competitors and is powered by a standard 12 volt power supply so it can be used in a boat or a vehicle. It has two headphone jacks on the far left and right sides of the back.
The system came with two Intellivision-style controllers with a 12-button keypad and "fire" buttons on the sides. The direction pads have a removable joystick attachment. Most games came with BoPET overlays that can be applied to the controller's keypads. The console itself has five buttons: Power, Start, Reset, Option, and Select.
There are at least three different cartridge case styles[4] and artwork, with variations on each. Emerson-family cartridges come in two different lengths (short and long) of black plastic cases.
Technical specifications
- Main Processor: Signetics 2650 CPU (some variants run a Signetics 2650A)
- RAM: 1 KB
- ROM: None
- Video display: 128 × 208 / 128 × 104, 8 Colours
- MHz(NTSC), 3.55 MHz (PAL)
- Sound: Single Channel "Beeper" + Single Channel "Noise"
- Hardware Sprites: 4 independent, single color
- Controllers: 2 × 2 way
- Keypads: 2 × 12 button (more buttons on some variants)
Console variants and clones
Many variants and
Name | Manufacturer | Country | Compatibility family | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advision Home Arcade | Advision | Emerson console | ||
Arcadia | Bandai | Emerson console | ||
Arcadia 2001 | Emerson | Emerson console | ||
Cosmos | Tele-Computer | Emerson console | ||
Dynavision | Morning-Sun Commerce | MPT-03 console | ||
Educat | unknown | MPT-03 console | ||
Ekusera | P.I.C. | MPT-03 console | ||
Hanimex MPT-03 | Hanimex | MPT-03 console | ||
HMG-2650 | Hanimex | Emerson console | ||
Home Arcade Centre | Hanimex | Emerson console | ||
Intelligent Game MPT-03 | Intelligent Game | MPT-03 console | ||
Intercord XL 2000 System | Intercord | Emerson console | ||
Intervision 2001 | Intervision | Ormatu console | ||
ITMC MPT-03 | ITMC | MPT-03 console | ||
Leisure Vision | Leisure-Dynamics | Emerson console | ||
Leonardo | GiG Electronics | Emerson console | ||
Home Entertainment Centre Ch-50 | Inno-Hit | Ormatu console | ||
Ormatu 2001 | Ormatu Electronics BV | Ormatu console | ||
Palladium Video-Computer-Game | Neckermann |
Palladium console | ||
Polybrain Video Computer Game | Polybrain | Palladium console | ||
Poppy MPT-03 Tele Computer Spiel | Poppy | MPT-03 console | ||
Prestige Video Computer Game MPT-03 | Prestige | MPT-03 console | ||
Robdajet MPT-03 | Robdajet | MPT-03 console | ||
Rowtron 2000 | Rowtron | MPT-03 console | ||
Schmid TVG-2000 | Schmid | Emerson console | ||
Sheen Home Video Centre 2001 | Sheen | Ormatu console | ||
Soundic MPT-03 | Soundic | [1] |
MPT-03 console | |
Tedelex Home Arcade | Tedelex | Emerson console | ||
Mr. Altus Das Tele-Gehirn Color (German for tele brain)[5][6][7] | HGS Electronic | Palladium console | ||
Tele-Fever | Tchibo | Emerson console | ||
Tempest MPT-03 | Tempest | MPT-03 console | ||
Tobby MPT-03 | Tobby | ? | MPT-03 console | |
Trakton Computer Video Game | Trakton | Palladium console | ||
Tryom Video Game Center | Tryom | MPT-03 console | ||
Tunix Home Arcade | Monaco Leisure | Emerson console | ||
UVI Compu-Game | Orbit Electronics | Orbit console | ||
Video Master | Grandstand | Orbit console |
Bandai Arcadia
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Predecessor | Bandai Super Vision 8000 |
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Successor | Bandai RX-78 |
In 1982, the Bandai Arcadia, a variant of the Emerson Arcadia 2001, was licensed and distributed to Japan by Bandai for a price of 19,800 yen.[2] There were four Japan-exclusive games released by Bandai.
- Doraemon
- Dr. Slump
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Reception
After seeing the Arcadia 2001 at the summer 1982 Consumer Electronics Show, Danny Goodman of Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games reported that its graphics were similar to the Atari 2600's, and that "our overall impression of the game play was favorable for a system in this price range, though no cartridge stands out as being an exciting original creation". He called the controller offering both Intellivision-like disc and joystick functionality "A great idea".[8]
Games
Emerson planned to launch the console with 19 games.[8] Some Arcadia 2001 games are ports of lesser-known arcade games such as Route 16, Jungler, and Jump Bug, which were not available on other home systems.
Emerson actually created many popular arcade titles including Pac-Man, Galaxian and Defender for the Arcadia, but never had them manufactured as Atari started to sue its competitor companies for releasing games to which it had exclusive-rights agreements.[9] Early marketing showed popular arcade games, but they were later released as clones. For instance, the Arcadia 2001 game Space Raiders is a clone of Defender, and Breakaway is a clone of Breakout.[10]
Released games
There are 47 games known to have been released for the Arcadia 2001 and its clones.
- 3D Attack - a Zaxxon clone[11]
- 3-D Bowling - a Bowling game released for the Arcadia by Emerson Radio Corp. in 1982.
- 3-D Raceway - 3D Raceway
- 3-D Soccer - a Soccer game released by Emerson Radio Corp. for the Arcadia in 1982.
- Alien Invaders - is a Shoot-'Em-Up game released by Emerson Radio Corp. for the Arcadia in 1982.
- Astro Invader
- American Football
- Baseball
- Brain Quiz
- Breakaway
- Capture
- Cat Trax
- Circus - Also known as Clowns on some systems, clone of Exidy's Circus
- Crazy Gobbler
- Crazy Climber
- Escape
- Funky Fish
- Galaxian
- Grand Prix 3-D
- Grand Slam Tennis
- Hobo
- Home Squadron
- Horse Racing (plays similar to the Intellivision game)
- Jump Bug
- Jungler
- Math Logic
- Missile War
- Ocean Battle
- Pleiades
- RD2 Tank
- Red Clash
- Robot Killer (clone of Berzerk)
- Route 16
- Soccer
- Space Attack
- Space Chess
- Space Mission
- Space Raiders
- Space Squadron
- Space Vultures
- Spiders
- Star Chess
- Super Bug
- Super Gobbler
- Tanks A Lot
- The End
- Turtles/Turpin
Bandai Arcadia Only
See here
Unreleased games
References
- ISBN 3-00-015359-4.
- ^ a b c d Watcher, Dark. "Emerson Arcadia 2001 - DW Facts". Video Game Console Library. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "The Dot Eaters - Epyx | The Dot Eaters".
- ^ "obsoletemedia.org: Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982 – 1984)".
- ^ retroplace. "Mr. Altus Das Telegehirn | Emerson Arcadia 2001". retroplace.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ Motoschifo. "Mr. Altus Tele Brain - MAME machine". adb.arcadeitalia.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Mr. Altus Das Tele-Gehirn Color". www.videogameheaven.de. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ a b Goodman, Danny (Spring 1983). "Home Video Games: Video Games Update". Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games. p. 32.
- ^ "Arcadia 2001: Frequently Asked Questions". digitpress.com. 2002-06-04. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ Lester, John. "History of Consoles: Arcadia 2001 (1982)". Gamster81. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Arcadia 2001 Gaming Guide".
External links
- Video Game Console Library entry on the Arcadia 2001
- TheGameConsole.com entry on the Arcadia 2001
- The Dot Eaters entry on the Arcadia 2001
- www.old-computers.com Emerson Arcadia 2001 museum entry
- www.old-computers.com Article about Arcadia 2001 and clones
- Arcadia 2001 retrospective at IGN