Cassette Vision
The Cassette Vision | |
Manufacturer | Epoch Co. |
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Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Second generation |
Release date |
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Introductory price | ¥13,500 |
Removable storage | ROM cartridge |
Input | Internal controllers |
Successor | Super Cassette Vision |
The Cassette Vision (Japanese: カセットビジョン Hepburn: Kasetto Bijon) is a home video game console made by Epoch Co. and released in Japan on July 30, 1981. There is also a remodel called the Cassette Vision Jr.
The terms cassette, and more commonly tape, are contemporary synonyms for ROM cartridge, not to be confused with the magnetic cassette tape format. In terms of power, it is comparable to the Atari 2600. The Cassette Vision has unusual controls: four knobs built into the console itself, two for each player (one for horizontal, one for vertical); plus two buttons per player.
The system originally retailed for 13,500 yen, with games priced at 4,000. Though the Cassette Vision was not a high seller, it received a successor called the Super Cassette Vision (スーパーカセットビジョン Sūpā Kasetto Bijon) As a 1984 machine, it is more comparable to the likes of the Family Computer and the Atari 7800. The SCV was also sold in Europe, but with little known success. The Super Lady Cassette Vision, a version of the Super Cassette Vision that was aimed at a female market, was released exclusively in Japan. While the specs were exactly the same the plastic was a pink color and included a carrying case and the "Milky Princess" game.
Cassette Vision
Games
- Astro Command - an action game released by Epoch in 1983.
- Baseball - a baseball game released by Epoch in 1981.
- Battle Vader - a shoot 'em up released by Epoch in 1982.
- Big Sports 12 - a sports game released by Epoch in 1981.
- Elevator Panic
- Galaxian (this version of Galaxian is not based on Namco's game but on Nihon Bussan's Moon Cresta )
- Kikori no Yosaku
- Monster Block
- Monster Mansion (Donkey Kong clone)
- New Baseball
- PakPak Monster
Specifications
Cassette Vision's controllers are integrated into the body.
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Cassette Vision hardware has only the controllers and power supply circuit. Other components include the 1chip CPU. The RAM and video processor are on the cartridge circuit board.
Super Cassette Vision
Games
- Astro Wars - Invaders from Space
- Astro Wars II - Battle in Galaxy
- BASIC Nyuumon
- Boulder Dash
- Comic Circus
- Doraemon
- Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyō
- Dragon Slayer
- Elevator Fight
- Lupin III
- Mappy
- Milky Princess
- Miner 2049er
- Nebula
- Nekketsu Kung-Fu Load
- Pole Position II
- Pop and Chips
- Punch Boy
- Rantou Pro-Wrestling
- Shogi Nyuumon
- Sky Kid
- Star Speeder
- Super Base Ball
- Giants Hara Tatsunori no Super Base Ball
- Super Golf
- Super Mahjong
- Super Sansu-Puter
- Super Soccer
- TonTon Ball
- WaiWai(Y2) Monster Land
- Wheelie Racer
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Specifications
- CPU: µPD7801G microcontroller (*NOT* Z80 compatible core)
- RAM: 128 bytes (internal to CPU)
- ROM: 4KB (internal to CPU)
- Video Processor: EPOCH TV-1
- VRAM: 4KB (2 × µPD4016C-2) + 2KB (EPOCH TV-1 internal)
- Colour: 16
- Sprites: 128
- Display: 256×256
- Sound Processor: µPD1771C
- Sound: 1 channel (Tone, Noise or 1bit PCM)
- Controllers: 2 × hard-wired joysticks
References
- ↑ "Release Date". Retrieved 2013-10-06.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Epoch Cassette Vision. |
- EPOCH Super Cassette Vision Emulator for Win32 42.92871608921360
- EPOCH Super Cassette Vision hardware info (in Japanese)
- Epoch Cassette Vision hardware information (in Japanese)
- Yeno & Epoch Super Cassette Vision
- http://dempa.jp/rgb/heaven/g_scv.html (in Japanese)
- Super Cassette Vision games playable for free in the browser at the Internet Archive Console Living Room
- shmuplations.com Epoch and the Cassette Vision – 1997 Developer Interview with hardware engineer/designer Masayuki Horie