Arcadia 2001
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Arcadia 2001
The Arcadia 2001 is a second-generation 8-bit console released by Emerson Radio Corp. It was released rather late for its type of console and only lasted 2 years; the video game crash of '83/84 brought it down along with every other console at the time. The game library was around 35 games, and the graphics were similar to those of the Intellivision and the Odyssey˛.
The Arcadia was not named after the company of the same name. Arcadia Corporation, makers of the 2600 supercharger, was sued by Emerson for trademark infringement. Arcadia Corporation changed its name to Starpath.
The Arcadia 2001 was sold from a few different firms with a different name:
- Hanimex MPT-03(?) (first variant?) with large cartridge slot (Germany)
- Schmidt TVG2000 (Germany)
- Telefever (Germany)
- Hanimex HMG2650 (Germany)
- LeisureVision (Canada)
- Leonardo (Italy)
- Advision Home Arcade (France)
- Palladium Video Game (Germany? - clone) Has different cartridge connector/pinout, 4 extra keys per controller.
Technical specifications
- Main Processor: Signetics 2650 CPU running at 3.58 MHz
- RAM: 1k
- ROM: None
- Video Display: 9 Colors (4 characters, 4 sprites, background)
- Sound: Single Channel "Beeper"
- Hardware Sprites: 4 independent, single color
- Controllers: 2 x 2 way
- Keypads: 2 x 12 button
Games:
- Alien Invaders - 1979
- American Football - 1979
- Baseball - 1979
- Bowling 3-D - 1979
- Brain Quiz - 1979
- Breakaway - 1979
- Capture - 1979
- Cat Trax - 1979
- Escape - 1979
- Funky Fish - 1979
- Grand Slam Tennis - 1979
- Jungler - 1979
- Missile War - 1979
- Ocean Battle - 1979
- Pleiads - 1979
- Red Clash - 1979
- Soccer - 1979
- Space Attack - 1979
- Space Chess - 1979
- Space Mission - 1979
- Space Raiders - 1979
- Space Vultures - 1979
- Spiders - 1979
- Tanks-A-Lot - 1979