8 Feb
2002
8 Feb
'02
5:21 a.m.
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 04:50:47PM -0600, John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
Well everyone gave you a good update on the COSMOS but
no one talked
about the Adventure Vision. Here are a few facts I found my searching
goolge; this unit was considered state-of-the-art in 1983 as it was the
only tabletop cartridge-based game system (not counting the Vectrix).
Entex's machine required no TV hook-up since the screen was built-in,
with 6000 light locations to create images with more than 20 times the
resolution of any table-top game on the market at the time. It used
four "D" batteries and came with a Defender game cartridge. The unit
also featured a full fidelity speaker that produced unrivaled sound
effects. During it's short run only about 4 games were produced for it.
MESS (the Multi Emulator Super System) emulates the AdventureVision --
see http://www.mess.org for binaries and source. You'll have to search
elsewhere for ROMs. Not surprisingly, all the games that were produced
have been preserved over the years. :)
Also see http://gamerland.com/systems/cgi-bin/showsystem.cgi?id=1
and http://www.adventurevision.com for general info.
-- Derek