Bandai Super Vision 8000
The Bandai Super Vision 8000, also known as the TV Jack 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.
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.
Technical specifications
- CPU: 8-bit NEC D780C-1, running at 3.58 MHz
- Resolution: 256 pixel x 192 with 2 Colors, 128 x 192 Bitmap Mode with 2 Colors, 128 x 96 Bitmap Mode with 4 Colors
- Memory: 1KB RAM, 3KB VRAM
- VDG: Ami S68047
- Audio: General Instrument AY-3-8910, three channel sound, with one noise generator
- Introductory price: 59,800 Yen
Games
All seven games released for the console were developed by Bandai Electronics and released in 1979.List of games
- Missile Vader
- Space Fire
- Othello
- Gun Professional
- PacPacBird
- Submarine
- Beam Galaxian