Bandai Super Vision 8000
1979 video game console
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The Bandai Super Vision 8000, also known as the TV Jack 8000,[2] 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.
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| Manufacturer | Bandai |
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| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Second generation |
| Released | December 1979[1] |
Introductory price | 59,800 Yen (Japan) |
| Discontinued | 1982 |
| Media | ROM cartridge |
| CPU | NEC D780C-1 @ 3.58 MHz |
| Display | TV, 256x192 |
| Graphics | Ami S68047 (Motorola 6847 clone) |
| Sound | AY-3-8910 |
| Predecessor | Bandai TV Jack 5000 |
| Successor | Bandai Arcadia |
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 did not feature a microprocessor, and were based on custom codeless state machine computers consisting of discrete logic circuits comprising each element of the game itself (Pong-style console).
Technical specifications
- CPU: 8-bit NEC D780C-1 (Z80 clone), running at 3.58 MHz[3]
- Resolution: 256 pixel x 192 with 2 Colors (32 x 16 character mode using built-in 8x12 font), 128 x 192 Bitmap Mode with 2 Colors, 128 x 96 Bitmap Mode with 4 Colors
- Memory: 1 KB RAM, 3 KB VRAM
- VDG: Ami S68047 (Motorola 6847 clone)
- Audio: General Instrument AY-3-8910, three channel sound, with one noise generator
- Introductory price: 59,800 yen (Japan)[4][5]
Games
All seven games released for the console were developed by Bandai Electronics and released in 1979.[6]
List of games
- Missile Vader
- Space Fire
- Othello
- Gun Professional
- PacPacBird
- Submarine
- Beam Galaxian
