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
Received on Fri Feb 08 2002 - 10:21:01 GMT