Name:
Pocket Game Computer
Seller: Epoch
Date: 1984
Display: LCD
Fun-Factor:
Comments: A very rare casualty of the
1983-84 video game crash. This nicely designed system was released
4 years before the Gameboy!
4 buttons were available for gameplay,
plus 8-way joypad, a contrast dial, and a sound on/off toggle. The
LCD dot matrix display resolution is 75x64 - not too shabby for
1984! This cart came with the unit, but it is just a place holder
- no software is loaded onto it.
front of box - I really like the enlarged
black pixels used for the graphics
back of box
The box shows the 4 games that were
available at the time. 3 are shown below, and the 4th is reversi.
I do believe that a 5th cartridge was released. This nice handheld
platform did not fare well in the 1984 video game market - what a
shame only 5 carts exist! The box also shows that the unit has
a puzzle game and a bitmap paint program loaded onto it, so you don't
need a cartridge to play them.
a very nice scramble clone
My favorite game made for the pocket
game computer. The gameplay is quite original - its like a cross
between pengo and turtles.
You have to push the 4 squares (in
the middle of the screen) to the boxes in the corners. The black
balls can be thrown at the monster to kill them. In later stages,
there are 4 types of squares which must each be pushed to a corresponding
corner box, making it much harder to complete the stage within the
time limit.
a very nice version of mahjongg
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