Microvision

Microvision was a hand-held console released by Milton Bradley in 1979. The Microvision was designed by Jay Smith who later went on the design the famous Vectrex. Microvision's combination of a cartridge-based system and portability would surely be a sucess. In the first year, $8 million was grossed making Smith Engineering a million dollar industry. But very few cartridges, a small screen, and no backing-up by a conventional console lead to its demise in 1981.

Specs:

Resolution: 16 x 16 LCD CPU: TI TMS1100 (on cartridge) Bits: 4 Speed: 100 kHz RAM: 32 nibbles ROM: 2K Video Display Processor: Custom (made by Hughes) Sound: ? Cartridge ROM: 2K masked

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