Ricardo Cividanes da Silva

Do you think that APh consulting had an influence on the choice of Intellivision's chipset?

@mr_me , yes it's make sense. This matches the information that Mattel executives decided to continue seeing the success of the Atari VCS.

Hi fellows! I'm writing about history from Mattel Intellivision and I came across a narrative that I can't validate. That narratives say these Mattel stoped the Intellivision project in 1977 or 1978. But the can't be true as Intellivision was ready in 1979. Setting up the timeline these narratives make no sense. Does anyone knows how is the history?

@carlssonCan be. The regulatory agency in Brazil is INMETRO and ANATEL (I dont't know if ANATEL was exist in 1983) it's follow the american agency FCC. You woudn't be wrong.

@superbee It would be an honor. How do I join the whats group?

Great! This shows how Philips was disseminating its project in order to sell Signetics components. And the pieces will fit together.

Interisting. Philips modified the console for each market. It seems to me that the Philips unit in each region of the globe was free to make the necessary decisions about the change in consoles.

So, I saw some videos on youtube, but enyone make this. Some conect the cartdrige and videogame on. Is it?

I know that the question may seem stupid, but there you go. How was the videopac G7000 turned on if it didn't have a ON/OFF button like its North American and Brazilian versions?

@alex_79 this is terrific! It's exactly the information what I going to need to conect the Signetics and videogame Manufacturers. This can be answer the question of how different manufacturers have released so many consoles with the same hardware. Thank you!

It`s true. Anyway, Atari knew how to capitalize on Space Invaders. Too bad he didn't see the changes in the market.

No, I didn`t. Thanks for tip! This website has a lot interisting information. I will try to contact with the responsable. Thanks @Rolo

I believe Atari lost Taito's licensing in the end of 80`s.

Thanks Carlsson!

Were these games made by each company or were there third parties developing since it seems that they are compatible between them?

Did these systems exist across Europe?

Funny that not only Midway / Bally failed to realize the possibilities of Space Invaders. All others video game companies no longer see the possibility of this game on home consoles. Only Atari saw this and, even then, Warner's board gave the order. It's not clear how Warner / Atari had this insight. Many say that if Magnavox / Philips had this insight the history would heve been quite very different for Odyssey2.

Guys, very cool! Thank you very much for your comments. Your collection is amazing! Congratulations! My collection is very small and contain more recent consoles. I take pictures and post futurelly.

Well, it is possible that this subject has already been dealt with in another topic, but I would like to know if anyone has the information. When Atari negotiated the licensing of Space Invaders, Midway was the distributor of Arcade in the USA, right? As I understand it, did Atari obtain exclusive licensing of Space Invaders for all consoles right under Midway's nose? Does anyone know the whole story?

Amazing! Has this system based on Signetics chip technology spread across Europe? Here in Brazil this happened with the Atari 2600 clones and the Nintendo NES / Famicom. Whenever you went, you had a clone. I asked about this system because on some sites they suggest that this video game was a different system. Thank you very much for the answers.

In my research I located information about console video game system. This a second generation console, apparently launched in Germany in 1982. I can't determinate if is a clone console or a new system. I also could not find any information about Black Point hardware specification. I know that there are two models of this consoles: The FS-1003 and the FS-2000. Someone have more informations about this system? Model FS1003 Model FS2000

About what you talked about Odyssey2 / Videopac I raised what happened. Philips had bought Magnavox in the USA, but it does not seem to have been very interested in the Odyssey. Magnavox had a project for a new video game, but he was almost dead when the people at Magnavox decided to take everything to Ralph Baer to check it out. In reality it was Baer who saved the Odyssey2 project by consulting the project and leading to its launch in 1980. But the Magnavox project was all based on Intel chips. As far as I researched Philips, it hardly interfered in the American project, but it found it so interesting that it took it to Europe and here to Brazil, where it was a huge success. The European Philips project, it seems, aimed at having the base project for video games and computers with Signetics chips to boost Signetics sales. That is why it makes sense that the basic design of the VC 4000 and 1292 was born at Philips and both Interton and Radofin took it on with little or no change (apparently they changed the pinout of the cartridges) in the hardware and none in the software . It's speculation, but due to the difficulty of getting information, I think it makes more sense.

I think with the information you gave me, I think it’s possible to put together a story with a lot of speculation: - Philps bought Signetics in 1975 - To help in the sale of the processor family Philips Europe decided to make a project using the processor family from Signetics. - Radofin and Interton entered this project at some point, but it seems that Philips treated them as separate customers helping them with details of the project. Taking both manufacturers to launch their consoles in 1978 and 1979. - Other manufacturers made clones of both the Interton set and the Radofin set. Philips must find everything very interesting, since everyone bought chips from Signetics. - At one point a Hong Kong company, Universal Appliances Limited (UAL), took a more current version of Signetics-based hardware and licensed it to Emerson and more. I don't know, but I'm seeing this puzzle take a form.

Hi CatPix, I saw your others topic about 1292. Do you know if Philips projected this systems (VC4000 and 1292) and selled to Radofin and Interton separately?