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Computer History Museum 🇸🇮

🤏👁️ The Milton Bradley Microvision is the first handheld game console with cartridge-based games from 1979. It has some interesting technological features:

🧠 The console contains only a screen and buttons; the processor is part of the game cartridges.
🔬 The screen has a resolution of 16x16 pixels, which is as small as the tiniest icons on modern computers.
😭 Unfortunately, the screen is not as durable as more modern LCDs, so most Microvision consoles today are non-functional.

@muzej Yep; not sure if mine EVER worked (owned it for prob 18-20y) but it certainly doesn't now.

@muzej you are all about the best consoles today

@muzej good to know about the screens. I checked both of mine and they still work. I'll be careful with them!

@muzej We have a few here that are functional. I can promise you, you're missing nothing 😄

@muzej Wonder how hard it'd be to produce more durable replacement screens

@muzej

Huh. I used to have one of those. I did *not* know about the microprocessor-in-the-cartridge thing, although I could kind of see it as the sort of thing you'd do with OTP microcontrollers.

@muzej

According to Wikipedia, the first OTP microcontroller was the TMS-1000, which came out in 1974 and ended up being used in a lot of toys. I can see the price hitting the ~$5 price point or below by 1989, so this checks out.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_In

en.wikipedia.orgTexas Instruments TMS1000 - Wikipedia

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I've got one of these with a bunch of carts in a box somewhere.
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