The Epoch Cassette Vision was a video game console made by Epoch in 1981. Despite the name, the console used cartridges, not cassettes. The system was only available in Japan, and retailed for 13,500 yen, with games going for 4,000. It is believed, though not confirmed, that Sega and/or SNK made games for the Cassette Vision. Its graphics were a bit worse than the Atari 2600, and the only controls were 4 knobs (2 to a player, 1 for horizontal movement, 1 for vertical) built into the console itself, along with 2 fire buttons to a player. Though the Cassette Vision wasn't a fantastic seller, it managed to spawn off a smaller, cheaper, version called the Cassette Vision Jr. and a successor called the Super Cassette Vision. It was released in 1984, and was also sold in Europe, with little success. Except for their failed Game Pocket Computer handheld system, Epoch never had another system released.Games
- Astro Command
- Baseball
- Battle Vader
- Big Sports 12
- Elevator Panic
- Galaxian
- Grand Champion
- Kikori No Yosaku
- Monster Block
- Monster Mansion
Specifications
- CPU: 8-bit Zilog Z80
- Colours: 16
- Sprites: 128
- Display: 309 pixels x 246 pixels
- Controllers: 2 x hard-wired joysticks
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