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Bally Astrocade

ABA-1000 · Bally · 1978

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Rarity

Uncommon rating

Why

released only in the region NA, not in Europe - no lower than Uncommon. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.

Specs

Released: 1978-04
Type: home console

Description

The Bally Astrocade is a Z80-based console that launched in April 1978 as the Bally Professional Arcade at US$299. It was later renamed the Astrocade, with about 28,000 sold by mid-1979.

Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Details from sources

Zilog Z80 @ 1.789 MHz, 4 KB RAM (up to 64 KB via expansion port), 8 KB ROM, 160x102/320x204 4/8-colour graphics, 3-oscillator sound with hardware vibrato. Cartridges ('Videocades') sized like cassette tapes; two built-in games (Gunfight, Checkmate) plus Calculator and Scribbling. Also sold, at different points in its life, as 'Bally Home Library Computer' (1977 mail-order name), 'Bally Professional Arcade' (1978 retail name) and 'Bally Computer System' (1981 Astrovision re-release name) before settling on 'Astrocade' in 1982 - same hardware throughout.

At a glance

Bally Astrocade: when was it released?: 1978

Data source: en.wikipedia.org

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