Othello Multivision (Tsukuda Original) FG-1000
FG-1000 · Sega · 1983
Why
It was released only in Japan; it’s rare in our markets, so we don’t set a rarity level. released only in the region JP, not in Europe - no lower than Uncommon. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.Details from sources
Licensed SG-1000-compatible console: developed jointly by Sega and Tsukuda Original (board design by Sega's Masami Ishikawa), produced and sold by Tsukuda with main parts supplied by Sega; announced 1983-10-04. Built-in computer Othello, keyboard with board-position keys and a fixed player-1 joystick, 2 KB RAM, plays SC-3000/SG-1000 cartridges (not SK-1100). Release: Toy Journal/Toys Magazine 1983-11 say mid-November 1983; ASCII 1984-03 says November 1983; Nikkei Sangyo 1984-05-16 says 1983-12-10. Eight titles were released under the Othello Multivision label - Sega's first third party. Not a Sega-made product (official Sega hardware encyclopedia lists it as a compatible machine).
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Data source: ja.wikipedia.org
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