Arcadia 2001
The
Arcadia 2001 was a second-generation 8-bit console released by Emerson Radio Corp. It was released rather late for its type of console and only lasted 2 years; the video game crash of
'83/
84 brought it down along with every other console at the time. The game library was around 35 games, and the graphics were similar to those of the
Intellivision and the
Odyssey2.
The Arcadia was not named after the company of the same name, as some people think. Arcadia (makers of the 2600 supercharger) was sued by Emerson for copyright infringement regarding the name. To play it safe, their name was changed to Starpath.
Specs:
Main Processor: Signetics 2650 CPU running at 3.58 MHz
RAM: 1k
ROM: None
Video Display: 9 Colors (4 characters, 4 sprites, background)
Sound: Single Channel "Beeper"
Hardware Sprites: 4 independent, single color
Controllers: 2 x 2 way
Keypads: 2 x 12 button
Games:
- Alien Invaders - 1979
- American Football - 1979
- Baseball - 1979
- Bowling 3-D - 1979
- Brain Quiz - 1979
- Breakaway - 1979
- Capture - 1979
- Cat Trax - 1979
- Escape - 1979
- Funky Fish - 1979
- Grand Slam Tennis - 1979
- Jungler - 1979
- Missile War - 1979
- Ocean Battle - 1979
- Pleiads - 1979
- Red Clash - 1979
- Soccer - 1979
- Space Attack - 1979
- Space Chess - 1979
- Space Mission - 1979
- Space Raiders - 1979
- Space Vultures - 1979
- Spiders - 1979
- Tanks-A-Lot - 1979