Aquarius, back to computers index. Will mattel s ?90 colour aquarius make a big splash. Don wilson checks out the u.s. Playing games is a serious business for toy-maker mattel. Extensive and anecdotic history of home computers and game computers, like the altair 8800, atari home computers commodore sx-64 mattel aquarius philips p2000 robotron z1013 sinclair zx80 sinclair. Early zilog cpu based application notebooks, rom based units. Laser pc. Brother pn.

Mattel s official site, offering games and information about the original fashion doll as well as a dealer locator. Mattelaquarius, computermattelaquariuswith mini mini computer system (ecs) requires intellivisioncomputer. Aquarius was a very simple early home computer from mattel in. It featured a zilog z80 microprocessor, a rubber chiclet keyboard, 4k of ram memory, and a subset of microsoft basic in rom. Pictures, documents, and advertisements of classic computers from the 1970 s and 1980 s. Aquariusaquarius 2intellivisionintellivision modulintellivoicethe mattel gallery holds 5 pcbs.

Big-five softwarethe miner 2049er information pagethe miner 2049er lcd clock and game simulatorothermillypede, a game for the mattel aquarius computer. The mattel aquarius (year1983) the ultravision arcade system (year1983) the nintendo famicom (year1983) the nintendo entertainment system (year1985) the intv system iii (year. Low and behold, he wanted to talk about the mattel aquarius article he had recently finished ( article07.html. With a name like that i was sure it was some sort of marine craft. They trade and sell equipment. Groupsmattelaquarius, a place to discover, chat about and just get general information on the mattel aquarius home computer. Mattel aquarius. Many intellivision titles were ported over to the aquarius. With its bright. Mattel aquarius mattel intellivision memotech mtx500 microbee microbee microprofessor mpf-ii microsoft xbox microsoft xbox.

Imports0 atari 52000 atari 78000 atari 8-bit 400 8000 atari jaguar0 atari lynx0 colecovision0 commodore 640 commodore vic-200 handhelds and tabletops0 intellivision0 mattel aquarius. Company released, mattel electronicscpu, z-80 (8 bit) operating system, basicram, 20 kbytesstorage, data recorderdisplay, tvmisc peripherals, expansion unit. Mattel s focus was on the intellivision and programmers weren t enthusiastic about trying to squeeze games out of the machine s minimal memory. Aquarius turned out to be a costly fiasco for mattel. Atari, vectrex, nintendo, commodore, game and watch, mattel, bandai, tomy, zx, playstation 1, pong, odyssey, casio, konami, genesis, oric, aquarius, epson, mini arcade, tabletop games. Created bykevan heydon on tuesday, 07-nov-2006 02 37 04 gmt.

Key datesannounced january 1983original price$200cpuzilog z-80amemory4kdisplay capability40 characters by 24 lines, 80x72 16-color graphicsoperating systemrom basic. Development history. O nce the original intellivision keyboard component was officially dead, mattel electronics felt they needed a real computer in their product line (no, the ecs didn t count. The most complete source of emulation news, interviews, emulator and rom downloads. Other mattel aquarius emulatorsemulator, version, description, download, aqemu, win9x. Mattel electronics aquarius descriptioncpu, zilog z80a, 4 kbytes of ram.

For ages, i have owned a mutilated aquarius. Someone had cut the power cable. It was useless. But now a full-featured aquarius system has been donated to the museum. Aquariusmattel1983nintendo entertainment systemnintendo1984intv system iii (intellivision iii) mattel1985master systemsega1986atari 7800atari1986xe videogame systematari. Mattel aquarius. Mattel intellivision ii computer adaptor. Microsci havac.

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Mattel aquarius mattel intellivision memotech mtx500 mga game wizard microbee microbee microprofessor mpf-ii microsoft xbox. The mattel aquarius was launched in. It uses a z80 cpu and 4 kb ram (max. A special peripheral called bsr x-10 was developped for this computer, it allows the aquarius to pilot. Usage notesfrom within the emulation, there are several basic command keyboard shortcuts available by. Pressing control and another key.

A s the world travels into tomorrow, each step of the journey reveals yet another dazzling innovation in technology. A t mattel electronics, we believe the real promise of technology will come from. The mattel aquarius. This machine was released by mattel in. Sometime after their intellivision. It has a very computerized look to it and may not exactly fit in with the contents of this site. Acorn electroncamputers lynxoric-1memotech mtxcolecovisionvectrexmattel aquariuscoleco adamsord m51984apple macintoshamstrad cpc464commodore 16 and plus 4msxsinclair ql. Hypnotic lights and programmed the conversion of the intellivision game utopia to the aquarius steve came to mattel electronics from the aerospace industry.

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Released in june 1983, the aquarius was mattel s attempt to break into the home computer market, following the success of their intellivision games console. The mission of the vintage computer festival is to promote the preservation of obsoletecomputers sam ismail never should have sold that mattel aquarius. It was his first computer, and he has. Apple iigscommodore 64mattel aquariusapple imac g3 (grape) commodore amiga 1000panasonic senior partnerapple macintosh classic iicommodore amiga 1200spectravideo sv. They are the actual mattel programmers who gave us most of the software for the aquarius. They provide an excellent history and commentary of the aquarius. Posted by steve fisher on june 06, 2003 at 22 40 27looking for the ball point pens that are used in these units. Oric mcp.

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