Input 250 V, 50 Hz; Output 9.5 V, 0.4 A & 15 V, 0.11 A
The 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System is a second-generationhome video game console released by European company Audiosonic in 1978. It is part of a group of software-compatible consoles which include the Interton VC 4000 and the Voltmace Database. The 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System included its power pack inside the console instead of an exterior power pack.
Programmable video interface: Signetics 2636N at 3.58 MHz. This chipset was less powerful than the later model Signetics 2637N used in the Arcadia 2001.
Background consisting of a series of alternating lines
Misc
The early games cartridges used a 2 KByte ROM, later ones, such as Activision branded ones, up to 8 KBytes
Very basic arcade machine sound
User programming
An expensive (£49 in the UK in 1977) Hobby Module was available which gave 6.5 kb of user-programmable memory and had a 5 pin DIN socket to allow software to be saved to a cassette tape player. This converted the unit into a halfway house between a home computer and an ordinary gaming console.
The user had to be familiar with programming in Signetics 2650 assembly language and the unconventional ways and register architecture of the Signetics 2650 processor.
Released versions
The console was produced by different companies and sold with different names. Not every console is compatible with others due to differences in the shapes and dimensions of the cartridge slots (but all of the consoles are software compatible).
Here's a table of the consoles grouped by compatibility family (due to the slots).
Name
Brand / Manufacturer
Country
Compatibility family
Notes
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1292 Advanced Programmable Video System
Radofin / Radofin
Germany
1292 Advanced Programmable Video System
Released in 1979. Known also as "Radofin Programmierbares Video System". Has an external power supply.
TRQ carts fit and work on Interton consoles. Interton carts don't fit in TRQ consoles.
Games
Although, not much information is known about the release dates of the cartridges, the total number of the games should be 59 (33 games released by Radofin between 1977 and 1978, 19 games for the Interton VC 4000 and compatibles after 1978, and 7 more games released around 1980).[1]
Name
Size
Platform
Year
Air/Sea Attack / Air/Sea Battle
2K
Fountain #5 + Palson #9 + Interton #7
Arcade (Voltmace)/Pinball (Interton)
2K
Interton #23 + Voltmace #20
Backgammon
4K
Interton #36
Basic Maths (Fountain)/Mathematics 1 (Interton)
2K
Fountain #7 + Interton #5
Bat & Ball (Voltmace)/Olympics (Fountain)/Paddle Games (Interton/Palson)/Sportsworld (Rowtron)
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