Feb
Bit Museum #5: Nintendo Game & Watch History
Did you ever wonder how Nintendo got the wacky idea to slap two displays together and call it a DSi? This will shed some light on it! Jason Cirillo takes you through a super thrilling, action-packed joy ride through the history of the Nintendo Game & Watch. Next time you’re playing with an LCD calculator [...]
Aug
Bit Museum #4: The Smoke and Mirrors of Entex AdventureVision
Just when you thought Jason couldn’t find anything weirder or more obscure! Behold the regal Entex AdventureVision.
Straight outta Compton, the AdventureVision is truly a console to behold. With its mere 40 LED lights and one double-sided spinning mirror (!), this portable console achieves a truly mystifying technique of displaying a 40Ă—150 Pixel display, playing some [...]
Feb
Bit Museum #3: The Wizard of Odyssey
“No, mom! I said an Atari 2600! Look at the picture in the Sears WishBook! Come on, it doesn’t look anything like this!”
Sound familiar? Perhaps it was your own whiny lament on a Christmas morning some decades ago. But buck up! The Magnavox Odyssey 2 was a worthy contender to the Atari 2600, and while [...]
Dec
Bit Museum #2: TV-Less Gaming in the Early 1980’s
You’re a kid in the early 80’s and you are ready to settle down in your plaid sofa with a bowl of Count Chocula in your favorite Dukes of Hazard bowl. But wouldn’t you know it…Dad’s beat you to the TV is already into Barney Miller. You could never pry him away from anything [...]
Dec
Bit Museum #1: Obscure Nintendo Consoles from the 1970’s
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