Epoch Game Pocket Computer
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Manufacturer | Epoch-sha | |||||
Type | Handheld console | |||||
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Main processor | NEC uPD78c06 @ 6 MHz | |||||
Storage media | Game modules | |||||
Online service | none | |||||
Units sold | unknown |
The Epoch Game Pocket Computer ( Jap. :ゲームポケコン, Hepburn : Gēmupokekon, colloquially Pokekon called) is a handheld game console of the second generation of consoles , which in November 1984 by Epoch-sha in Japan at a price of 12,000 yen was published. It is the first handheld console with interchangeable game modules in Japan.
The game pocket computer was a financial failure and was never released outside of Japan.
Technical specifications
- Screen : monochrome LC display with a resolution of 75 × 64 pixels
- Power supply: 4 AA batteries
- Battery life:> 70 hours
- CPU : NEC uPD78c06 clocked at 6 MHz
- RAM : 2 kB
- ROM (game modules): either 8 or 16 kB
- Sound: 1 sound channel
Games
The Epoch Game Computer has two pre-installed games (Slide puzzle and Drawing tool). Only five games were published in the course of its life in the form of game modules for the system:
- Astro bomber
- Block maze
- Mahjong
- Reversi
- Sokoban