Epoch Game Pocket Computer

Epoch Game Pocket Computer
Manufacturer	Epoch-sha
Type	Handheld console
	November 1984
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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

Web links

Page with information and pictures of the system and its packaging

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Game Pocket Computer by Epoch - The Video Game Kraken. In: videogamekraken.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020 (American English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Epoch Game Pocket Computer. In: Binarium. Retrieved June 14, 2020 .

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Game Pocket Computer by Epoch - The Video Game Kraken. In: videogamekraken.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020 (American English).

[:1-2] Epoch Game Pocket Computer. In: Binarium. Retrieved June 14, 2020 .