Anyone have info on these?

[bunnybum]

I have these in my collection of random stuff but I know next to nothing about them. Anyone feel like filling me in on some background information?


:help:

http://i38.tinypic.com/dvfxac.jpg
Haven't managed to get this one up and running yet.

http://i36.tinypic.com/1znpk7q.jpg
An LCD projector thingy. The copyright info reads Playtime Product, Inc.

http://i36.tinypic.com/sln3n4.jpg
A TV Boy! Apparently an Atari 2600 clone(?)

Thanks in advance.

[Ze_ro]

Close-up pictures of the back of the box (especially of any screen-shots) would be helpful for identifying the hardware.

The "Lysspil" one looks like it might be an R-Zone clone, judging by the way it functions.

--Zero

[bunnybum]

A couple more pics. Sorry about the horrible quality but it's the best I can do at the moment.

The "TV Konsol":
http://i34.tinypic.com/o51b2x.jpg
http://i36.tinypic.com/1zdq5w6.jpg
Game titles:
Fun Click
Box World
Diamond
Strange Pop Pop
Matching
Soccer
Panda
Future Tank
Forest Guard
Cow Boy
Space 2050
UFO Race
Sky Invader
Tennis
Obstacle Race
Mars
Base Ball
Tunny
Super Elf
Aether Tiger (I love that title!)
Boat Race

Lysspil and a couple of games:
http://i33.tinypic.com/mkj9tx.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/103fz9f.jpg

The TV Boy box doesn't photograph well but here are some of the titles on the back of the box:
Desert strike
River Raid
Pacmania (1)
Wolf Fight
Star Force
Asteroid
Space 2010
Invasion
...
The Trap
Hamburger
Invader

Copyright NICS Electronic Co., Ltd.

[tom]

I got TV Boy, TV Boy II, and Super TV Boy, and they were the first Plug and Play containing VCS titles. In UK, they were distributed by SystemA, look on Wiki for some info

http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=202693&g2_serialNumber=2

http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=202699&g2_serialNumber=2

http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=202702&g2_serialNumber=2

They were reviewed when first released in the 2600 Connection fanzine, you can order back-issues from 2600 Connection website.

[parker619]

i have that tv boy 2,, and yes it is basically full of atari 2600 games, e.g. pitfall, that burger game,, you put in a number and it goes to the game,, but that is the only one i know any info on because ive got one,, hope i helped :D

[Pantechnicon]

The top machine by all appearances looks to be a 68-pin Famiclone. If you've seen 1, you've seen 999,999.

I don't know anything about the second device. Looks interesting though.

TV Boy was made by a British company called Systema. There are a few different versions of it. Here's the model II (http://www.obsolete-tears.com/photos/akor_super_tv_boy.jpg), and I believe this last one (http://2600connection.atari.org/tvboy3.html) was released around 2000 or 2001. The first two iterations are interesting because they used RF output instead of composite video. PAL versions are more common than NTSC. When I first got serious about collecting 10 years ago I really wanted an NTSC one but couldn't justify $200 for a CIB copy.

EDIT - Looks like tom covered all the TV Boy bases while I was proofreading.

[rbudrick]

That R-zone-looking thing is quite odd with it's built-in projector. I have two of the three R-Zone iterations, but I don't remember if the third did this. Anyone? If it's not a pirated R-Zone, I guess it's its own undocumented system!

And who the fuck would dupe an R-Zone?

-Rob

[RASK1904]

Man that Lysspil one looks cool. You say it's an R-zone clone? Thanx. Hmmm....
RASK disapears to Ebay......

[bunnybum]

Thanks for the replies, guys! It's great to see that I'm not the only one who's puzzled by the Lysspil, as I haven't been able to dig up the slightest piece of information on it. I hadn't seen it before I stumbled across it at a swap meet, and the seller knew just as little about it as I did so she threw in the extra games as a favor :-D
But hey, the "TV KONSOL" thing, being a Famiclone and all, would I be able to feed it Famicom games off the bat or would I have to do something to it first? Sorry for coming on as an idiot but I don't know much about these systems ^^;

[Infernal Monkey]

http://i36.tinypic.com/1znpk7q.jpg
An LCD projector thingy. The copyright info reads Playtime Product, Inc.

Haha, oh my God, memories. Precious, terrible memories! I used to have something very much like this (it was probably the same thing, just whatever they called it here in Australia).

The projector was extremely weak, so it was difficult to see what you were actually trying to play. I recall a helicopter game where you just picked people up on the one screen over and over again while avoiding bullets that came out of nowhere.

[poloplayr]

Hey, just have to say it's cool to see another Scandi on the forums! :)

[slapdash]

The Lysspil is NOT an R-Zone clone... It was sold here, I believe, as the Playtime LCD Projection System. I know there was a French version too, but don't seem to have the name in my files where I thought it was. :-(

[Steve W]

Yeah, the Lysspil device has come out here too, I've seen it on some web site. It's just a bunch of generic LCD games with essentially a flashlight to project it's image on a wall. It's a cool idea, but you don't exactly get a whole lot of gameplay out of LCD games.

I've always wanted a TV Boy. There was an odd store in a local mall that had a couple on a clearance table, but I didn't know what it was. Weeks later, I came across info about it online and went back to pick one up, but alas they were gone. :(

[bunnybum]

It's great to hear that other people have come across the Lysspil device. Does anyone have any idea what was in the box besides the device itself and a game? Styrofoam, manuals, etc.? I'd love to see a complete one some time. Surely a fellow DP'er must have one in his/her possession and is able to take a few photos of it :)