View Full Version : How many 'pure' computers had games on carts?
Rosemary
11-25-2005, 06:23 PM
Not VCS, NES, Coleco or Intellivision, they were consoles which could turn into computers, I mean computers only,
like Atari XL, C-64, IBM Jr, Ti994A.
Are there any more?
Thanks
Rosemary ♀
davidbrit2
11-25-2005, 07:33 PM
Hmm... Commodore Vic-20, the various MSX computers, probably some Tandy/TRS-80 models... Did the Coleco Adam take any carts, or was it cassettes only?
Jagasian
11-25-2005, 07:34 PM
Not VCS, NES, Coleco or Intellivision, they were consoles which could turn into computers, I mean computers only,
like Atari XL, C-64, IBM Jr, Ti994A.
Are there any more?
Thanks
Rosemary ♀
I really depends on how you define a pure computer. The Famicom, for example, was sold with a keyboard and tape recorder for saving files. Like many personal computers during that time, the computer consisted of a CPU unit, keyboard, tape recorder, and you hooked up everything to the TV.
There is a Famiclone called the Dr Pc Jr, which can use normal PC keyboards, printers, and it has a built in floppy drive and a Famicom cart drive. There is also the MSX, which used carts, but can be considered a computer because it also had an official keyboard, etc.
icbrkr
11-25-2005, 07:53 PM
Hmm... Commodore Vic-20, the various MSX computers, probably some Tandy/TRS-80 models... Did the Coleco Adam take any carts, or was it cassettes only?
The Adam took Colecovision carts.
Obviously the C64, Plus/4, C16 too. The C128 did, all Tandy CoCo models (and the Model 100/102 on ROM chip if it counts), Amstrad CPCs, Spectrums did with an addon, the Timex Sinclair 2068 took carts. The original Sega SG-1000 did I believe too.
Blanka789
11-25-2005, 09:54 PM
The Atari XE line all took carts, although the XEGS is probably considered just a game system.
davidbrit2
11-25-2005, 10:01 PM
The original Sega SG-1000 did I believe too.
The SG-1000 was mostly just a game console, if I'm not mistaken. I think it's the SG-3000 that's more of a computer (which still uses the SG-1000 carts).
icbrkr
11-26-2005, 08:41 AM
The original Sega SG-1000 did I believe too.
The SG-1000 was mostly just a game console, if I'm not mistaken. I think it's the SG-3000 that's more of a computer (which still uses the SG-1000 carts).
I knew I was mixing them up.
And don't forget.. the Aquarius! It's a computer... no really, it is!
Hmm... Commodore Vic-20, the various MSX computers, probably some Tandy/TRS-80 models... Did the Coleco Adam take any carts, or was it cassettes only?
The Adam took Colecovision carts.
There were also some ADAM-specific cartridges, but none of them are games.
Another computer that has games in cartridge format is the Commodore MAX (aka VC-10).
anagrama
11-28-2005, 11:08 AM
The original Sega SG-1000 did I believe too.
The SG-1000 was mostly just a game console, if I'm not mistaken. I think it's the SG-3000 that's more of a computer (which still uses the SG-1000 carts).
It's the SC-3000 [Sega Computer 3000], rather than SG-3000 ;) It can play all the SG-1000 [Sega Game 1000] games, but there's also several educational/utility carts that require the keyboard (a seperate keyboard, the SK-1100, was available to turn an SG-1000 into a fully fledged SC-3000).
anagrama
11-28-2005, 11:28 AM
Amstrad CPCs
Another nit-picking detail: the original Amstrad CPCs were tape/disk only, it's just the upgraded CPC464+ and CPC6128+ that had a cart-slot (and used the same carts as the GX4000 console).
;)
icbrkr
11-28-2005, 02:56 PM
Amstrad CPCs
Another nit-picking detail: the original Amstrad CPCs were tape/disk only, it's just the upgraded CPC464+ and CPC6128+ that had a cart-slot (and used the same carts as the GX4000 console).
;)
I'll let you nitpick this one as I've never seen a CPC in my life :) The only way I've seen it is via my C-One. Hey, that should count too - there's a C64 cart slot on the motherboard.
ventrra
11-28-2005, 08:21 PM
How about the IBM PC jr.? My neighbor had a few game carts for his.
evg2000
11-28-2005, 08:22 PM
Tomy Tutor, TI99, Atari ST
later,
Charles
Cantaloup
11-28-2005, 10:05 PM
Tomy Tutor, TI99, Atari ST
While the ST did have a cartridge slot, I'm not sure that any games were ever released for it. I seem to recall it was mostly for hardware add-ons like Macintosh emulators and 3D glasses.
Jorpho
11-28-2005, 11:20 PM
Hmm... Commodore Vic-20, the various MSX computers, probably some Tandy/TRS-80 models... Did the Coleco Adam take any carts, or was it cassettes only?
The Adam took Colecovision carts.
There were also some ADAM-specific cartridges, but none of them are games.
Really? Such as?
slapdash
11-29-2005, 11:31 AM
There are also:
Thomson TO5, TO6, TO7, TO8, TO9 and variants
CGL/Sord/Takara M5 and M5 Jr (only Sord made the Jr?)
Bandai RX-78
Dragon Data/Tano Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 (almost a CoCo clone)
Spectravideo SV-318 and SV-328 (similar to MSX computers, but not quite)
NEC Trek (PC-6000(?) in Japan?)
Acorn Electron [with add-on]
BBC [if count ROMs or ROM add-on with ROM-shell]
Some others that may or may not have had GAME cartridges are:
Enterprise 64 and 128
ExelVision EXL-100
Memotech MTX 500 and MTX 512
VTech Laser 2001
Salora Manager (same as VTech Laser 2001 IIRC)
Exidy Sorceror
Fujitsu FM-7
Triumph Adler Alphatronic PC
Videoton TV Computer
Wookie
11-30-2005, 01:04 PM
Add the VideoBrain to the list.
slapdash
11-30-2005, 05:40 PM
Oh, and the Hanimex/Soundic Pencil II (not sure about game carts, but there was allegedly (going to be) a Colecovision adaptor) and the Homevision Gem(?) (ditto about a CV adaptor I think). Hmm, can't recall the details of the last one...
Jorpho
11-30-2005, 09:06 PM
Oh, and the Hanimex/Soundic Pencil II (not sure about game carts, but there was allegedly (going to be) a Colecovision adaptor) and the Homevision Gem(?) (ditto about a CV adaptor I think). Hmm, can't recall the details of the last one...
CV adapters? I'd have thought 2600 adapters would be more likely. The CV's architecture wasn't that open, was it?
slapdash
12-01-2005, 12:19 PM
Oh, and the Hanimex/Soundic Pencil II (not sure about game carts, but there was allegedly (going to be) a Colecovision adaptor) and the Homevision Gem(?) (ditto about a CV adaptor I think). Hmm, can't recall the details of the last one...
CV adapters? I'd have thought 2600 adapters would be more likely. The CV's architecture wasn't that open, was it?
It used more off-the-shelf parts, I think -- a Z80 for the CPU which as many people were familiar with as the 2600's 6507 (6502 essentially), but also a TI(?) video chip to run the video signal instead of a custom chip like the 2600's TIA.
Also, the VTech 2001 and Salora Manager had Colecovision adaptors, allegedly -- I'm not sure anyone has found ANY of these adaptors, but there are promo materials that mention them.