Bandai Super Vision 8000

The Bandai Super Vision 8000 is a home video game console released by Bandai in 1979 belonging to the second generation. The console can be directly connected to a TV.

This console was the last of the Bandai TV Jack console series but was completely different from the other consoles of the series. The Super Vision 8000 had a central CPU. The other consoles belonged to the first generation: they didn't feature a microprocessor, and were based on custom codeless state machine computers consisting of discrete logic circuits comprising each element of the game itself (Pong-style console).

Technical specifications

• the CPU was an 8-bit NEC D780C (Z80 clone), running at 3.58 MHz
• 256 pixel x 192 with 16 colors
• the audio chip was a General Instrument AY-3-8910. Three channel sound, with one noise generator
• selling price in Japan: 59,800 Yen

Games

All seven games released for the console have been developed by Bandai Electronics and sold since 1979.

• Missile Vader
• Space Fire
• Othello
• Gun Professional
• PacPacBird
• Submarine
• Beam Galaxian

External links

• The Video Game Console Library. You can view some images of the console
• Box shot
• Super Vision 8000 games playable for free in the browser at the Internet Archive Console Living Room