History of video games/Platforms/Light Games

History edit

The Grandstand Light Games system was a projector based console released in 1988.[1] It is one of the few consoles that elected to go with a projector based design, alongside its contemporary the Proscreen, and the much later 2020 console the BL6.

Technology edit

The Grandstand Light Games uses a projector to display graphics.[1] The projector shines through a LCD in the cartridge, which produces the graphics in lieu of slides.[2][3][4]

The top of the console includes a cartridge slot.[5]

Games edit

There are at least nine cartridges for the Light Games console.[6]

External Resources edit

References edit

  1. "Grandstand Light Games". Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. See photo of console and cartridge.
  3. Barsanti, Sam; Hughes, William (22 March 2021). "The rise and fall of the Game Boy's weirdest rivals" (in en-us). The A.V. Club. https://www.avclub.com/the-game-com-cometh-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-game-boy-1846501180/slides/3. 
  4. "Playtime Light Games". www.handheldmuseum.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. "Grandstand Light Games". Retrieved 20 December 2020.