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Miami, Florida in 1979, the city where Ultravision was based.

History

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Ultravision, Inc. of Miami, Florida began advertising the system with a teaser in an issue of Electronic Gaming in November 1983.[1]

The system was formally announced at CES 1983 as the Ultravision Video Arcade System (VAS) was a hybrid video game console with a color television built in and home computer functionality slated for a summer 1983 release.[2] The price of the system was to be $999.[3]

Financial issues caused the system to be shuttered shortly afterwards in summer of 1983.[3]

Technology

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A major design goal of the system was to make personal computing more approachable, rather then simply being a single purpose game console.[2]

The VAS was to ship with 64 kilobytes of RAM,[3] which could be doubled to 128 kilobytes with an expansion.[2] Add ons were planned to allow for compatibility with existing Atari 2600 and Colecovision games.[4]

The built in 10" color television supported 84 channels.[2]

Games

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A picture promoting 12 games for the system was released.[3]

External Resources

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Wikipedia has related information at Ultravision Video Arcade System

References

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  1. ↑ "Ultravision: The Ultimate in Vaporware!". Gaming After 40. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Ultravision Video Arcade System Atari Gaming Headquarters". Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Ultravision". Video Game Console Library. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "CANCELLED Game Consoles! - LOST History Of The ULTRAVISION VIDEO ARCADE SYSTEM - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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