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    The View-Master Interactive Vision with Controller

History

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Development

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Though not used by this console, the Interactive Vision was made by the View-Master Ideal Group, the result of mergers including the companies that made the original View Master shown here.

The View-Master Ideal Group was the result of serval mergers of the View-Master company.[1]

Launch

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The View-Master Interactive Vision was released in 1988 by the View-Master Ideal Group at a cost of $130.[2][3][4]

Legacy

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The View-Master Ideal Group was acquired in 1989.[1]

Technology

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The View-Master Interactive Vision makes use of standard VHS Tapes.

The system was primarily used to generate graphic overlays on VHS tapes, creating interactive experiences where players could determine the outcome of scenes.[2][5] The VHS tapes used by the system contains the software to run the system.[6]

Compute

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The View-Master uses a TMS9128NL chip for video.[7]

Notable games

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All the games for the View-Master Interactive Vision are either based on Sesame Street, The Muppets, or Disney.

  • Muppet Madness
  • Muppet Studios Presents: Your the Director
  • Sesame Street: Let’s Learn to Play Together
  • Sesame Street: Let’s Play School
  • Sesame Street: Magic on Sesame Street
  • Sesame Street: Oscar’s Letter Party
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Console

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    View-Master Interactive Vision console from the front left.
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    View-Master Interactive Vision console from the front right.
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    View-Master Interactive Vision console from the back left.
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    View-Master Interactive Vision console from the back right.
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    View-Master Interactive Vision console from the back, showing console IO.

Controller

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    View-Master Interactive Vision controller laid flat.
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    View-Master Interactive Vision controller from the left.
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    View-Master Interactive Vision controller from the right.

Internals

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    The circuit board of the Interactive Vision fits the irregular shape of the console.
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    This side of the circuit board houses components
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    A large RF Shield is kept around the circuitry.

References

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Wikipedia has related information at View-Master Interactive Vision

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: View-Master Interactive Vision

Parts of this page are based on materials from:
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  1. ↑ a b "60 Years of View-Master History from Sawyers to Mattel". www.viewmaster.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ↑ a b "[View-Master Interactive Vision] Muppet Madness". 1 January 1988. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "What is the View-Master Interactive Vision? YoExpert Q&A". classic-video-games.yoexpert.com. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Personal Computing. Personal Computing Magazine. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Only In The 80's Would They Put Video Games On A VHS Tape" (in en-us). Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/only-in-the-80s-would-they-put-video-games-on-a-vhs-tap-5786220. Retrieved 26 October 2020. 
  6. ↑ Paul, Franzen (1 October 2008). "Dear Readers: View-Master Interactive Vision". GameCola. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "The motherboard of a View-Master Interactive Vision, a sorta gaming, edutainment console from 1988. This is the flat view, and is shown with the RF shielding removed. The following is some chip data and information copied from the board:". 14 June 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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