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The Tennis Controller.

History

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Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan where SSD Company Limited was based.

Development

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The system was developed by the Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan based SSD Company Limited, which was formed in 1995.[1][2] The company included engineers who worked on the Nintendo Entertainment System.[3]

Launch

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The XaviXPORT was released in the United States of America on August 2004 at a cost of $79.99, with games costing $49.99.[4]

The system would face significant competition from Wii Sports in 2007.[5]

The Domyos Interactive System was launched in European markets in December of 2007 for 49 euros.[6][7]

Legacy

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Between November 15th, 2016 and May 15th, 2017 the Xavix website went offline.[8][9]

Technology

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Compute

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Early game cartridges used a XaviX Multiprocessor, which contains modified 8-bit MOS 6502 CPU clocked at 21 megahertz, 1 kilobyte of RAM, a picture processor, sound processor, and system management features.[10][11]

Some later cartridges used a Super XaviX, which contains a 16 bit WDC 65816 CPU clocked at 43 megahertz.[10][11]

A 32 bit RISC CPU cartridge had also been developed.[10][11]

Hardware

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Cartridge ROM sizes range from one to eight megabytes.[10]

Game library

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Power Boxing installed in an XaviXport, showing the ability for cartridges to have integrated sensors.
  • Baseball
  • BassFISHING
  • Boxing
  • PowerBoxing
  • Eyehand
  • Golf
  • J-Mat
  • Lifestyle Manager
  • Music & Circuit
  • Tennis
  • Domyos Step Concept
  • Domyos Fitness Dance
  • Domyos Fitness Dance
  • Domyos Fitness Exercises
  • Domyos Fitness Play
  • Domyos Fitness Training
  • Domyos SoftFitness
  • Domyos Fit'Race
  • Hot Plus
  • PowerKIDS
  • PowerKIDS Jr.
  • XaviXmobile Brain Club
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Console

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    The rear of the console features RCA jacks for AV output.
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    The rear of the console also has the power jack and an alternate AV output which uses a single port.
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    The European Domyos Interactive System

Technology

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    The XaviXPORT Power Supply.
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    XaviXPORT Internals
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    XaviXPORT Motherboard
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    A motherboard located on a XaviXPORT game cartridge.

External Resources

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Wikipedia has related information at XaviX

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: XaviX

References

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Parts of this page are based on materials from:
 Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia.
  1. ↑ "SSD COMPANY LIMITED Brings XaviX Interactive Technology Platform to the U.S." www.businesswire.com. 12 October 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ssd Company Limited, 400, Yamadera-machi,". www.kompass.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "New Audio Visual Interactive Platform Launches at CES; Baseball Great Steve Garvey Debuts New XaviX Technology". www.businesswire.com. 8 January 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Home Page". Video Game Console Library. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "2007 Taipei IT Month: Gaming industry battle from high-definition AV market to recreation and sports". https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/2007_Taipei_IT_Month:_Gaming_industry_battle_from_high-definition_AV_market_to_recreation_and_sports. 
  6. ↑ "Décathlon lance le Step Concept, une sorte de "Wii Sports" à bas prix". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Domyos Interactive System by Decathlon – The Video Game Kraken". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Xavixstore.com". web.archive.org. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Home - XaviXStore.com". web.archive.org. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  10. ↑ a b c d "mamedev/mame". GitHub. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  11. ↑ a b c "XaviXPORT by SSD COMPANY LIMITED – The Video Game Kraken". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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