Computer / Game Console History


Milton-Bradley Microvision

See below for specifications and information on this system.

Specifications and information

Introduced: 1979
CPU: Texas Instruments TMS1100
Resolution: 16x16 monochrome LCD
Controls: Contact Pad on cartridge; rotary knob
Games: Computer / Game Console History collection includes Blockbuster and Star Trek cartridges.

The Milton-Bradley Microvision was the first hand-held cartridge-based system, presaging such units as the Nintendo Game Boy, Atari Lynx and Sega Game Gear. The Microvision designer was Jay Smith, who went on to design the GCE/Milton-Bradley Vectrex.


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