Bandai RX-78
The Bandai RX-78 is a Japanese 8-bit microcomputer manufactured by Bandai. It first appeared in 1983, and employed a SHARP LH0080A (Z80A clone) CPU. It ran at a clock speed of 4.1 MHz, and shipped with 30 KB of RAM.[1] Its 27-color display had a maximum resolution of 192×184 pixels. Its name comes from the RX-78-2 Gundam.
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| Manufacturer | Bandai |
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| Type | Home computer |
| Release date | July 1983 |
| Media | Cartridges, Compact Cassette |
| Operating system | BS-BASIC |
| CPU | SHARP LH0080A (Z80A) @ 4.1 MHz |
| Graphics | 192 × 184, 27 colors |
| Sound | 3× voices (4 octaves) with 1 noise generator |
| Connectivity | 2× Joystick, 1× RF, 1× RCA, 2× ROM cartridge |
| Predecessor | Bandai Arcadia |
| Successor | Playdia |
Games
The Bandai RX-78 was primarily a gaming machine, with two joysticks included. Software was released on ROM cartridges ("Sen'you Soft Cartridge") and compact cassettes ("Sen'you Tape Cassette").
20 games for the Bandai RX-78 were released, along with a smaller number of non-gaming titles.
- Cannon Ball (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Card World (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Challenge Golf (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Champion Racer (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Donjara (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
- Excite Baseball (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Excite Tennis (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Hamburger Shop (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Hitsuji Yaai (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Luna Two no Tatakai (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Perfect Mah-jongg (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- The Pro-Wrestling (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Rengo Kantai (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Sekigahara (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Space Capsule (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
- Space Enemy (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Super Motocross (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Tatakae! Ultraman (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Yellow Cab (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
- Zerosen (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
Educational (Education Series)
- ABC Tangou Game (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Graphic Sugaku (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
- Keisan Enshuu Drill (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
- Sansu Tsuma Zuki
Applications (Culture Series)
- 3-Dimension Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Animation Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- BS BASIC Ver.1.0 (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Creative Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Healthy Life Plan (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
- Kanji Word Processor
- Music Master (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
- Z80 Assembler
References
- "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
External links
- Old Computers Museum
- 1000BiT (in English and Italian)
- K's Dee Computer Museum (in Japanese)
- Game Nostalgia RX-78 Software (in Japanese)
- Muuseo (in Japanese)
- Akiba PC Hotline (in Japanese)
- Famikom no Neta!! (in Japanese)
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