The
Microvision was a
hand-held console released by
Milton Bradley in
1979. The Microvision was designed by
Jay Smith[?] who later went on the design the famous
Vectrex. Microvision's combination of a cartridge-based system and portability would surely be a success. In the first year, $8 million was grossed making
Smith Engineering[?] a million dollar industry. But very few cartridges, a small screen, and no backing-up by a conventional console lead to its demise in
1981.
Specs:
- Resolution: 16 x 16 LCD
- CPU: TI TMS1100 (on cartridge)
- Bits: 4
- Speed: 100 kHz
- RAM: 32 nibbles
- ROM: 2K
- Video Display Processor: Custom (made by Hughes)
- Sound: ?
- Cartridge ROM: 2K masked