Leisure Vision

Leisure Vision
DeveloperLeisure Dynamics
ManufacturerLeisure Dynamics
Product familyArcadia 2001
TypeHome video game console
GenerationSecond generation
Release dateCanada: 1982
Introductory priceUS$ 45
Discontinued1984

The Leisure Vision is a second-generation home video game console released in 1982 by now defunct Leisure Dynamics only in Canada[1] for a price of US$45.[2] It was one of many legally licensed releases of the Arcadia 2001 home video game console[3][4] and was trademarked on March 29, 1982.[5] The production discontinued in 1984.[1] The console looks exactly like the 2001 except for the label on the housing and packaging of the console.[3] It was also released in a white version which is more rare.[3] The system is not to be confused with a clone of the Intellivision which was released under the name "Leisurevision".[3]

It is also a version of the Tunix, a console released in New Zealand.[6] According to Canadian video game console collector CongoBongo, the Leisure Vision should not be called a clone but a licensed version.[6]

The Leisure Vision games library is about 25% larger than the library of the Arcadia 2001.[4]

  1. ^ a b "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  2. ^ Starr, Michael (2008). VINTROPEDIA - Vintage Computer and Retro Console Price Guide 2009. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4092-1277-5.
  3. ^ a b c d Leisure Vision Ultimate Console Database
  4. ^ a b "Leisure Vision – Montreal Video Game Museum". Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  5. ^ "Arcadia 2001/Home Arcade Clones – The Video Game Kraken". videogamekraken.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  6. ^ a b http://www.digra.org/dl/db/06278.19100.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjdjZL3zpXrAhWJ2KQKHY7dDPg4KBAWMAN6BAgJEAE&usg=AOvVaw0_GIBdZKS-n3RWVikLxF0C [bare URL PDF]