VTech CreatiVision

VTech CreatiVision
VTech CreatiVision
ManufacturerVTech
TypeHome video game console/Home computer
GenerationSecond generation
Release date1982; 42 years ago (1982) (Hong Kong)
DiscontinuedEarly 1986
CPURockwell 6502 @ 2 MHz
Memory1 Kb RAM, 16 Kb VRAM
StorageCassette tapes
Removable storageROM cartridges
GraphicsTexas Instruments TMS 9918/9929
SoundTI SN76489
Controller inputJoystick/membrane keypad controllers
SuccessorVTech Socrates

The VTech CreatiVision is a hybrid computer and home video game console introduced by VTech in 1981 and released in 1982 during the second generation of video game consoles. It cost $295 Australian Dollars in Australia.[1] The hybrid unit was similar in concept to computers such as the APF Imagination Machine,[2] the older VideoBrain Family Computer, and to a lesser extent the Intellivision game console and Coleco Adam computer, all of which anticipated the trend of video game consoles becoming more like low-end computers. It was discontinued in 1986.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b "CreatiVision by VTech – The Video Game Kraken". Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  2. ^ "VTech CreatiVision - Player's Choice Video Games". www.playerschoicevideogames.com. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  3. ^ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". 2010-11-21. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2022-12-13.