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Manufacturer | VTech |
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Type | Home video game console/Home computer |
Generation | Second generation |
Release date | 1982 | (Hong Kong)
Discontinued | Early 1986 |
CPU | Rockwell 6502 @ 2 MHz |
Memory | 1 Kb RAM, 16 Kb VRAM |
Storage | Cassette tapes |
Removable storage | ROM cartridges |
Graphics | Texas Instruments TMS 9918/9929 |
Sound | TI SN76489 |
Controller input | Joystick/membrane keypad controllers |
Successor | VTech 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]