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#207712 10-Jan-2017 15:54

At 1:03 in the below video. Had one when I was a kid and it's killing me trying to find out what it is called.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/dunedin-exhibition-brings-old-computer-games-back-life

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#1701012 10-Jan-2017 16:20

OMG yes, my uncle built one with quite a few cartridge games ... I'll have a wee think and I'll remember the name.

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#1701020 10-Jan-2017 16:31

Orbit Electronics :D

image source: https://sites.google.com/site/retrowemuseum/nz

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#1701021 10-Jan-2017 16:32

Looks like a Fountain or Grandstand too

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#1701022 10-Jan-2017 16:32

NES Classic?

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#1701024 10-Jan-2017 16:33

I used to have this one as a kid: https://sites.google.com/site/retrowemuseum/uvi-compu-game-orbit-grandstand-video-master

Same company I think.

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#1701029 10-Jan-2017 16:40

MadEngineer:

Orbit Electronics :D

You the man! I would never have guessed that. Thanks!

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#1701037 10-Jan-2017 16:52

Do remember what games were on the Gimini? I think we had a pong type game, but can't remember any others.

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#1701039 10-Jan-2017 16:54

Wish I could find information on it such as who produced it etc. Maybe it was done by someone like Tait? I remember reading the construction manual it came with when I was like 8 years old.

Pro/Am was a switch for Professional/Amateur which basically set the speed like a turbo button iirc. The large/small switch toggled the paddle size in Pong. The Yellow and Blue buttons were for shooting and the selector switch flicked through different game modes or games in the one cartridge.

Pong, Racing, a battleships/submarine game (played a bit like space invaders), breakout (like arkanoid) are all I remember

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#1701044 10-Jan-2017 16:59

I remember having a g7000 and always being annoyed that the video game box artwork was so colorful but every game was actually just squares and lines on a screen. I grow up a further 30 years and I read about the rage people had over the 'bullshots' that no mans sky produced ...then I think to myself ....'at least the game looks vaguely like that'

I think the gimini used this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AY-3-8500

also in use in this, so i would imagine the games would be similar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uXRQfEwx-g

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http://www.pong-story.com/GIMINI1978.pdf

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#1701047 10-Jan-2017 17:09

^ That'll be it :) I believe each cartridge had one of those game chips

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#1705010 18-Jan-2017 08:58

Which decade are we talking about here? I'm in my 40s and never seen / heard about this

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#1705043 18-Jan-2017 09:46

I remember them, but didnt know anyone with one. Think my earliest encounter with a game console was probably a Fountain console, closely followed by the Atari 2600.

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