Alien Raiders [Game 2-1] (Microvision)

Yes! I don't even knew this console there, something from 1981 and still working, very nice.

@EpicDragon:

It's a really neat device. It was the first game console designed by Jay Smith of Vectrex fame, and it inspired Nintendo's Game and Watch series and all the LCD games since. There are only 12 games for it (well, 14 including homebrew) and I've been working through one a week or so on AtariAge.

The main input for many Microvision games is a really great paddle spinner, which makes it hard to emulate. It has a number of really good games and nothing completely awful.

Judging by YouTube videos, nobody knows how to play this. I am working on getting a video capture setup going and hope to post a video of how to do it right.

@jgkspsx: Great man, thanks for your time to explain me this with such passion! Hope you can make this video work so we can see it in action!

@EpicDragon:

It's a really neat device. It was the first game console designed by Jay Smith of Vectrex fame, and it inspired Nintendo's Game and Watch series and all the LCD games since. There are only 12 games for it (well, 14 including homebrew) and I've been working through one a week or so on AtariAge.

The main input for many Microvision games is a really great paddle spinner, which makes it hard to emulate. It has a number of really good games and nothing completely awful.

Judging by YouTube videos, nobody knows how to play this. I am working on getting a video capture setup going and hope to post a video of how to do it right.

Ugh, I think I need to navigate off the page after posting a comment or it reloads the page and posts again when I open the site back up on my phone...

I think this is also the first handheld system with exchangeable cartridges!

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