Bandai RX-78
The Bandai RX-78 is a Japanese 8-bit microcomputer manufactured by Bandai. It first appeared in 1983, and employed a SHARP LH0080A (Z80A clone) CPU. It ran at a clock speed of 4.1 MHz, and shipped with 30 KB of RAM. Its 27-color display had a maximum resolution of 192×184 pixels. Its name comes from the RX-78-2 Gundam.
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| Manufacturer | Bandai |
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| Type | Home computer |
| Release date | July 1983 |
| Media | ROM cartridge |
| Operating system | BS-BASIC |
| CPU | SHARP LH0080A (Z80A) @ 4.1 MHz |
| Graphics | 192 × 184, 27 colors |
| Sound | 3× voices (4 octaves) with 1 noise generator |
| Connectivity | 2× Joystick, 1× RF, 1× RCA, 2× ROM cartridge |
| Predecessor | Bandai Arcadia |
| Successor | Playdia |
Games
The Bandai RX-78 was primarily a gaming machine, with two joysticks included. Software was released on rom cartridge.
19 games for the Bandai RX-78 were released, along with a smaller number of non-gaming titles.
- Excite Baseball
- Challenge Golf
- Excite Tennis
- Champion Racer
- Super Mototcross
- The Wrestling
- Perfect Mahjong
- World Card
- Hamburger Shop
- Gundam - Luna Tsu no Tatakai
- Tatakae! Ultraman
- Zero Fighter
- Space Enemy
- Rengo Kantai
- Sekigahara
- Space Capsule
- Cannonball
- Hitsuji Ya-i
- Yellow Cab
Educational
- ABC Tango Games
- Sansu Tsuma Zuki
- Keisan Enshu Drill
- Graphic Sugaku
Tools
- BS BASIC
- Kanji Word Processor
- Z80 Assembler
- Music Master
- Animation Graphics
- Creative Graphics
- 3D Graphics
- Healthy Life
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External links
- Old Computers Museum
- K's Dee Computer Museum (in Japanese)
- Game Nostalgia RX-78 Software (in Japanese)
- 1000BiT (in English and Italian)
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