The Emerson Arcadia 2001 F.A.Q.
Version A.01 - 08/Nov/1997
Creator & Maintainer: Sly D.C.
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Please mail additional information,
opinions, and comments to : mailto -- slydc@hotmail.com
or -- slydc@videotron.ca
Where to get this F.A.Q.:
Try GameFaqs.Com at "http://www.gamefaqs.com/"
or my Home Page at "http://www.chez.com/slydc/"
or sometimes on the newsgroup "rec.games.video.classic"
I hope there will be more sites!!
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Welcome to the Arcadia 2001 F.A.Q.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0) The Emerson Arcadia 2001
2.0) Arcadia 2001 specs(not complete!)
3.0) The Arcadia in other Countrys
4.0) CARTRIDGE LIST (not complete!)
5.0) Credits
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1.0) The Emerson Arcadia 2001:
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The Emerson Arcadia 2001 was released in 1982 by Emerson Radio Corp.
This game system only lived for 2 years as it went down with the Crash.
It's cartridge library never expanded over 35 carts or so. The graphics
look like it's been cross-over with the Odyssey 2 and the Intellivision,
even it's controllers looks like the Intellivison with the exception of
a joystick that you can screw-it in or out in the middle of the disc.
Carts came out in two sizes, short ones like the Atari 2600 and long
ones like as long as a Xonox cart(and not double-sided). Many people
wonders why two sizes ? Anybody knows ???
It also has two outputs(or inputs) earphones jacks types on the back
of the unit, on the far left and far right sides. What the HECK or HELL
are these for? For now, Nobody haven't figured it out. Can you ???
Emerson threatened to sue Aracadia (makers of the 2600 Supercharger)
over the use of the name, so they made change to avoid potential legal
troubles by changing their name to Starpath.
2.0) Arcadia 2001 specs:
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This is NOT complete...i need help on this!
I hope this will help some people out there because i scraped my Leisure
-Vision in the name of INFORMATION. When i was trying to open the system,
all the FRAGGIN screws are so cheaply made that they all broke in their
slots, so by trying to cut around carefully the screws, one of them had
a bungle of wires just beside of it and since i didn't know, the bungle
untangle with the cutter and pull apart 5 wires. Eventually since it's
the only one system i have, i don't know where the hell their connected.
But maybe not all will be lost because one of my friends may have find
another for me, i hope so ! (let there be a god!)
The Arcadia is an 8-bit system. The main processor in not truly identi-
fied, it only has the number "8210//2650A N" and another "8218//2637N".
Both are 40-pins.
You also have:
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1 "74ls04" (hex converter),
1 "74ls86" (quad exclusive or gate),
The slot is identical to the one used with the APF MP1000/Imagination
Machine, although they are not compatible. Or the same numbers of pins
as a Colecovision (30 pins slot). As for the power supply, it's a 12V.
DC with 0.5 Amps min.
3.0) The Arcadia in other Countrys:
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The Arcadia 2001 was released in many other countrys and i don't know
why the reason of a different name in each countrys. But at least all
the cartridges for each system are compatible with each others!
The name of the Arcadia 2001 here in Canada is called the "Leisure-
Vision" distributed by Leisure-Dynamics. In Germany, it is called the
"Haminex HMG2650", in France: "Advision Home Arcade", in Italy: the
"Leonardo" and in ??(somewhere in Europe), it is called the "Schimd
TVG2000".
And for a matter of fact, the Arcadia 2001, the Leisure-Vision and
the Haminex HMG2650 looks alike ! But the only difference of each
game system is only the name, that's all !
4.0) CARTRIDGE LIST: (ovl = Overlays)
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Name: |Emerson|Schmid|Haminex|Leis-V|Advisn|Leonrd|OVL|
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3-D Bowling | ?? | C011 | | | | | |
3-D Raceway | -NR- | -NR- | | ?? | | | |
Alien Invaders | 1003 | C008 | | | | | |
American Football| ?? | -NR- | | | | | |
Astro Invaders | -NR- | -NR- | | ?? | | | |
Baseball | ?? | -NR- | | 1001 | | | |
Brain Quiz | ?? | C001 | | | | | |
Breakaway | ?? | C007 | | | | | |
Capture | 1002 | C012 | | | | | |
Cat Trax | 1001 | C017 | | | | | |
Crazy Gobbler | -NR?- | C002 | | | | | |
Escape | 1015 | C015 | | | | | Y |
Funky Fish | ?? | C023 | | | | | |
Galaxian | -NR?- | -NR- | -NR- | -NR- | -NR- | -NR- |---|
Grand Slam Tennis| ?? | C022 | | | | | |
Hobo | -NR?- | -NR- | | | | | |
Home Squadron | -NR?- | -NR- | | | | | |
Jump Bug | -NR- | -NR- | | ?? | | | |
Jungler | 1023 | C019 | | | | | |
Missile War | ?? | C016 | | | | | Y |
Ocean Battle | ?? | C010 | | | | | |
Pleiades | ?? | C024 | | | | | |
RD2 Tank | -NR- | -NR- | | ?? | | | |
Red Clash | ?? | -NR- | | | | | |
Robot Killer | -NR?- | C004 | | | | | |
Route 16 | -NR- | -NR- | | ?? | | | |
Soccer | 1009 | C013 | | | | | |
Space Attack | ?? | C003 | | | | | |
Space Chess | ?? | -NR- | | | | | |
Space Mission | 1019 | C009 | | | | | |
Space Raiders | ?? | C018 | | | | | Y |
Space Squadron | -NR?- | C020 | | | | | |
Space Vultures | ?? | C006 | | | | | |
Spiders | -NR?- | C025 | | | | | |
Star Chess | 1006 | C021 | | | | | |
Super Gobbler | -NR?- | C005 | | | | | |
Tanks A Lot | ?? | C014 | | | | | Y |
The End | -NR- | -NR- | | ?? | | | |
TurtleS Turpin | -NR- | -NR- | | ?? | | | |
5.0) Credits
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Many thanks to these guys !!! If it wasn't for them or for their info,
this FAQ wouln't exist !!
* Greg Chance (infos)
* Dean Dierschow (for the U.S. cart list)
* Daniel A. Mazurowski (many infos!!)
* Michael J. Novak Jr. (some inputs)
P.S. if at least 30 persons who sends me an e-mail saying that they
collect the Arcadia, Leisure-Vision or the others...i will make a
section dedicated for all the collectors out there !!
the end......................................for now !!
Copyright(c)1997, Sylvain De Chantal, "slydc@hotmail.com"
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