Bandai RX-78
Products The Bandai RX-78 is a Japanese 8-bit microcomputer manufactured by Bandai. Its name comes from the RX-78-2 Gundam. It was released in July 1983, the RX-78 had a release cost of 59,800 yen, and was sold with a dozen of games and software, including a BASIC interpreter cartridge featuring a cassette tape interface.
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Bandai RX-78
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Overview
Overview
The Bandai RX-78 was primarily a gaming machine, with two joysticks included. Software was available on cartridges or cassettes.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Bandai RX-78 • Manufacturer — Bandai • Type — Home computer • Release Date — 1983 07 • Price — ¥59,800 (Japan) • Cpu — SHARP LH0080A (Z80A) • Media — Cartridges, Compact Cassette • Graphics — 192 × 184, 27 colors • Connectivity — 2× Joystick, 1× RF, 1× RCA, 2× ROM cartridge • Os — BS-BASIC • Predecessor — Bandai Arcadia • Successor — Playdia • Memory — 30KB RAM; 8KB ROM • Cpu Speed — 4.1 MHz • Power — 10W • Generation — Third
Specifications
Specifications
The Bandai RX-78 employed a SHARP LH0080A (Zilog Z80A clone) CPU, running a clock speed of 4.1 MHz. It shipped with 30 KB of RAM and 8KB of ROM. It had two joystick ports in a proprietary format using 8-pin DIN connectors. The computer can generate 27 colors, created from 3 levels of intensity of each RGB channel, arranged into VRAM video planes, with a maximum resolution of 192 × 184 pixels, and is capable of displaying 30 × 23 text characters using a 6 × 8 pixel font. Sound was generated by the Texas Instruments SN76489 chip, providing 3 voices in four octaves and noise generator.
Software
Software
Software was released on ROM cartridges (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) and compact cassettes (Sen'you Tape Cassette).
Games
Games
About 20 games for the Bandai RX-78 were released: • Cannon Ball (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Card World (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Challenge Golf (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Champion Racer (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Combined Fleet/ Rengo Kantai (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Donjara (Sen'you Tape Cassette) • Excite Baseball (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Excite Tennis (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Fight! Ultraman/ Tatakae! Ultraman (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Hamburger Shop (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Mobile Suit Gundam: Luna Two no Tatakai (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Perfect Mah-jongg (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • The Pro-Wrestling (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Sekigahara (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Sheep/ Hitsuji Yaai (Sen'you Tape Cassette) • Space Capsule (Sen'you Tape Cassette) • Space Enemy (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Super Motocross (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Yellow Cab (Sen'you Tape Cassette) • Zero Fighter/ Zerosen (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
Educational (Education Series)
Educational (Education Series)
A smaller number of non-gaming titles were released: • ABC Tangou Game (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Graphic Sugaku (Sen'you Tape Cassette) • Keisan Enshuu Drill (Sen'you Tape Cassette) • Sansu Tsuma Zuki
Applications (Culture Series)
Applications (Culture Series)
A smaller number of non-gaming titles were released: • 3-Dimension Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Animation Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • BS BASIC Ver.1.0 (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Creative Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Healthy Life Plan (Sen'you Tape Cassette) • Kanji Word Processor • Music Master (Sen'you Soft Cartridge) • Z80 Assembler
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