RCA Studio II
The RCA Studio II is a videogame console made by RCA that debuted in 1977 . Unlike most video game consoles, the Studio II had black and white graphics instead of color. The graphics of Studio II games were blocky and resembled those of earlier Pong consoles. The Studio II also did not have joysticks or similar game controllers but instead used two unintuitive keypads that were built into the console itself. The console was capable of making simple beep sounds with slight variations in length.
One distinct feature of the Studio II was its five built-in games. Also unique to the Studio II was its use of an automatic switchbox that relayed both the modulated RF signal of the console’s video to the television set while automatically powering the console with DC power.
The Studio II was not a successful product as it was immediately made obsolete by the superior Atari 2600 console and was soon discontinued.
System specs
- RCA 1802 microprocessor, 1.78 Mhz
- 2k (x8) ROM (includes the five built-in games); total of 16k ROM
- 512 bytes (x8) RAM; total of 4k RAM
Studio II built-in games
- Addition
- Bowling
- Doodle
- Freeway
- Patterns
Studio II cartridge game titles
- Baseball
- Biorhythm
- Blackjack
- Fun with Numbers
- Gunfighter / Moonship Battle
- Spacewar
- Speedway / Tag
- Tennis / Squash
- TV Schoolhouse I
External links
- History of Home Video Games – RCA Studio II
- RCA Studio II switchbox schematic
- RCA Studio II Technical Information
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