Microvision
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The Microvision (aka Milton Bradley Microvision or MB Microvision) is the first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges and in that sense is reprogrammable. It was released by the Milton Bradley Company in November 1979 for a retail price of $49.99, equivalent to $221.00 in 2025.
Key facts
- CVG system.name
- Microvision
- CVG system.aka
- Milton Bradley MicrovisionMB Microvision
- CVG system.logo
- Milton Bradley Microvision Logo.png
- CVG system.image
- Milton-Bradley-Microvision-Handheld-FL.jpg
- CVG system.caption
- A Microvision with Block Buster cartridge inserted
- CVG system.manufacturer
- Milton Bradley Company
- CVG system.type
- Handheld game console
- CVG system.generation
- Second generation
- CVG system.media
- ROM cartridges
- CVG system.discontinued
- 1981
- CVG system.cpu
- Intel 8021/TI TMS1100 (on cartridge) clocked at 100 kHz
- CVG system.display
- 16 × 16 pixels resolution
- CVG system.memory
- 64 bytes RAM, 2K ROM
- CVG system.power
- 1 × 9V battery (TMS1100 processors), 2 × 9V battery (Intel 8021 processors)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- handheld game console
- Manufacturer
- Milton Bradley Company
- Image
- Milton-Bradley-Microvision-Handheld-FL.png
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- Commons category
- Microvision
- publication date
- 1979-11-00
- discontinuation date
- 1982-00-00
- clock frequency
- 100
- CPU
- Intel MCS-48
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