Which was a computer that also played video games, APF Imagination Machine or Grundy NewBrain?
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APF Imagination Machine The APF Imagination Machine is a combination home video game console and computer system released by APF Electronics Inc. in late 1979. It was composed of two separate components, the APF-M1000 game system, and an add on docking bay with full sized typewriter keyboard and tape drive. The APF-M1000 was built specifically to compete with the Atari 2600. The Imagination Machine has the distinction of being one of, if not the first, affordable home PCs to connect to the television, and is still one of the most expandable consoles ever marketed. The full APF Imagination Machine, including the APF-M1000 console and the IM-1 computer component originally sold for around $700.
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Grundy NewBrain The Grundy NewBrain was a microcomputer sold in the early 1980s by Grundy Business Systems Ltd of Teddington and Cambridge, England.
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Zip Zap Zip Zap is an arcade-style computer game developed by Ian Weatherburn for Imagine Software and released for the ZX Spectrum in 1983.
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Machines (video game) Machines (also known as Machines: Wired for War) is a 3D real-time strategy game released for Microsoft Windows. Published by Acclaim and developed by Charybdis, Machines was one of the first 3D games of this genre. It also allowed players to directly control units with both a first and third-person view.
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New Generation Software New Generation Software was a firm best known for the computer games with innovative graphics it produced for the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers. It was conceived in the spring of 1982 shortly after the lead developer, Malcolm Evans created "3D Monster Maze" (initially released by J. K. Greye Software, and later republished by "New Generation Software")—one of the first 3D games for a home computer.
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Mindspan Mindspan is a collection of science fiction stories by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Baen Books in 1986. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines "Fantasy and Science Fiction", "Venture", "Startling Stories", "Galaxy Science Fiction", "Analog Science Fiction and Fact" and "Worlds of Tomorrow".
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Barbarian (1987 video game) Barbarian is a 1987 computer platform game by Psygnosis. It was first developed for the Atari ST, and was ported to the Amiga, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. The Amiga port was released in 1987; the others were released in 1988. Like most early Psygnosis titles, the cover artwork (part of "Red Dragon" figure/landscape) was by the popular fantasy artist, Roger Dean.
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The Return of Heracles The Return of Heracles is an adventure game for the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 and Apple II computers, originally written by Stuart Smith and published by Quality Software in 1983. Built on an engine that was a precursor to "Adventure Construction Set", "The Return of Heracles" is set in the age of Greek myth and allows the player to assume the role of one or more heroes and attempt various quests.
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Gyroscope (video game) Gyroscope is an action video game published by Melbourne House in 1985 for a number of home computers. It is based on the Atari arcade game "Marble Madness". In fact, Melbourne House would go on to publish the official Atari ports of "Marble Madness" ("DeLuxe Edition") for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC but these were entirely new versions, unconnected to "Gyroscope" (being coded by John F. Cain rather than the Catalyst Coders).
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Bally Astrocade The Astrocade is a second generation home video game console and simple computer system designed by a team at Midway, at that time the videogame division of Bally. It was marketed only for a limited time before Bally decided to exit the market. The rights were later picked up by a third-party company, who re-released it and sold it until around 1984. The Astrocade is particularly notable for its very powerful graphics capabilities for the time of release, and for the difficulty in accessing those capabilities.
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Pinball Dreams Pinball Dreams is a pinball simulation video game developed by Digital Illusions CE (DICE) and originally released for the Amiga in 1992. It spawned several sequels, including "Pinball Fantasies", "Pinball Illusions" and "Slam Tilt".
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Future Knight Future Knight is a video game released by Gremlin Graphics in 1986 for several home computer systems.
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Mr. Machine Mr. Machine is a once-popular children's mechanical toy originally manufactured by the Ideal Toy Company in 1960. Mr. Machine was designed by Marvin Glass - the toy designer - known for many popular 1960s & 1970s toys. The story goes that Marvin Glass was working so hard at the time, his wife said he was like a machine. Soon after her comment, he invented Mr. Machine. Mr. Machine was a robot-like mechanical man wearing a top hat. The body had a giant windup key at the back. When the toy was wound up it would "walk", swinging its arms and repeatedly ringing a bell mounted on its front; and after every few steps emit a mechanical "Ah!", as if it were speaking. The toy stood about 18 inches tall (roughly 46 cm).
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The Incredible Machine (video game) The Incredible Machine is video game released in 1993, and the first release in "The Incredible Machine" video game series.
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System 15000 System 15000 is a 1984 video game by A.V.S. It was originally conceived, designed, and programmed by Lee Kristofferson (born John Wagstaff) in assembly language for the Commodore 64. Versions were later ported to the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro, both written in BASIC. This was the first game to simulate computer hacking.
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Baby Pac-Man Baby Pac-Man is a hybrid arcade/pinball game released by Bally Midway on October 11, 1982. The cabinet consists of a 13-inch video screen seated above an elevated horizontal pinball game, and the combination fits into roughly the same size space as an upright arcade machine.
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Advanced Xoru Advanced Xoru is an interactive fiction role-playing video game made by Brian Sanders in 1989. It is similar to "Beyond Zork", and was released as shareware. The personal version can be experienced via the EM-DOSBOX in-browser emulator.
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Imagination Games Imagination Games is a multi-platform game company that creates, produces and distributes interactive entertainment.
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Amiga 1000 The Commodore Amiga 1000, also known as the A1000 and originally simply as the Amiga, is the first personal computer released by Commodore International in the Amiga line. It combines the 16/32-bit Motorola 68000 CPU which was powerful by 1985 standards with one of the most advanced graphics and sound systems in its class, and runs a preemptive multitasking operating system that fits into 256 KB of read-only memory and shipped with 256 KB of RAM. The primary memory can be expanded internally with a manufacturer supplied 256 KB module for a total of 512 KB of RAM. Using the external slot the primary memory can be expanded up to 8.5 MB.
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Monster Munch (video game) Monster Munch is a clone of "Pac-Man" for the Commodore 64 programmed by Mark Trotter. It was published by Atlantis Software in 1983.
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Avalon (video game) Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie is a computer game released for the (48k) ZX Spectrum by Hewson Consultants in 1984.
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Umtech Umtech Incorporated., also known as the VideoBrain Computer Company, was an early entrant in the personal computer market that developed, manufactured, and marketed the first computer, VideoBrain, sold in department stores. Although VideoBrain generated major excitement and strong orders when it was introduced at the January 1978 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), consumers did not adopt it as readily as hoped. The company halted manufacturing in the spring of 1979 and was folded into the structure of its largest financial backer, the Cha Group.