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6/20/2025, 9:25:04 AM
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I'd say the 2001 sits between an odyssey 2 and Intellivision for game complexity and graphics. Its arcade ports are generally very playable, its own "original" efforts not so much. They run the gamut of being bad to mediocre 2600/contemporary computer tier game to just having the weirdest control schemes to go along with weird design choices. Auto race and Soccer (non 3D) for example.
For emulation you use (win)Arcadia. It also has an android version. It is a multi-system emulator for Signetics machine, so it includes the 1292s, some arcade machines and computers. IIRC it should even come with most games in an archive file though that might be a seperate download on the same website.
It's one of those gen 2 systems that has a more interesting history than it does games. Apart from being sued for its games being too obvious clones, the system is iirc just a licensed Philips design they proposed to sell Signetics chips (like the weaker 1292 family). It also uses APF MP1000 molds which I guess they acquired when buying a factory. One developer mentioned how after making his first game ever, they immediately flew in some Hongky Kongs for tutelage under him. The lawsuits led to delays, missing an important sales period leading up to the American videogame crash. It's misery fuel in console form.
I'd say the 2001 sits between an odyssey 2 and Intellivision for game complexity and graphics. Its arcade ports are generally very playable, its own "original" efforts not so much. They run the gamut of being bad to mediocre 2600/contemporary computer tier game to just having the weirdest control schemes to go along with weird design choices. Auto race and Soccer (non 3D) for example.
For emulation you use (win)Arcadia. It also has an android version. It is a multi-system emulator for Signetics machine, so it includes the 1292s, some arcade machines and computers. IIRC it should even come with most games in an archive file though that might be a seperate download on the same website.
It's one of those gen 2 systems that has a more interesting history than it does games. Apart from being sued for its games being too obvious clones, the system is iirc just a licensed Philips design they proposed to sell Signetics chips (like the weaker 1292 family). It also uses APF MP1000 molds which I guess they acquired when buying a factory. One developer mentioned how after making his first game ever, they immediately flew in some Hongky Kongs for tutelage under him. The lawsuits led to delays, missing an important sales period leading up to the American videogame crash. It's misery fuel in console form.
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