Monday 2 April 2018

B: Barcodes & BBC... A to Z of Game Consoles & Computers


Here is a brand new A to Z for the April Blog Challenge. Missed this for a few years, but now returning with a kind of quick reference guide to gaming systems including original consoles, handhelds and home computers. PC's, emulation boxes, minis and mobile devices don't get included, this is a list of dedicated machinery for mostly playing games and educational software. This is valid up till March 2018. If anybody notices any missing systems you feel belong in this list, feel free to contact me. 

The years stated are years of release, not when a system ended production.

Let's continue with B...


  • Bally Astrocade, 1977 by Midway/Bally Manufacturing
  • Bandai Super Vision 8000, 1979 by Bandai
  • Bridge Companion, 1985 by BBC/Heber
  • Barcode Battler, 1991 by Epoch Co Ltd
  • BBC Micro, 1981 by Acorn Computers
  • BBC Master, 1986 by Acorn Computers
  • BK-0010 (All variants), 1984 - 1993 by Electronika
  • Binatone TV Master (All variants), 1977 by Binatone
  • Black Point, 1982 by SHG
  • Bruc 100, 1987 by Frael




Pictured Systems are Barcode Battler, Bridge Companion & BK0010



1 comment:

  1. Binatone... my first ever Console or Computer I played anything on... TENNIS!!! And the firest ever Computer... the BBC in primary school.. aaah those was the days :D

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