History of video games/Platforms/Light Games
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A Playtime Light Games console.
History
[edit | edit source]The Grandstand Light Games system was a projector based console released in 1988.[1] It is one of the few consoles that elected to go with a projector based design, alongside its contemporary the Proscreen, and the much later 2020 console the BL6.
Technology
[edit | edit source]The Grandstand Light Games uses a projector to display graphics.[1] The projector shines through a LCD in the cartridge, which produces the graphics in lieu of slides.[2][3][4]
The top of the console includes a cartridge slot.[5]
Games
[edit | edit source]There are at least nine cartridges for the Light Games console.[6]
External Resources
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- Handheld Museum - Playtime Light Games page.
- Game Medium - Light Games page.
- Video Game Console Library - Gallery of Educational Systems including Light Games.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ a b "Gallery of Educational Systems". Video Game Console Library. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Grandstand Light Games". Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ See photo of console and cartridge.
- ↑ Barsanti, Sam; Hughes, William (22 March 2021). "The rise and fall of the Game Boy's weirdest rivals" (in en-us). The A.V. Club. https://www.avclub.com/the-game-com-cometh-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-game-boy-1846501180/slides/3.
- ↑ "Playtime Light Games". www.handheldmuseum.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Grandstand Light Games". Retrieved 20 December 2020.