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A PoGa game console.
A PoGa game console.

History

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Minchinbury, New South Wales, the suburb of Sydney, Australia where 4D Systems is based.[1]

PoGa was a "Portable Game Development Console Kit"[2] The PoGa was made by 4D Systems to be an educational game console for use in developer education.[3]

Legacy

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By July 9th, 2010 the PoGa domain name was parked.[4]

Technology

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GOLDELOX-PoGa

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Unusually for an minor handheld of this era, the PoGa used a single chip, known as the custom "GOLDELOX-PoGa" graphics processor.[2][3] This unusual choice made sense, as 4D systems also manufactures display controllers and graphics processors.[5] The overall performance of the chip was rated at 12 Million Instructions per Second (Mips).[3] The system included 510 bytes of RAM for 255 words.[3] The system included 11 Kilobytes of program memory.[3]

The system was capable of basic 3D graphics.[6]

Audio

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Single channel audio with RTTTL support was included.[3][2]

Power

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The PoGa is powered by three AAA batteries, which were not shipped with the system.[2] The expansion port included power functions.[2]

Expansion

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MicroSD card expansion was supported.[3]

The PoGa could be expanded with a prototype PCB.[3]

Games

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  • PoGa Invaders - Space Invaders clone. Official example game[7]
  • PoGa Tetris - Tetris clone. Official example game.[8]
  • PoGa Lander - Lunar Lander style game. Official example game.[9]
  • PoGa Infuriator - Arkanoid clone. Official example game.[10]
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  • PoGa with ruler for scale.
    PoGa with ruler for scale.
  • Side view with ruler for scale.
    Side view with ruler for scale.
  • Component parts of the PoGa.
    Component parts of the PoGa.

References

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  1. ↑ "4D Systems, Contact". web.archive.org. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ↑ a b c d e "PoGa - Portable Game Development Console Kit - LCD-10343 - SparkFun Electronics". www.sparkfun.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h "PoGa - Kit - PoGa - Portable Game Development Console". web.archive.org. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Parked Domain". web.archive.org. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "About Us". 4dsystems.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "PoGa Panorama + 3D". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "PoGa Invaders". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "PoGa Tetris". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "PoGa Lander". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "PoGa Infuriator" (in en). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kNpROpava4. 
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