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The Bandai RX-78 is a Japanese 8-bit microcomputer manufactured by Bandai .[2] [3] [4] [5] Its name comes from the RX-78-2 Gundam . It was released in July 1983,[6] [1] [7] and employed a SHARP LH0080A (Zilog Z80A clone) CPU . It ran at a clock speed of 4.1 MHz,[8] [9] and shipped with 30 KB of RAM and 8KB of ROM.[10] [9] It had two joystick ports in a proprietary format[11] using 8-pin DIN connectors .
The computer can generate 27 colors, created from 3 levels of intensity of each RGB channel, arranged into VRAM video planes,[12] with a maximum resolution of 192×184 pixels, and is capable of displaying 30 x 23 text characters using a 6x8 pixel font.[9] Sound was generated by the Texas Instruments SN76489 chip, providing 3 voices in four octaves and noise generator.[13] Software was available on cartridges[14] or cassettes.
The RX-78 had a release cost of 59,800 yen,[6] [7] and was sold with a dozen of games and software, including a BASIC interpreter cartridge featuring a cassette tape interface .[1] [9]
Software [ edit ]
The Bandai RX-78 was primarily a gaming machine, with two joysticks included. Software was released on ROM cartridges ("Sen'you Soft Cartridge")[15] and compact cassettes ("Sen'you Tape Cassette").
About 20 games for the Bandai RX-78 were released:[16]
Cannon Ball (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Card World (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Challenge Golf (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Champion Racer (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[17] [16]
Combined Fleet[16] [5]
Donjara (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
Excite Baseball (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[18] [16]
Excite Tennis (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Hamburger Shop (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[19] [16]
Fight! Ultraman[16]
Hitsuji Yaai (Sen'you Tape Cassette)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Luna Two no Tatakai (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[20]
Perfect Mah-jongg (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[21] [16]
The Pro-Wrestling (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[22] [16]
Rengo Kantai (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
Sekigahara (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[23] [16]
Sheep[16]
Space Capsule (Sen'you Tape Cassette)[16]
Space Enemy (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[24] [16]
Super Motocross (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[25] [16]
Tatakae! Ultraman (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[26]
Yellow Cab (Sen'you Tape Cassette)[16]
Zero Fighter[16]
Zerosen (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)
Educational (Education Series) [ edit ]
A smaller number of non-gaming titles were released:[16]
ABC Tangou Game (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Graphic Sugaku (Sen'you Tape Cassette)[27] [16]
Keisan Enshuu Drill (Sen'you Tape Cassette)[16]
Sansu Tsuma Zuki
Applications (Culture Series) [ edit ]
A smaller number of non-gaming titles were released:[16]
3-Dimension Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Animation Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
BS BASIC Ver.1.0 (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Creative Graphics (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Healthy Life Plan (Sen'you Tape Cassette)[16]
Kanji Word Processor[16]
Music Master (Sen'you Soft Cartridge)[16]
Z80 Assembler[16]
References [ edit ]
^ "『パソコン博物館』:2.『高速3 次元グラフィック』がキーワードの『ガンダムという名のパソコン』 : RX-78-GUNDAM (バンダイ:1983)" . blog.livedoor.jp . Retrieved 2023-07-05 .
^ 株式会社インプレス (2019-10-29). "「ガンダム」の名を冠したパーソナルコンピュータ「RX-78 GUNDAM」" . AKIBA PC Hotline! (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-05 .
^ a b レトロゲーム専門ニュースサイト, ファミコンのネタ!!. "ガンダムがトラウマになった日、克服した日 【1/3】" . famicoms.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-05 .
^ a b "Bandai RX-78 Gundam - Computer - Computing History" . www.computinghistory.org.uk . Retrieved 15 May 2022 .
^ a b "RX-78 GUNDAM | henly Museum | MUUSEO 487002" . ミューゼオ(MUUSEO) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-05 .
^ "RX-78 Gundam Bandai Electronics (Japan)" . 1000 BiT .
^ a b c d "Bandai RX-78 Gundam Computer - Manual and Warranty Card Scans (600DPI) : Bandai : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive" . July 1983.
^ "Gundam RX-78" . OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum . Retrieved 24 January 2021 .
^ Blanchard, Jonn (October 15, 2018). "Bandai RX-78 Gundam Personal Computer Joystick Pinout" .
^ "eRX-78 謎WIPページ" . takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp .
^ "Platform Bandai RX 78 · z88dk/z88dk Wiki" . GitHub . 14 December 2022.
^ Blanchard, Jonn (March 7, 2019). "RX-78 Cartridge Information" .
^ "Bandai Rx 78 Games" . Ocean of Games .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "rx78" . 2012-03-03. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2023-07-05 .
^ "Champion Racer [0201005] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Excite Baseball [0201007] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Hamburger Shop [0201011] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Mobile Suit Gundam - Luna Two No Tatakai [0201004] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Perfect Mah-Jongg [0201008] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "The Pro Wrestling [0201013] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Sekigahara [0201027] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Space Enemy [0201019] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Super Motocross [0201024] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Tatakae! Ultraman [0201012] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Graphic Sugaku [0201035] (Bandai RX-78 Gundam) Box, Manual, Cart Scans (1200DPI)" . September 10, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
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