Epoch Super Cassette Vision

[The Professor]

Here's an interesting little system that gained some popularity in Japan in the void left by Atari's delay in entering the market, and prior to Nintendo entering with the Famicom. It's graphical capabilities were comparable to Atari 2600 and Intellivision, and it was out in Japan around the same time.

 

This is a Japanese console from Epoch called the Cassette Vision:

 

 

 

 

 

 

That model was actually the Epoch Super Cassette Vision JR, a lower-cost "mark II" model of Epoch's earlier Cassette Vision console.

 

Epoch followed up next with another console around the time if the Nintendo Famicom's release. This console was called the Epoch Super Cassette Vision an was comparable in gameplay and graphics to the Atari 5200 and ColecoVision:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MaximumRD]

Not a bad little system! Man I LOVE systems from other parts of the world. Funny how different the popularity of different consoles were worldwide. Here are some games on this system that looked pretty cool. 

 

https://youtu.be/8mU5SvIRdhc

[Justin]

Wow, hats off to these guys. That actually looks quite a bit better than Atari 2600, or even ColecoVision. I love that the Space Invaders clone at the beginning of the video replaces the     invaders with little Gundam looking robots. That's so Japanese  

[The Professor]

Here's Super Cassette Vision's version of Pole Position II. It doesn't quite hold up to the Atari 7800's version of Pole Position II, but still an improvement to Pole Position on 2600.

 

 

[Doctor Octagon]

I never realized Pole Position II was released for anything other than the Atari 7800.    

[famigami]

What model is that television on the box for the super cassette vision?