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====== Epoch Game Pocket Computer (1984) ======




===== Features =====

* CPU: NEC UPD78C06 6MHz
* Screen: 75 x 64 LCD screen



===== Usage =====

MESS supports cart dumps in .bin format for gamepock, using the "cartridge" (cart) device. Starting gamepock without any cart would give access to the built in puzzle game and "graphic" program (you can switch between them using the Select button, mapped by default to '5')



===== History and Trivia =====

Game Pocket Computer was released by Epoch in Japan in 1984. It was one of the first handheld console with interchangeable cartridges.

Only five games were produced: "Astro Bomber", "Block Maze", "Mahjong", "Reversi" and "Store Keepers".



===== Links =====

* Chris Covell's Game Pocket page -- http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/GamePokekon/
* Game Pocket Computer at handheldmuseum.com -- http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Epoch/GamePock.htm
* Game Pocket at miniarcade.com -- http://www.miniarcade.com/epoch/pgc.htm
* [[wp>Epoch_Game_Pocket_Computer]]






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