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====== Entex Adventure Vision (1982) ======




===== Features =====

* CPU: Intel 8048 733kHz
* RAM: 1K + 64 bytes internal to processor
* ROM: 1K Cartridge ROM, 1K BIOS
* Sound: COP411L 52.6 kHz micro controller with custom sound generation software. 16 Pure Tone, 13 Sound Effects
* Graphics: 40 x 1 LED array and spinning mirror, 15 FPS
* Colors: 2
* Resolution: 150 x 40
* I/O: 4 direction joystick, 4 buttons
* Ports: Cartridge port, expansion port, headphone jack



===== Usage =====

MESS requires a cart dump (in .bin format) in the "cartridge" (cart) device to run advision emulation. You can launch emulation using, at command line

mess advision -cart "C:\pathtogame\gamename.bin"

== Controls ==

The Adventure Vision has a central Joystick and four control buttons (numbered from 1 to 4) at each side of the joystick, so that both a right or left handed player can play in comfort.



===== Known Issues =====

All four games are playable.



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

The Adventure Vision was a cartridge based, electronic handheld video game that was manufactured by Entex Industries in 1982. It measured about 13 1/4" x 10" x 9" and used one vertical strip of 40 red LEDs and a spinning mirror to produce a screen with a 150 x 40 resolution drawn at 15 frames/sec. There were only four cartridges produced for it: Defender, Turtles, Super Cobra, and an Asteroids clone, Space Force.

Visit adventurevision.com -- http://www.adventurevision.com for more informations.



===== Links =====

* AdventureVision.com -- http://www.adventurevision.com
* Dan B's Adventure Vision Tech Page -- http://www.atarihq.com/danb/adventurevision.shtml
* Adventure Vision at handheldmuseum.com -- http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Entex/AV.html




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