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History
After the acquisition of the RCA Studio III Intellectual properties by the Conic Group (康力集團), Conic reached out to various subsidiaries and other affiliates to distribute their newest console in various countries. In the U.K., it is not clear which company took over the distribution. A few theories exist out there, but the two more probable come from the research of TheLimeyDragon. The first contender was Wrapid Manufacturing Ltd, a newly formed company at the time, specializing in circuit boards which was at the same address where the Appolo 80 was distributed. But upon getting more information, TheLimeyDragon concluded that it might just be a coincidence that an electronic company had offices at the same address and that the company behind the Apollo 80 Programmable Video Game might be Academy International Public Limited Company, a company incorporated on July 10, 1972 specializing in wholesale of Radio, television & electrical household appliances.
Release
From their offices located at 250 Thornton Road, Bradford, BD1 2LB, the company started the distribution of the Apollo 80 Programmable Video Game. The console mold, although very similar to the other consoles of the M-1200 series, have square edges instead of round one. As such, the Apollo 80 Programmable Video Game is the only RCA Studio III based console that have a unique molding.
The console came with 4 built-in games:
- Doodle
- Pattern
- Bowling
- Black Jack 1 & 2
Games
Although it is expected that all 13 games were released for this console, so far, only 9 games were identified. All RCA Studio II and RCA Studio III games are compatible with the system.
As all systems share the same libraries, we expect the missing games in the following list to be Bingo, Tennis, Computer Quiz and Gunfighter.
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| 1 – Pinball 7330 |
2 – Star Wars 7331 |
3 – Biorhythm 7477 |
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| 4 – School House 2/Math Fun Games 7476 |
5 – ? | 6 – Concentration Match 7484 |
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| 7 – Baseball 7485 |
8 – ? | 9 – Speedway/Tag 7487 |
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| 10 – Spacewar Intercept 7530 |
11 – Fun with Numbers 7531 |
12 – ? |
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