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History
The history behind the Arcadia 2001 is not as simple as one might think. Although most still think that the Arcadia 2001 was created by Emerson Radio and then licensed across the world, the facts seems to point to a different story. First of all, all games (except 4 titles written specifically for the Japanese market by Bandai) were developed by Universal Appliances Limited (UAL) from Hong-Kong. Then UAL trademarked the name Home Arcade in the United States on March 31, 1982 while the trademark for the Arcadia 2001 was filled on May 06, 1982. In fact, other systems around the world were trademarked before the Emerson release. For example, the Leisure Vision by Leisure-Dynamics was trademarked in Canada on March 29, 1982.
At this point, it is clear that Emerson had nothing to do with the creation and licensing of this console except from being one of the licensees. It is still not clear whether the console was created by UAL or another unknown third party, but evidence seems to point toward UAL. It appears that UAL started to license the consoles all across the world in March 1982. At this time, UAL had planned to release the console themselves in the U.S. under the name Home Arcade (or at least protect the name so it could be used by the licensee).
It’s to be noted that the Red, Green and Blue stripe from the Home Arcade logo, made it way on many licensed consoles.
Consoles List
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| Home Arcade by Advision France Compatibility: Emerson |
Arcadia by Bandai Electronics Japan, 1982 Compatibility: Emerson |
Arcadia 2001 by Emerson Electronics United States, May 1982, Australia Compatibility: Emerson |
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| Tele-Computer by Cosmos Spain Compatibility: Emerson |
Dynavision by Morning-Sun Commerce Japan, 1982 Compatibility: MPT-03 console |
Educat Israel Compatibility: MPT-03 |
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| Ekusera by P.I.C Japan, 1982 Compatibility: MPT-03 |
MPT-03 by Hanimex France Compatibility: MPT-03 |
Home Arcade Centre by Hanimex United Kingdom Compatibility: Emerson |
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| HMG-2650 by Hanimex Germany, Australia, Canada Compatibility: Emerson |
Ch-50 – Home Entertainment Centre by Inno-Hit Italia Compatibility: Emerson |
Intelligent Game MPT-03 United States, Canada Compatibility: MPT-03 |
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| Tele-Computer XL 2000 by Intercord Germany Compatibility: Emerson |
Intervision 2001 Switezwerland Compatibility: Ormatu |
Intervision 3001 Switezwerland Compatibility: Ormatu |
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| ITMC MPT-03 France Compatibility: MPT-03 console |
Leisure-Vision by Leisure-Dynamics Canada, 1982 Compatibility: Emerson |
Leonardo by GiG Electronics Italia Compatibility: Emerson |
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| Mr. Altus – Video Computer Game by HGS Electronic Germany Compatibility: Palladium |
Ormatu Video Spelcomputer – 2001 The Future Machine by Ormatu Electronics BV Netherland Compatibility: Ormatu |
Palladium Video-Computer-Game by Neckermann Germany Compatibility: Palladium |
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| Polybrain Video Computer Game by Polybrain Germany Compatibility: Palladium |
Poppy MPT-03 Tele Computer Spiel by Poppy Germany Compatibility: MPT-03 |
Prestige Video Computer Game MPT-03 by Prestige Germany Compatibility: MPT-03 |
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| Robdajet MPT-03 Switezwerland Compatibility: MPT-03 |
Rowtron 2000 United Kingdom Compatibility: MPT-03 |
TVG-2000 by Schmid Germany Compatibility: MPT-03 |
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| 2001 Home Video Centre by Sheen Australia Compatibility: Ormatu |
Video Computer Game by Soundic France, Finland Compatibility: MPT-03 |
Tele-Fever by Tchibo (Eduscho??) Germany Compatibility: Emerson |
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| MPT-03 by Tempest Australia Compatibility: MPT-03 |
Tobby MPT-03 Compatibility: MPT-03 |
Computer Video Game by Trakton Australia Compatibility: Palladium |
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| Video Game Center by Tryom United States Compatibility: MPT-03 |
Tunix Home Arcade by Monaco Leisure New Zealand (Australia?) Compatibility: Emerson |
UVI Compu-Game New Zealand Compatibility: Orbit |
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| Video Master – Colour computer game by Grandstand New Zealand Compatibility: Orbit |