{"id":22528,"date":"2022-07-22T18:51:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/10-forgotten-game-consoles-lego-will-never-turn-into-sets\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T18:51:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:51:43","slug":"10-forgotten-game-consoles-lego-will-never-turn-into-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/10-forgotten-game-consoles-lego-will-never-turn-into-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Forgotten Game Consoles Lego Will Never Turn Into Sets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Releasing a video game system in the late ’70s, before systems like the Atari really took off, was a gamble. The Bally Professional Arcade, later renamed the Bally Astrocade, unfortunately rolled a snake eyes. Initially selling in 1977 as a mail order machine for $299 (over $1,400 today, ouch) the console was developed by Bally’s (known for pinball and slot machines at the time) video game division, Midway. Mortal Kombat<\/em> fans might recognize that name, as Midway eventually fared a lot better than the console did.<\/p>\n

Although powered by hardware that allowed for impressive graphics capabilities for the time, the system didn’t sell well, and Bally eventually sold off the division responsible for it a few years later. In 1981, the Bally Professional Arcade was rebranded as the Bally Computer System, and then as the Astrocade in 1982, and included a cartridge that could run the programming language BASIC. the catch? The Astrocade featured just a basic calculator-like keypad, not a full keyboard, which made programming a challenge. Along with many other consoles, it didn’t survive the video game crash of ’83.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Releasing a video game system in the late ’70s, before systems like the Atari really took off, was a gamble. The Bally Professional Arcade, later renamed the Bally Astrocade, unfortunately rolled a snake eyes. Initially selling in 1977 as a mail order machine for $299 (over $1,400 today, ouch) the console was developed by Bally’s …<\/p>\n

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