Acetronic MPU-1000

1292 Advanced Programmable Video System

Acetronic MPU-1000

The Acetronic MPU-1000 Home Video Entertainment Center was a second-generation video game console introduced in the UK in 1979. The console is a member of the 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System family, all of which are software compatible, but some of which use different shape or size cartridges. Cartridges for the Acetronic system would also work in the Prinztronic and Radofin consoles in the family. There were two controllers composed of a 12 keys keypad, two red fire buttons and an analogue joystick. The control panel has the same buttons found on all systems of the 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System family: Start, Load Programme, Game Select and on/off switch. There was also an Acetronic MPU-2000, which had a slightly different case design and built-in power supply. At least 33 cartridges were released for the Acetronic system.

1292 Advanced Programmable Video System
Erscheinungsdatum: 1979

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Audiosonic PP-1292 Advanced Programmable Video System Erscheinungsdatum: 1978 The 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System is a home video game console released by European company Audiosonic in 1978. It is part of a group of software-compatible consoles which include the Interton VC-4000 and the Voltmace Database. Both, the VC 4000 and the 1292 APVS, are built around the Signetics 2650 microprocessor, which was released in late 1975. That was around the same time when Philips had bought the Signetics company and shipped the technology over to Europe. At that time Philips' subsidary Magnavox was developing a system based on the arguably more powerful Intel 8048 microprocessor - that system would later become known as the G7000 (or Odyssey² in the USA). Having one hardware product already in development, Philips decided to treat the Signetics 2650 as commercial product, targeting small-sized electronic-manufacturers, who were already swarming the market with PONG-clones. More evidence to support this hypothesis is provided by a Swedish TV broadcast from April 1979, when a team from SVT (Swedish broadcast company) visited the Philips-reasearch-centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands to talk about the future of video games. Throught the video the developers are seen with VC 4000 controllers, testing game prototypes which graphicly correspond with games on the VC 4000/1292 APVS and not Philips' own home console, the Videopac G7000. The misconception that the 1292 APVS was released already in 1976 is probably owed to the - by now viral - misinformation that Radofin (the most prominent 1292 APVS manufacturer) released its first cosoles in 1976. These, however, were no microprocessored early wonder-machines, but plain PONG-clones.

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Hippodrom

1979
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14. Dezember 2022

This cartridge contains 16 programs for simulated riding tournaments. Your challenge as a player is to select the correct pace and moment of jumpoff so that your horse can make…

Tank/Plane Battle

1978
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25. Juli 2024

26 games in all, there are 16 tank games for shooting at each other on dangerous terrain and 10 more aircraft and jetfighter battles in stormy skies. And if you shoot it out at…

Mathematik II

1979
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14. Dezember 2022

Like Mathematics I, 1 or 2 players can tackle addition and subtraction of various standards. But this cartridge will go further and take on multiplication and division too.

Mathematik I

1979
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29. April 2023

This cartridge contains 84 programs, for calculation of addition and subtraction. Questions are set by the computer and can be answered by one person or two persons in competition.

Shooting Gallery

1979
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1. November 2021

Here are 32 shooting games for firing at small objects of every kind running, flying and swimming across your screen. One or two players can play this by steering their cursor…

Hobby Module

1980
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14. Dezember 2022

The Hobby Module was a BASIC-programming module for the 1292 Advanced Programmable Video Systems.

Memory II / Melodie

1981
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16. April 2025

This cartridge contains eight entertaining teaching programs and game variations on the subject of music. In the first part of each program, notes can be learnt and your own…

Soccer

1980
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14. Oktober 2017

This cartridge contains a computer program for soccer on the screen - played according to the rulebook with two teams of eleven players each. There are two halves of 4½ minutes…

Capture

1981
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15. März 2023

This cartridge contains 30 variations on an intelligence game going by the names "Reversi" and "Othello". The point of the game is to use skill in playing one's own pieces in…

Memory I

1979
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3. März 2025

This cartridge contains 16 game variations for one or two players. Each program calls for concentration and retentive powers. In the first group of programs, a paper chase is held…

Prizefight

1979
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14. Dezember 2022

Two boxers face each other in a ring. It is just as possible to win on points as it is by a knockout. This is a game for two persons.

Challenge!

1979
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14. Dezember 2022

Challenge is a Four-in-a-Row game, released in 1979 for the Signetics 2650 based systems.

Super Maze

1979
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14. Dezember 2022

This cartridge contains 24 programs for maze games, for one or two players as desired.

Pinball

1981
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13. September 2023

This cartridge contains eight exciting variations of the pinball game for either one or two to play. As in the case of the biggest versions in the amusement centres, the idea is…

Blackjack

1978
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14. März 2026

Either 1 or 2 players can join in this American casino game based on Las Vegas rules which include taking insurance on a bet and doubling your bet. Database Games-Computer keeps…

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