If anyone here that does not know what the Microvision is or was CLICK LINK BELOW to see an early 1976 TV Commercial On the Milton Bradley Microvision.

Vintage Commercial - Milton Bradley Microvision 1976 - https://youtu.be/99YqJ8pmvZI


10 years before Nintendo Gameboy was released the Microvision was a hand-held gaming console that was released by the Milton Bradley Company in 1979. It was the very first handheld console to have interchangable cartridges. The Microvision led to moderate success but due to a fairly small screen and limited support from gaming companies and very few games, the sale and production of the Microvision ended in 1981.

Designed by Jay Smith (who later designed Vectrex). With a small library, no tie in to a home unit, and a screen resolution that provided little ability to produce meaningful graphics, Microvision soon became little more than a memory. Still, the Microvision was a pioneer, overcoming the limitations of the light-emitting-diode displays that were standard for hand-held games at the time.

My story on this was at Sears store in NY in late 79 and I saw it next to a game that was a tie-in to the new Star Trek The Motion Picture title 'Star Tek Phaser Strike' - https://youtu.be/CmH7k2ki0LY I ask my mother to to buy it for me and she did I have all 11 games for this unit.

Microvision units and cartridges are now very rare. Those that are still in existence are susceptible to three main problems: screen rot, static damage, and keypad destruction.

In it lifetime only 11 games was released to the US but on it launch day only 4 was out in store one of them was the packin Block Buster but all 4 are,

Block Buster (packin game)

Bowling

Connect Four

Pinball

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