Released in 1976, this system was one of the first programmable home video game consoles. It was sold primarily in Europe. It is not a system in the traditional sense, but rather a family of systems all compatible with one another. (There are several other, non-compatible systems based on the same chipset, but this post focuses on the 1292 compatibility family) A total of 15 different systems, made by 8 different companies, were part of this family! Not all of the 15 systems were sold in the same area, so the systems you could pick from depended on what part of Europe you were in.
The system used a Signetics 2650AI CPU running at 4.43 MHz. It was capable of basic graphics and sounds that were approximately on the level of early Atari 2600 games.
What Makes It Obscure?
Aside from its Europe-only release, it did not make much of an impact compared to later systems such as the Atari 2600.
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