Monodamashii 012 "The Lookalike Game Consoles and the Collector's Spirit" (Intellivision/Arcadia)

This is a story that leans a bit toward my nostalgia for arcades, but when I was a preschooler, I was often taken care of by the game corners in toy stores.

I belong to the generation that grew up with second-generation game consoles, represented by the Famicom. Although my image of that era is dominated by the king, the Famicom, there were actually many types of consoles that would surprise today's younger generation. I spent my time in a chaotic and fun era where even many of those who played them in real-time might look back and think, 'Wait, did that even exist?'

Regarding the game consoles of that era, this time I would like to touch upon two models that I'm not sure I could even distinguish as a child, using the collection of my follower, Henry Hamakawa, as the source material.

These are the Intellivision (Mattel) and the Arcadia (the history of which is too complicated to explain ???), both of which were handled by BANDAI in Japan.

Looking at them now, I feel like, 'They look completely different!' (lol), but given the similar color schemes and controller shapes, I'm not sure if I could tell them apart as a child.

If you remove the stick from the Arcadia... these controllers are way too similar, right? (lol)

I'm not sure if it's the controllers that make them look that way or if it's just the identical color schemes... but I think as a toddler, I was always confused. That said, although it's vague, I remember having a sense of which one was a higher-end model and which was a lower-end one, based on the idea that 'I could play that game on this shape...'

Considering my age and the retail price, I wonder if there were more opportunities to play the Arcadia at demo kiosks?

前から気になっていたのですが任天堂
「カラーテレビゲーム６」の箱のバリエーションを
調べてみました！製造番号で確認するとCTG-6Sから
クリーム箱に茶印刷の型番無しの最初期箱、
それに型番が印刷された初期箱、青印刷の初期箱2、
CTG-6Vになってオレンジ箱のソントンバージョン箱、
続く

↓ And speaking of lookalikes, or rather, quintuplets (；´Д｀)

This is a metaphor for the profound story that even among siblings, each has their own personality (I'll mute my delusions from here on)

It might seem like home video game consoles are always manufactured as the same product, but due to specification changes, renewals, and the like, the internals or accessories often change even if the appearance doesn't change all that much.

Is it like how the twice-cooked pork you always eat might have its ingredients' origins or seasonings changed without you noticing?

And so, once you start including those differences as elements of your collection, depending on the game console, it can turn into an absolutely ridiculous number of varieties (lol).

In the photo, there are about 5 units, so the damage is minimal(My senses are already numb at this point), but the sight of someone possessing multiple ancient units in good condition is more than enough to command respect... I mean, they have piles of other collections too (；´Д｀) Isn't that too amazing?

According to Henry, as he was buying them up, he noticed the existence of different boxes, and he decided to buy even more to explore the variations, pulling off a magnificent snowball-effect collector combo (ﾟ∀ﾟ)

With that said, this is the museum of cartridge-swappable game consoles run by Henry, who provided the source material for this post. (If you go up a level, there are other genres too!)

Cartridge-swappable video game consoles 1977–

Like other followers, Henry also throws treasure-trove knowledge onto Twitter, so my nutritional intake is always progressing well (ﾟ∀ﾟ)ノシ

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