History of video games/Platforms/PC-50x Family

History thumb|A park near Horsham, Pennsylvania. General Instrument was based in Horsham. The first PC-50X console was released in 1975.Prinztronic Tournament 5000 - Game Console - Computing History https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/30542/Prinztronic-Tournament-5000/ www.computinghistory.org.uk 22 November 2020 The system was designed to be low cost,The PC-50x Family games and game console information https://www.voxodyssey.com/pc-50x-family Vox Odyssey 22 November 2020 en and over two hundred variants of based on the PC-50X design were made.PC50X Family https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg70-pc50x.htm#page=reviews Video Game Console Library 22 November 2020 The PC-50x Family petered out over the course of the 1980's. Technology PC-50X consoles made use of various General Instrument chips housed in cartridges, essentially making these pong consoles in cartridges, with the console simply being a power supply and interface for controllers and the television.Cole's Nerd-stuff Blog https://nerdstuffbycole.blogspot.com/2019/ nerdstuffbycole.blogspot.com 2 December 2020 en Cartridges held as many as 10 variations of a game.General Instrument PC-50x cartridge (1977 - early 1980s) https://obsoletemedia.org/pc-50x/ 6 February 2022 Museum of Obsolete Media 10 August 2021 Gallery Console Variants Cartridges External Resources PC-50x Family PC-50X family Video Game Console Library - Page containing photos of different models. 20th Century Video Games - Page containing photos and origin of various models. References 2100%__NOTOC__