411 REFERENCE · Wikibooks
History of video games/Platforms/Light Games
Reference material by Wikibooks contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
History
The Grandstand Light Games system was a projector based console released in 1988.Gallery of Educational Systems https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/art-educational_systems.htm Video Game Console Library 16 November 2020 It is one of the few consoles that elected to go with a projector based design, alongside its contemporary the Proscreen, and the much later 2020 console the BL6.
Technology
The Grandstand Light Games uses a projector to display graphics. The projector shines through a LCD in the cartridge, which produces the graphics in lieu of slides.Grandstand Light Games http://20thcenturyvideogames.com/index.php?action=vermodelos&pass=&submenu=&tipo=5&sistema=Grandstand-LightGames&verletra=G 16 November 2020See photo of console and cartridge.Barsanti Sam Hughes William The rise and fall of the Game Boy's weirdest rivals https://www.avclub.com/the-game-com-cometh-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-game-boy-1846501180/slides/3 30 May 2022 The A.V. Club 22 March 2021 en-us
The top of the console includes a cartridge slot.Playtime Light Games https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Misc/PlaytimeLightGames.htm www.handheldmuseum.com 16 November 2020
Games
There are at least nine cartridges for the Light Games console.Grandstand Light Games https://gamemedium.com/console/light-games 20 December 2020
External Resources
Grandstand (game manufacturer)
Handheld Museum - Playtime Light Games page.
Game Medium - Light Games page.
Video Game Console Library - Gallery of Educational Systems including Light Games.
References
2100%__NOTOC__