History of video games/Platforms/VTech Socrates

History thumb|A marble bust of Socrates, the namesake of the system. The VTech Socrates was preceded by the VTech CreatiVision. The VTech Socrates was released in 1988 at a cost of $130.ARCHIVE.ORG Console Library: Socrates : Free Software : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/socrates_library?tab=about archive.org 28 October 2020 en Marketing for the system emphasized it's educational value.Dines Gail Humez Jean M. Gender, Race and Class in Media: A Text-Reader SAGE Publications 978-0-8039-5163-1 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gender_Race_and_Class_in_Media/I9FiAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Socrates%20Educational%20Video%20System 3 December 2020 en The system featured a robot mascot named Socrates, who borrowed its name from the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates.ARCHIVE.ORG Console Library: Socrates : Free Software : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/socrates_library 28 April 2021 archive.org en Technology Compute The VTech Socrates uses either a 8-bit TMP Z84C00AP-6 CPU, which is based on the Z80 and is clocked at 3.58 MHz or a similar Zilog Z84C0004PSC.The motherboard of the Socrates, an educational entertainment ("edutainment") video game console released in 1988 by VTech. Powered by a Zilog Z80 processor, the board has two expansions for a voice cartridge and game cartridge. The system is comparatively weak, due to being designed to run off 6 D batteries. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTech-Socrates-Motherboard-Flat.jpg 28 October 2020 18 November 2015 The VTech Socrates had 64 kilobytes of RAM.68k Mentat - VTech Socrates https://new.68kmentat.com/computers/info/socrates.html new.68kmentat.com 28 October 2020 Input The system came with a wireless keyboard, and an optional touchpad and optional wireless mouse and mouse pad were made available. A voice cartridge add on was available for the system. Notable games Amazing Mazes - Maze game Around the World - World geography software CAD Professor - Uses the mouse add on. Facts 'N Fractions - Math software Game Wizard - Logic Hodge Podge - Word games Memory Mania - Memory game Numbers, Shapes, and Letters - Uses the touchpad add on. State to State - United States geographyVTech Socrates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTech_Socrates Wikipedia 28 April 2021 en 17 February 2021 Gallery Console Wireless Inferred Controller Internals References VTech Socrates VTech Socrates 2100%__NOTOC__