History of video games/Platforms/Action Gamemaster

History thumb|Miami, Florida in 1991. Development The Action Gamemaster was a vaporware handheld system developed by Active Enterprises of Miami, Florida. The company was famous for developing the Cheetahman IP and the Action 52 game multipack. The system was announced by January 5th, 1993.VIDEO DESIGNER PACKS IN THE GAMES https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-01-05-9301010856-story.html 10 December 2021 Sun Sentinel enPossibly before this date, but definitely by this date. The system was shown at the CES 1994 trade show.Smith Ernie The Video Game That Promised to Contain 52 Video Games And Failed Miserably https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-video-game-that-promised-to-contain-52-video-games-and-failed-miserably 10 December 2021 Atlas Obscura 13 December 2016 en Legacy Action 52 While contemporary sources seemed warm to the device, later sources are skeptical that the console as advertised was technically feasible. The mid to late 2000's would see handhelds capable of playing NES, SNES, and Genesis games via emulation or hardware clone chips, realizing the stated capabilities of the Gamemaster, though not its ambitious goals of playing current generation home console games on a portable device. Technology Compute The console was simply said to be "16-bit". This provides little real technical information, though it does show the importance of the label during the "Bit wars" of the era. A more meaningful indication of the compute power of the system is found in the stated capabilities of the system, which would put it on par with, or superior to, common home consoles of the time. Portable consoles able to match the capabilities of the SNES or Genesis would not find widespread popularity till around the end of the 1990s or early 2000s. Display The LCD screen used by the console was 3.2 in cm.Active Enterprises exposed https://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/active11.html 10 December 2021 www.atarihq.com At the time this would have been a comparatively large display for a portable console. Expandability The device was said to have supported add ons such as an external CD-ROM drive, TV tuner, and car power adapter.The top 15 vaporware products of all time - PC World Australia https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/214642/top_15_vaporware_products_all_time/?pp=3 10 December 2021 www.pcworld.idg.com.au While other contemporary portable systems could be found with support for car adaptersSuch as the adapter for the Atari Lynx or the Sega Game Gear or even TV tuners,TurboVision for the NEC TurboExpress or the tuner for the Sega Game Gear the ability for a external CD-ROM drive to be used with a portable console was far more unusual and distinctive. Games The device was said to run its own games, as well as NES, SNES, and Genesis games via adaptors.Active Enterprises Action Gamemaster Console Information https://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/actiongamemaster/ 10 December 2021 Console Database en References 2 100% __NOTOC__