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center|400px|A PoGa game console.
History
thumb|Minchinbury, New South Wales, the suburb of Sydney, Australia where 4D Systems is based.4D Systems, Contact https://web.archive.org/web/20100820214734/http://www.4dsystems.com.au/contact.php web.archive.org 19 August 2021 20 August 2010
PoGa was a "Portable Game Development Console Kit"PoGa - Portable Game Development Console Kit - LCD-10343 - SparkFun Electronics https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/10343 www.sparkfun.com 19 August 2021 The PoGa was made by 4D Systems to be an educational game console for use in developer education.PoGa - Kit - PoGa - Portable Game Development Console https://web.archive.org/web/20120929032333/https://www.4dsystems.com.au/prod.php?id=135 web.archive.org 19 August 2021 29 September 2012
Legacy
By July 9th, 2010 the PoGa domain name was parked.Parked Domain https://web.archive.org/web/20100709215905/http://www.poga.com.au/ web.archive.org 19 August 2021 9 July 2010
Technology
GOLDELOX-PoGa
Unusually for an minor handheld of this era, the PoGa used a single chip, known as the custom "GOLDELOX-PoGa" graphics processor. This unusual choice made sense, as 4D systems also manufactures display controllers and graphics processors.About Us https://4dsystems.com.au/about-us 4dsystems.com.au 19 August 2021 The overall performance of the chip was rated at 12 Million Instructions per Second (Mips). The system included 510 bytes of RAM for 255 words. The system included 11 Kilobytes of program memory.
The system was capable of basic 3D graphics.PoGa Panorama + 3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L3MsXEFlM4 19 August 2021 en
Audio
Single channel audio with RTTTL support was included.
Power
The PoGa is powered by three AAA batteries, which were not shipped with the system. The expansion port included power functions.
Expansion
MicroSD card expansion was supported.
The PoGa could be expanded with a prototype PCB.
Games
PoGa Invaders - Space Invaders clone. Official example gamePoGa Invaders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCXKB42VrUI 19 August 2021 en
PoGa Tetris - Tetris clone. Official example game.PoGa Tetris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soIfizxpmTY 19 August 2021 en
PoGa Lander - Lunar Lander style game. Official example game.PoGa Lander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FCCAqMvD3w 19 August 2021 en
PoGa Infuriator - Arkanoid clone. Official example game.PoGa Infuriator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kNpROpava4 19 August 2021 en
Gallery
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