Awesome video! I remember back when those were going for $50, being that they now go for $800-1000 I wish I bought all of them! Same goes for Vectrex!

My parents had some guests when I was in my teens whose kids bought one of these and played with it at our house. So I have seen one of these once. I was impressed by the screen idea. It may have seemed a bit whacky but it worked in a similar way to a 1920s TV set with a rotating disk inside.

That display reminds me of the virtualboy.

I feel like this vid was ahead of its time

This was very interesting - thanks for creating this video!

I had the oportunity to buy two antex adventurevision in box in the 80s. I did not! poor me! Today, they are totally impossible to find in France ! Felicitation for the channel !

I remember playing one of these back when they were being sold. I don't recall there being any wobble to the image. Maybe some flicker. But it wasn't that bad. I'm willing to bet that the wobble, and extreme flicker that you're seeing in this video are more a result of the system's age. I recall the units having a lot better performance than the one in the video. These things were actually pretty groundbreaking for what they were back in the day. The minus was that these units were horribly expensive for the time period, and the thing only had four games. Your average kid would not be getting one of these for Christmas. The parents just didn't go for buying these expensive things for the most part. They usually opted for the cheapest handheld games.

I played mine so long that the joystick broke off, i played it every minute of the day and never stopped until the world ended. After the joystick broke off I took a screw and screwed it into the base of the joystick and used that until it no longer worked that way either. The world ended when this game no longer worked, I would now die to have another one working and able to play it.

I - Love - Bit - Museum ... (#Lower octave# But - I - Hate - The - Theme - Song) :) All kidding aside, this is an INCREDIBLE game machine. Came across this when checking out resolution for early arcade and home consoles and games. Nice video !

I have one...got it in 1983 at Christmas....LOVE IT!

My god, first time I heard or read about this machine. Awesome show guys!

This is CRAZY! I need to find one of these someday....

That's awesome that you've got some games. I unfortunately have the 1. If those games you have are sitting around collecting dust, I'd be glad to give them an active new life in the Bit Museum! Let me know! :)

Awesome Bit of gaming euphoria. Ahh, childhood. Where did you go? Love the shows:D Keep 'em coming.

I remember when KB Toys had this system, was in a discount bin and dang..wish i Bought it

Even more awesomer than the Vectrex! That's awesome!

loved it! just wish the shows were a bit more regular!

+Bit Museum's Channel What would happen if you ran the video to a CRT/LCD TV?

I remember staring at pictures of this, in the Sears wishbook (Christmas catalogue), for hours at a time. I wanted it so bad.

You can't calculate the resolution from the frame rate. They're independent. You need to know the frequency of modulation of the LED strip to know how many horizontal pixels there are. Also, the wobble is probably fixable with a sturdier motor mounting, it looks like a resonance since it's considerably slower than the frame rate.

I used to have one of these, or something a lot like it, a long time ago. Mine had Super Cobra and Defender.

very cool machine :)

like this channel a lot :D

It's kinda like the bastard love child of a Virtual Boy and a Vectrex :D

Hi,..Can someone help me? Did a original power adapter ever released for th Adventurevision by Entex?,..Also, what voltage power adapter do I need, for the Adventurevision system?,..Thanks

What was the angelic theme during the handover? It's only the second time I've ever heard it (the first was in Namco's announcement that Angel will be present in the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2).

I wanted one as a kid. I belive it was $200.00 usd which is like $550.00 now. Reason I never got one. Thanks for the video.

anyone have pictures of the inside with explanation how it would work with the spinning mirrors and 1 line of led lights?

I've got one of these...but i only have 3 of the 4 game cartridges...i'm missing the "Space Force" cartridge. I just saw on Ebay...its selling for $500 plus shipping...just for the cartridge! Oy! So, I'm wondering how much my console one is worth with just the 3 games...it still works, too! I bought it a long long time ago at a yard sale.

This is why MESS exists

i dont know why but the 4 cart slots on the top dual 4 button controlls and the mini arcade game look it makes me think of a mini neo geo MVS anyway great vids im glad i subbed and totally weird ass and cool console also im going to put some info about this console on my site and would it be a dedicated console (like a pong or stuff like that) or a programmable one (like an atari nes sms etc)

@ScrewAttackEurope Vectrex is nice and smooth though. I used to play it for hours without getting a headache! The VB on the other hand...

@MajorasFlask Some building blocks called "Loc Blocs" and some older LCD/LED handhelds/tabletops afaik.

Its kinda like a Vectrex and a Virtual Boy had a baby.

The only other console with a built in screen I can think of is the Vectrex

Turtles is not the same game as Konami's TMNT arcade game, but an obscure game!

Oh ok, good luck finding one. :P

omg .. .. ....... the holy grail of games!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

isn't red led's and a spinning mirror basically how the Virtual Boy worked too?

@videogameobsession Oh I got a Vectrex too, great machine, also really impressive technically for it's time. But the 3DS feels like the VB done right!

its an adventure vision holy crap lmao lol lol

Didn't entech also make laser tag or photon?

Are you willing to sell this system ?

The algorithm gives.. so this is just a mechanical tv?

Please get a screwdriver out and open up the AdventureVision so we can all find out how this thing works. I want to see these rotating mirrors and this column of 40 red LEDs. Anyone out there brave enough to post a video of the inner workings of one of these mythical units?

I played around with a demo model of one of these at a Kay-Bee Toy & Hobby when it first came out. Didn't buy one though.

I have a entex baseball2 game from1979 wonder how primitive baseball1 is

I had one. It lasted about a week before breaking down.😠

entex was known for doin what?

virtual boy

Oh, this is ten years old. Okay, how awful this is *is* actually excusable now.

Plays Defender better than the Game.Com!

Who r we kidding 80's r not this looks like flickering shit

I'm not sure what was more obnoxious, the cringy attempts at humor or those infuriating jump cuts.

Wow, that is a crappy looking system. No wonder it only sold 50,000 units. Wobbly and flickery screens should have went away with Pong. And yes, I know it was the early 80s, but other early 80s systems didn't do that.