Emerson Arcadia 2001

In 1982 a company called Emerson Radio Corp released the Arcadia 2001 a not so well known second generation video game console. Many retro gamers know about this console and at the time it was far more powerful then the market dominated Atari 2600.

The graphics on the Arcadia 2001 are easliy compaired to that of the Mattel Intellivision and a total of 51 games were put out fo r the console.

On an interesting note Emerson sued the company then named Arcadia Corporation who manufactured the 2600 for trade mark infringement by using the Arcadia name.

The console was originally marketed as a portable system and came equiped with a 12-volt power supply so that it could be used on a boat or in another vehicle, however of course you would need a television as well and at that time in the early 80’s having a telelvision in a car or boat was pretty rare.

Two build in control pads that somewhat resembled the Intellivision came with the console and came with the option to add a joystick to the center of the control stick instead of the disc.

The Arcadia 2001 was sold by many different names such as the Advision Home Arcade, Bandai Arcadia, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, Omatu, Tele-Fever, Video Master, Tunix Home Arcade and many more.