Digi Casse

{{Short description|Handheld game console}}

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| name = Digi Casse

| title = Digi Casse

| aka = Digital Cassette

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| developer = Bandai

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| type = Handheld game console

| generation = Second

| releasedate = {{vgrelease|JP|1984||}}

{{vgrelease|EU|1986||}}

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| media = ROM cartridge

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| power = 1 to 2 LR44 button cell batteries depending on the model

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The {{nihongo|Digi Casse|デジカセ|Dejikase|lead=yes}} is a handheld game console developed by Bandai and released in Japan in 1984{{cite web|url=http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Bandai/DigiCasseA.htm|title=Bandai Digi Casse A|website=www.handheldmuseum.com}} and later in Europe in 1986{{cite web |title=Bandai Digi Casse - Game Console - Computing History |url=https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/62892/Bandai-Digi-Casse/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=www.computinghistory.org.uk}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.electronicplastic.com/game/?company=&id=767&skip=&filter=&search= | title = Electronic Plastic: UNKNOWN Digi Casse (--)}} during the second generation of video game consoles. 10 games are known to exist for the system.

Games

Each console came with 2 pack in games. In Japan there were two retail configurations, A and B. Europe had several retail configurations and six games released.

=A=

  • {{nihongo|Express home delivery|宅急便|Takkyūbin|lead=yes}}
  • {{nihongo|City Turbo Race|シティターボレース|Shititāborēsu|lead=yes}}

=B=

  • {{nihongo|Hageransu|ハゲランス|Hageransu|lead=yes}}
  • {{nihongo|Mt. Fuji explosion|富士山大爆発|Fujiyama daibakuhatsu|lead=yes}}{{cite web |title=電子遊戯広場 - まんだらけ グランドカオス |url=https://www.mandarake.co.jp/information/column/e_pla/1/171/index.html |website=www.mandarake.co.jp |access-date=2 June 2022}}

=European release=

  • Pelican
  • Penguin
  • Soccer{{cite web | title = Digi Casse Soccer & Tennis games | url = https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/42/84/product-124284.jpg | accessdate = 2024-04-24 }}
  • Tennis{{cite web | title = Digi Casse Soccer & Tennis games | url = https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/images/large/42/84/product-124284.jpg | accessdate = 2024-04-24 }}
  • Submarine
  • Frog & Insects

Hardware

Each game cartridge included an LCD.{{cite news |title=Digi Casse, Game Kid and the LCD Game Catridge |url=https://padandpixel.com/digi-casse-game-kid-and-the-lcd-game-catridge/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=Pad and Pixel |date=27 February 2021}}

The system used one to two LR44 button cell batteries depending on the model.{{cite web |last1=Manikas |first1=Pantelis |title=Bandai Digi Casse |url=https://gamemedium.com/console/digi-casse |website=News & Reviews for Videogames & Gaming Consoles {{!}} gamemedium.com |access-date=14 December 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Digi Casse B |url=https://handheldempire.com/game.jsp?game=185 |website=Handheld Empire |access-date=2 June 2022}}

References

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{{Bandai Namco Hardware}}

{{Second generation game consoles}}

{{Handheld game consoles}}

Category:Products introduced in 1984

Category:Discontinued handheld game consoles

Category:Second-generation video game consoles

Category:Handheld game consoles

Category:Bandai consoles

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