The SHG Black Point (also known as S.H.G. Black Point, commonly abbreviated as Black Point,

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in lowercase in its logo) is a second-generation

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that was released in 1982 by Süddeutsche Elektro-Hausgeräte GmbH & Co. KG (SHG for short) only in Germany for 168 Deutsche Mark (DM). The system comes with two detachable game controllers with one analog joystick and one fire button each. On the console, there are 10 buttons to select the games which came on ROM cartridges. There is also a difficulty switch, an on/off switch and a start button on the housing of the console. There are two models of the console: The FS-1003 and the FS-2000. Both models have the name SHG Black Point. It is the successor of the SHG Black Point Multicolor FS 1001, released in 1977.

Technical specifications

* Input devices: Two detachable analog game controllers and buttons on the console *

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: N/A *

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: N/A * Power supply: 15 V, 120 mA (FS-1003)/9-11 V, 90 mA or 6 x 1.5 V batteries (FS-2000) * Colors? Yes. * Sound? Yes.

Games

There are 7 or 8 games officially known to be released for the system which came on ROM cartridges. Like the

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and many other consoles, the SHG Black Point uses PC-50X cartridges. The cartridges are also compatible with the

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home video game consoles. The games were sold for around 50 to 80 DEM. (About 50 to 75 € in 2020.) The console itself did not contain a

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List of known games

*Zehn elektronische Fernsehspiele in Farbe (Ten Color Electronic TV Games) *Grand Prix *Motorradrennen (Motorcycle Race) *Seekrieg (Naval War) *Panzerschlacht (Tank Battle) *1000-Treffer-Spiel (1000 Hit Game) *Schützenspiel (Shooter Game)

External links

SHG Black Point
on www.old-computers.com

Another website with images

Commercial flyer

Instruction manual

SHG Black Point
on

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Technical specifications

Games

List of known games

External links

References