The is an interactive
VHS console game
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system released in Japan by
Bandai Namco Entertainment
is a Japanese multinational video game video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, are respectively headquartered in ...
in
1988
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. Titles released included a wide variety of known franchises, such as ''
Super Mario World
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'', ''
Dragon Ball Z
''Dragon Ball Z'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 '' Dragon Ball'' anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original ...
'', and many more. The system was also released in the U.S. as the
See 'n Say
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Video Phone by
Mattel
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in
1989
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.
Gameplay
This system has the shape of a toy phone, and is connected to the TV's audio output jack.
It has four large main buttons numbered 1 to 4, each with a different color (red, blue, green, yellow).
Throughout the video, the viewer receives calls from characters on-screen, and answers questions using the telephone. The phone uses signals from the video (inaudible through the built-in speaker), to interact with the viewer, as such for giving bad or good answers.
Games
* ''
Harōkiti no tanoshī tabemono'' ''Hello Kitty's Fun Food''
* ''
Moomin
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no Sutekina Present''
* ''Soreike!
Anpanman
is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author’s death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among ...
: Karada no Naka no Dai Bōken''
* ''Soreike! Anpanman: Yukai nao Tanjōe''
* ''
Super Mario World Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land''
* ''
Dragon Ball Z
''Dragon Ball Z'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 '' Dragon Ball'' anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original ...
: Gather Together! Goku's World''
* ''
Sailor Moon S
The third season of the '' Sailor Moon'' anime series, ''Sailor Moon S'' (originally released in Japan as , and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S''), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It began broadcasting on ...
: Kotaete Moon Call''
* ''
Q-Taro Channel
See also
*
View-Master Interactive Vision
View-Master Interactive Vision is an interactive movie VHS console game system, introduced in 1988 and released in the USA in 1989 by View-Master Ideal Group, Inc. The tagline is "the Two-Way Television System that makes you a part of the show!" ...
*
Action Max
The Action Max is a home video game console using VHS tapes for games. It was manufactured in 1987 by Worlds of Wonder. The system had a very limited release outside the U.S.
Gameplay
The Action Max system requires the player to also have ...
References
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Representation of the complete system
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Home video game consoles
Fourth-generation video game consoles
Japan-only video game hardware
1980s toys
Products introduced in 1988