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The APF Microcomputer System is a second generation 8-bit cartridge-based
home video game console A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. While initial consoles were dedicated units with only a few game ...
released in October 1978 by APF Electronics Inc. with six cartridges. The console is often referred to M-1000 or MP-1000, which are the two model numbers of the console. The APF-MP1000 comes built-in with the game ''Rocket Patrol''. The APF-MP1000 is a part of the
APF Imagination Machine The APF Imagination Machine is a combination home video game console and home computer system released by APF Electronics Inc. in late 1979. It has two separate components, the APF-M1000 game system, and an add-on docking station, docking bay wit ...
. The APF-MP1000 and the APF Imagination Machine were developed in part by the noted engineer Ed Smith. It is the successor to the APF TV Fun line of first generation consoles.


Technical specifications

* CPU:
Motorola 6800 The 6800 ("''sixty-eight hundred''") is an 8-bit microprocessor designed and first manufactured by Motorola in 1974. The MC6800 microprocessor was part of the M6800 Microcomputer System (later dubbed ''68xx'') that also included serial and parall ...
( 8 bit) @ 0.895 MHz (3.579 MHz oscillator divided by 4) *
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: 1 KB * Video Display Controller:
MC6847 The MC6847 is a Video Display Generator (VDG) first introduced by Motorola in 1978 and used in the TRS-80 Color Computer, Dragon 32/64, Laser 200, TRS-80 MC-10/ Matra Alice, NEC PC-6000 series, Acorn Atom, Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy an ...
* Palette : 8 colors * Resolutions: 256×192×4 / 128×192×8 * Power Supply: 7.5 V AC 0.8 A or 12 V DC 0.5 A


Cartridge list


References


Further reading


"APF MP-1000 Game Console Programming"

APF MP-1000 page at Old-Computers.com museum

Ed Smith And The Imagination Machine: The Untold Story Of A Black Video Game Pioneer (Benj Edwards, FastCompany, 2016)

Benj Edwards Presents Vintage Computing and Gaming - Adventures in Classic Technology. Blog posts.



TheGameConsole.com

APF-*1000/IM – Guides and FAQs
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(Updated: 06/09/2001) :
APF-M1000, APF-MP1000 & Imagination Machine FAQ
(Backup copy of above at Console Database)
APF M1000 Video Game System Review
by THE NORTHEAST OHIO VIDEO HUNTER (August 1, 2013) Home video game consoles Discontinued video game consoles Second-generation video game consoles Computer-related introductions in 1978 68xx-based computers APF Electronics Inc. consoles {{videogame-hardware-stub