Bally Astrocade

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The Astrocade (also released as the Bally Professional Arcade and initially as the Bally ABA-1000) is a second-generation home video game console and simple computer system designed by a team at Midway, at that time the video game division of Bally. In 1980, it was sold to a company named Astrovision. The company later renamed themselves and the console to Astrocade, its final name before its discontinuation. It is often posthumously referred to as the Bally Astrocade, though Bally had no involvement with the console by the time the Astrocade name was in use. It was designed by Dave Nutting Associates, who also developed arcade games for Bally, including Gun Fight, the first arcade game to contain a microprocessor. It was originally announced as the "Bally Home Library Computer" in October 1977 and made available for mail order in December 1977. Due to production delays, the units were first released to stores in April 1978 and its branding changed to "Bally Professional Arcade". It was...

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