Randomly I decided to pop into Retro Bristol on the way back from somewhere and found this, it's fair to say my credit card got a battering that day
This is an Acetronic MPU 1000 Home Video Entertainment Centre, or Micro processor TV Entertainment Centre depending on what text you look at
This is one of the consoles which were considered the second generation of home video game consoles, which were an evolution of the earlier Pong based machines as they now feature processors and ROM chips. Other notable machines which were part of this generation were the Atari 2600, Mattel Intellivision, Magnavox Odyssey 2 (Philips Videopac G7000), and the Fairchild Channel F (Grandstand Video Entertainment System)
The Acetronic was released in the UK in 1979 and was a clone of the 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System
We'll start with the box, of which this is the top and bottom, it's in fair condition, and included the polys
Here is the front and back, the image of the console on the box is slightly different to the actual console
And the sides
It's well packaged as you can see
The console itself, only a off on switch and three buttons are in use here. The buttons are titled load programme, game select, and start. The cartridge slot has a spring loaded cover
Close ups of the cartridge slot and switches
The base of the console, with model label, embossed text, and a sound control dial
Close ups of the text and sound control
All of the leads except the power supply are permantly attached to the console, and there is a socket which has been blanked off
The sides of the console, one side is a steep wedge shape, and the other side isn't
From the front
Here are the controllers, the lead is not very long and coiled. The controls feature a pong like non-centering stick, two red fire buttons, and twelve other buttons. There are overlays to place around the buttons, they are double sided as demonstrated here. And they don't clip in, so they will fall off if the control is turned upside down
The controllers from the base and sides, they aren't very comfortable to hold
The console connects to the TV via a normal Belling-Lee RF plug
This was the only documentation I received with the console
This was the power supply I got with the console, it features a female four pin DIN as the connection. it supplies two AC power rails, 8.5V and 14.5V. Notice the Radofin name instead of Acetronic
This was the cartridge I got with the machine, it is not for this console, but will probably work with an adaptor or the board removed from the case, the picture of the horse racing game on the box almost matches the horse racing game on the console's box. However there was a clone of the original console called the Voltmace Database
No. 24 Munch and Crunch
The cartridge from all sides
It's too big
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