TV Boy

TV Boy 1 (with power and TV leads attached)

The TV Boy and TV Boy 2 were very similar video game consoles of the 1990s produced by Systema. Resembling a large handheld pad, the system plugged into a TV and displayed color images and could produce simple sound effects and music.

They were available in the UK through Argos.

Overview

The TV Boy had two 9pin Atari type joystick connectors for the use of external joysticks. The TV Boy 2 has no connectors so only a single player may play at once, using the built in pad.

127 games where built-in to the system, and no other games where available since there was no way of input. The games were hacked versions of Atari 2600 games, from the likes of Activision, Mattel and Atari itself. All copyright notices and other assets demonstrating ownership of exclusive rights in a game (for instance, the Activision logo that appeared below many of their games) were removed, and the games were given ambiguous, false names in the instruction manual. The system also reproduces all games with an incorrect (but still perfectly playable) colour palette.

Examples of games available for play included Activision's Pitfall! and Atari's port of Namco's Pac-Man. The only original program built-in was the boot program, where the player would select the number of the game he/she wished to play.

The system specification was identical to that of the Atari 2600.

List of included games

The following is an incomplete list of the original Atari 2600 games that were modified for inclusion in the TV Boy 1, listed according to the game number given on that device:

1. Chopper Command
2. River Raid
3. Pac-Man
4. Pooyan (Konami 1982)
5. Earth Dies Screaming
6. Mission 3000 AD (Bit Corp)
7. Demon Attack (Imagic 1982)
8. Space Invaders
9. (unknown)
10. Frogs and Flies (M-Network 1982)
11. (unknown)
12. (unknown)
13. (unknown)
14. (unknown)
15. Jawbreaker (Tigervision 1982)
16. Frogger (Parker Bros 1982)
17. Thunderground
18. Fire Fighter (Imagic 1982)
19. Pitfall! (Activision 1982)
20. Seaquest (Activision 1983)
21. Video Pinball (Atari)
22. Sub Scan (Sega 1983)
23. Dragonfire
24. Plaque Attack (Activision 1983)
25. Donkey Kong
26. (unknown)
27. (unknown)
28. Flash Gordon (20th Century Fox 1982)
29. Enduro
30. (unknown)
31. (unknown)
32. (unknown)
33. Zoo Fun
34. (unknown)
35. Keystone Kapers (Activision 1983)
36. Bowling (Atari 1979)
37. Circus
38. Stampede (Activision 1981)
39. Angriff der Luftloffen
40. (unknown)
41. Berzerk
42. (unknown)
43. Dodge 'Em (Atari 1980)
44. (unknown)
45. (unknown)
46. (unknown)
47. (unknown)
48. (unknown)
49. (unknown)
50. (unknown)
51. (unknown)
52. Dancing Plates (Zimag 1983)
53. Frostbite (Activision 1983)
54. (unknown)
55. (unknown)
56. (unknown)
57. Maze Craze
58. Ice Hockey (Activision 1981)
59. Tennis (Activision)
60. (unknown)
61. Realsports Volleyball (Atari 1982)
62. (unknown)
63. Missile Control (Ariola)
64. Championship Soccer
65. Amidar
66. Barnstorming (Activision 1982)
67. Grand Prix (Activision 1982)
68. Superman
69. (unknown)
70. (unknown)
71. (unknown)
72. Cosmic Ark
73. (unknown)
74. (unknown)
75. (unknown)
76. Golf (Atari 1980)
77. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
78. (unknown)
79. (unknown)
80. Turmoil (20th Century Fox 1982)
81. Tac-Scan (Sega)
82. Spider-Man (Parker Bros)
83. Bank Heist (20th Century Fox 1983)
84. (unknown)
85. (unknown)
86. Atlantis (Imagic)
87. (unknown)
88. Carnival
89. (unknown)
90. (unknown)
91. Defender (Atari)
92. 3d Tic-Tac-Toe (Atari 1980)
93. Assault (Bomb)
94. (unknown)
95. Name That Game (Carrere Video)
96. Spider Maze (K-Tel Vision)
97. (unknown)
98. Trick Shot (Imagic 1982)
99. (unknown)
100. (unknown)
101. Racquetball (Apollo 1981)
102. Laser Gates (CCE 1983)
103. (unknown)
104. (unknown)
105. (unknown)
106. (unknown)
107. (unknown)
108. Karate (Froggo 1987)
109. Missile Command
110. Air Raiders (M-Network 1982)
111. Sea Hawk (Panda 1987)
112. (unknown)
113. (unknown)
114. Sea Hunt (Froggo)
115. Dishing Derby (Activision 1980)
116. Freeway (Activision)
117. (unknown)
118. Checkers (Activision)
119. Outlaw (Atari 1978)
120. (unknown)
121. (unknown)
122. Skiing (Activision 1980)
123. (unknown)
124. Task Force
125. Infiltrate (Apollo 1983)
126. Fast Food (Telesys 1982)
127. (unknown)