--- title: ORMATU ELECTRIC BV Ormatu Video Spelcomputer 2001 categories: - Consoles params: name: Ormatu Video Spelcomputer 2001 image: /media/museum/photos/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_1s.jpg company: /companies/ormatu-electric-bv company_name: ORMATU ELECTRIC BV tabs: - photos - adverts - software - emulators - links - docs forum_thread: 810 photos: - title: ORMATU SPELCOMPUTER 2001 subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_3.jpg - title: COMPLETE SYSTEM subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Sander Kottman](http://members.chello.nl/jakottma/) for this picture. image: /media/museum/photos/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_2.jpg - title: BOXING GAME INSERTED subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_4.jpg - title: CONTROL PANEL subtitle: '' text: 'Very classic control panel for this console group: ON/OFF switch, clear, start, select A and select B.' image: /media/museum/photos/ormatu_2001_panel.jpg adverts: - title: BROCHURE - COVER subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/pubs/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_brochure_1.jpg - title: BROCHURE - HAPPY COUPLE subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/pubs/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_brochure_2.jpg - title: BROCHURE - SYSTEM IN SPACE subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/pubs/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_brochure_3.jpg - title: BROCHURE - CARTRIDGE LIST subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/pubs/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_brochure_4.jpg screenshots: - title: BOX ART subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/software/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_nibblemen_box.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/software/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_nibblemen_cart.jpg - title: BOX ART subtitle: '' text: |- This game is interesting as it seems that it is specific to the Ormatu system. While almost all other games can be found for the other consoles of the same group (Emerson Arcadia 2001, MPT-03 systems, etc.), Parashooter was only found in the Ormatu software library. Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/ormatu.htm) for this picture. image: /media/museum/software/ormatu_parashooter_box.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/ormatu.htm) for this picture. image: /media/museum/software/ormatu_parashooter_cart.jpg - title: BOX ART subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/software/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_boxing_box.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Retro Rene's Gaming Corner](http://www.retrorene.nl/) for this picture image: /media/museum/software/ormatu_spelcomputer-2001_boxing_cart.jpg emulators: - title: 2001 - The Emerson Arcadia 2001 Emulator url: http://users.aol.com/mk14emu/arcadia.htm platform: MS DOS text: DOS emulator written by Paul Robson - title: Emulator2001 by Gavin Turner url: http://www.gstsoftware.co.nz/ platform: Windows text: Nice Arcadia 2001 emulator for Windows (also emulates Interton VC-4000 and clones!) - title: WinArcadia url: http://members.optusnet.com.au/jrjacobs76/ platform: Windows text: Arcadia 2001, Interton VC 4000, Elektor TVGC emulator! - title: AmiArcadia url: http://members.optusnet.com.au/jrjacobs76/ platform: Amiga OS text: Arcadia 2001, Interton VC 4000, Elektor TVGC emulator! - title: MESS url: http://www.mess.org platform: Multiplatform text: MESS also emulates Arcadia 2001 & compatible systems links: - title: Amerson Arcadia 2001 FAQ url: http://www.digitpress.com/faq/arc2001.txt text: Excellent and very informative FAQ about the Emerson Arcadia 2001 and clones - title: Amigan Software / Arcadia 2001 Central url: http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ text: Huge Arcadia 2001 archive for download. A must. - title: Emerson Arcadia 2001 Gaming Guide url: http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/gg/ text: Very complete gaming guide with screenshots and help - title: INTERNAL LINK url: http://www.old-computers.com/magazine/view.asp?r=2&a=8 text: Article dealing wih the Emerson Arcadia 2001 and compatible systems - title: Obscure Pixels url: http://www.retrogames.co.nz/ text: Many interesting weird & obscure stuff here, including Arcadia 2001 / Interton VC 4000 compatible systems - title: Retro's Rene Gaming Corner url: http://www.retrorene.nl/ormatu.htm text: Ormatu dedicated page with nice pictures! docs: - title: USER MANUAL url: http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/emerson_arcadia-2001_user-manual.jpg text: |- [**USER MANUAL**](http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/)written by Emerson  compiled/archived by James Jacobs\  type of document : ZIP\  source : [Emerson Arcadia 2001 Central](http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/) **... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :** - title: SCHMID TVG 2000 OWNER'S MANUAL url: http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/schmid_tvg2000_owners-manual.jpg text: |- [**SCHMID TVG 2000 OWNER'S MANUAL**](http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/)written by Schmid  compiled/archived by James Jacobs\  type of document : PDF\  size : 685 KB\  source : [Amigan Software](http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/) **... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :** - title: SERVICE MANUAL url: http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/emerson_arcadia-2001_service-manual.jpg text: |- [**SERVICE MANUAL**](http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/)written by Emerson  compiled/archived by James Jacobs\  type of document : PDF\  source : [Emerson Arcadia 2001 Central](http://amigan.classicgaming.gamespy.com/) **... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :** related: - /museum/advision-home-arcade - /museum/bandai-arcadia - /museum/emerson-arcadia-2001 - /museum/hanimex-hmg-2650 - /museum/intervision-2001-home-video-centre - /museum/intervision-3001-home-video-centre - /museum/leisure-dynamics-leisure-vision - /museum/palladium-video-computer-game - /museum/schmid-tvg-2000 - /museum/sheen-2001-home-video-center oc_id: 829 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205172602/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=829 date: '2022-12-05' --- The Ormatu is one of the many systems "software-compatible" with the [Emerson Arcadia 2001](/museum/emerson-arcadia-2001/). Though, the Emerson Arcadia 2001 is the most popular system of this console group, it was not necessarily at the origin of it. Things must be seen differently. Philips / Signetics developped a hardware platform to demonstrate the possibilities of their Signetics 2650 & 2636 chipsets. Somehow, this hardware was licenced (by Philips?) to many third-companies around the world resulting in systems like the [Interton VC-4000](/museum/interton-vc-4000/), [Voltmace DataBase](/museum/voltmace-database-games-computer/), [Acetronic MPU-1000](/museum/acetronic-mpu-1000-2000/), ITMC MPT-05, etc. Some times later, the hardware was improved, with the use of a Signetics 2637 instead of the 2636 (handling the audio & video), somehow resulting in a new wave of licenced systems, all based on the same hardware and playing the same games. This console group includes : the [Emerson Arcadia 2001](/museum/emerson-arcadia-2001/), [Advision Home-Arcade](/museum/advision-home-arcade/), Prestige MPT-03, Tele-Fever, etc. and the Ormatu. All these systems (based on the 2650 & 2637 chipsets) are "software-compatible" with each others. It means that they all could play each other games if their cartridge slots were identical (which is not the case, resulting in sub-groups). The Ormatu Video Spelcomputer 2001 was marketed in the Netherlands (and Belgium?). The other systems using the same case & cartridge slot, and thus directly compatible with it, are the Sheen Home Video Centre 2001 (Australia),[Intervision 2001](/museum/intervision-2001-home-video-centre/) and the [Intervision 3001](/museum/intervision-3001-home-video-centre/) (Finland, Spain, Switzerland?). The Ormatu is equiped with two detachable controllers made of a screwable analog joystick and a 14-buttons keypad (rubber buttons). Small plastic layers were delivered with each game, explaining the different key functions when placed over the keypads (like with the [Mattel Intellivision](/museum/mattel-electronics-intellivision/)). The Control panel is made of 4 buttons (Start, Clear, Select A and Select B) and the power switch.
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