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title: Bandai Arcadia
categories:
- Consoles
params:
name: Arcadia
image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_arcadia_1m.jpg
logo: /media/museum/logos/bandai_arcadia_logo.jpg
company: /companies/bandai
company_name: Bandai
tabs:
- photos
- emulators
- links
- docs
forum_thread: 1272
photos:
- title: BANDAI ARCADIA
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_arcadia_1.jpg
- title: CONTROL PANEL
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_arcadia_control-panel_1.jpg
- title: LEFT HAND CONTROLLER
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_arcadia_left-controller_1.jpg
- title: POWER SUPPLY UNIT
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_arcadia_psu_1.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
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/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/ormatu-electric-bv-ormatu-video-spelcomputer-2001
- /museum/palladium-video-computer-game
- /museum/schmid-tvg-2000
- /museum/sheen-2001-home-video-center
oc_id: 1307
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230601060714/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1307
date: '2023-06-01'
---
The Bandai Arcadia, is the same system as the [Emerson Arcadia 2001](/museum/emerson-arcadia-2001/), but sold in Japan. Please see this entry for more detailed informations.
The Arcadia 2001 clones includes : Advision Home Arcade (France), Bandai Arcadia (Japan), GiG Electronics Leonardo (Italy), [Hanimex HMG-2650](/museum/hanimex-hmg-2650/), [Leisure-Dynamics Leisure-Vision](/museum/leisure-dynamics-leisure-vision/), Intercord XL 2000 system, Eduscho / Tchibo Tele-Fever, etc... It means that all these systems can directly use the same cartridges.
The Software library is not very impressive, but there are good reasons for that. First, some titles ar almost just direct ports from "Interton VC-4000 & compatible systems" group. Philips (remember, at the origin of this ystem) also had great plans for his new hardware platform. It released adaptations of famous Arcade classics (Pac-Man, Berzerk, Phoenix, etc.) but Atari sue them. Philips was then forced to deeply modify those games, resulting in poor adaptations... at least for the Arcadia 2001. Because, outside US, other compatible systems sometimes had un-modified version in their library (Robot Killer for the MPT-03, for example).
The Arcadia is equiped with two detachable controllers made of a screwable joystick, a 12-buttons keypad (flat membrane buttons) and 2 fire buttons (they in fact have both the same function). Small plastic layers were delivered with each game, explaining the different key functions when placed over the keypads (like with the [Mattel Intellisivision](/museum/mattel-electronics-intellivision/)).
The Control panel is made of 4 buttons (Start, Clear, Select A and Select B) and the power on/off button.