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1,289 discussions, 9,527 archived comments; pages no longer carry the comments themselves. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: PROMOTORS LTD Palladium Game Console
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- Consoles
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name: Palladium Game Console
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image: /media/museum/photos/palladium_ian-sinclair_1s.jpg
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company: /companies/prmtors-ltd
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company_name: PROMOTORS LTD
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tabs:
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- photos
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- links
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forum_thread: 1189
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photos:
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- title: PALLADIUM GAME CONSOLE
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to [Iain Sinclair Design](http://www.iainsinclair.com) for the pictures
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image: /media/museum/photos/palladium_ian-sinclair_1.jpg
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- title: CLIPPED CONTROLLERS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Apparently the controllers could be clipped together (for special games ?)
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Thanks to [Iain Sinclair Design](http://www.iainsinclair.com) for the picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/palladium_ian-sinclair_controllers.jpg
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links:
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- title: Ian Sinclair Design
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url: http://www.iainsinclair.com/past/palladium.html
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text: The only proof of existence of this project. Take your time while there and browse excellent designs including Sinclair (Clive's company) early products
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oc_id: 1222
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230606082935/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1222
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date: '2023-06-06'
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This console is only a prototype designed in 1980 by designer Iain Sinclair for Promotors Ltd based in Hong-Kong. It's unclear if this particular model has ever been produced or not, but chances are not.
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What is striking is the ressemblance between this prototype and [Emerson Arcadia 2001](/museum/emerson-arcadia-2001/) or [Interton VC-4000](/museum/interton-vc-4000/) compatible systems: two detachable controllers made of a keypad and an analog joystick, several buttons on the control panel...
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But the most obvious hint is that all these obscure clone systems were also made in Asia and mainly in Hong-Kong. It sounds like this Palladium Game Console was one of those systems intended to be sold worldwide under different brand names.
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The name of this system is not to be confused with German company Palladium which also marketed an Arcadia 2001 clone, the Palladium Video-Computer-Game. Or are both systems linked in any way?
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Thanks to [Iain Sinclair Design](http://www.iainsinclair.com) for the pictures.
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this console ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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