website/content/museum/intervision-3001-home-video-centre.md

---
title: Intervision 3001 - Home Video Centre
categories:
- Consoles
params:
  name: 3001 - Home Video Centre
  image: /media/museum/photos/intervision_3001_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/intervision
  company_name: Intervision
  tabs:
  - photos
  - emulators
  - links
  - docs
  photos:
  - title: INTERVISION 3001
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [www.lomasretro.com](http://www.lomasretro.com) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/intervision_3001_1.jpg
  - title: REAR LABEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [www.lomasretro.com](http://www.lomasretro.com) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/intervision_3001_rear-label.jpg
  - title: ELECTRONIC BOARD
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      **1** - Signetics 2637 audio & video processing unit\
      **2** - Signetics 2650A microprocessor\
      **3** - Cartridge slot\
      **4** - MM2114N-L RAM chips\
      **5** - UHF video converter\
      **6** - Left controller internal connector\
      **7** - Right controller internal connector\
      **8** - Switch board (control buttons) wires

      Thanks to [www.lomasretro.com](http://www.lomasretro.com) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/photos/intervision_3001_mobo.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: lomasretro.com
    url: http://lomasretro.dyndns.org/varios/intervisionpage/index.html
    text: The only detailed page (in spanish) available for the Intervision 3001
  - 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 :**
  comments:
  - author: Benoît (France (Normandie))
    date: Tuesday 30th July 2013
    text: |-
      Hi Folks,\
      Is the 3001 so rare ? I’ve got one since a few days (it a has been saved from the garbage). I''ve begun by cleaning it (stored in a cellar ?).\
      It’s a nice console. It''s very hard to get informations on it on internet\
      Benoît
  - author: mrkoolnerd (usa)
    date: Tuesday 13rd November 2007
    text: i got a question was this released in the us? my reason for asking i read some where it was can't remember the site though
  related:
  - /museum/advision-home-arcade
  - /museum/bandai-arcadia
  - /museum/emerson-arcadia-2001
  - /museum/hanimex-hmg-2650
  - /museum/intervision-2001-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: 1190
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230607185838/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1190
    date: '2023-06-07'
---

The Intervision 3001 is one of the many systems "software-compatible" with the [Emerson Arcadia 2001](/museum/emerson-arcadia-2001/). Visually, it is the same system as the [Intervision 2001](/museum/intervision-2001-home-video-centre/).

On the electronic board of the Intervision 3001 can be found this inscription : "**M1800 11-0253-10 Rev A**". Several systems of the "Arcadia family" are based on this generic M1800 electronic board. This shows that the hardware was conceived by one company (in Hong Kong ? Soundic ? Radofin ?) and then sent to others companies for assembly and specific marketing (see [Voltmace Database](/museum/voltmace-database-games-computer/) story for another example of the phenomenon). But the name of original company is not known until now, and no generic M1800 system has been found so far. Some game boxes labeled with "can be used with M1800 system" exist, but there was always a sticker upon it replacing M1800 with the name of another system. Thus even with the games, it looks like the parent company sent ready to be marketed games & boxes where each company had to put their own sticker upon them.

Soundic seems to be such a company which built MPT-x systems and then sold them to other companies to do their own marketing. Many obscure consoles are in fact based on MPT-x electronic board. MPT-02 were [RCA Studio II](/museum/rca-studio-ii/) clones, MPT-03 were "[Arcadia 2001](/museum/emerson-arcadia-2001/) clones" and MPT-04 & MPT-05 were "[Interton VC-4000](/museum/interton-vc-4000/) clones".

The Intervision 3001 is a rare machine! One was found in spain and another in Switzerland where the 2001 model was distributed too. The Intervision 2001 was also sold in Finland so it wouldn't be a surprise to discover a 3001 model there too one day.

See the Intervision 2001 entry for more info about the system itself...

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Thanks to [www.lomasretro.com](http://www.lomasretro.com) for the pictures

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