RCA Studio II

For system information, see RCA Studio II.

"Let your TV turn you on..."

The Studio II is an early second generation console made by RCA. While it looked like another Pong clone, it already accepted cartridges and came with five built-in games. The console was very small, with two numeric keypad embedded on the console.

The main problem with the Studio II was that it was obsolete right at launch, as it could only do very low resolution black & white graphics, and could only create small bleeps through its built-in speaker. Not only it was inferior to the Channel F, which came earlier, the Atari 2600 arrived a few months later and took the market by storm.

RCA had the improved Studio III in the pipeline, but after the II flopped, they decided against releasing it themselves. Instead it was licensed to Hong Kong electronics manufacturer Conic Group, which released it in various countries under different names. It also doesn't seem to have made much of a dent.

Toshiba briefly produced a Japanese variant under license, the Visicom C-100. It was upgraded with color graphics and actually piped sound to the TV. Still, it was also unsuccessful.

The list

Cover	Title	Genre	Description	Screenshot
	TV Arcade I: Space War	Shooting	Play as a giant cock trying to shoot an alien ship. A simple game for two players.
	Gunfighter / Moonship Battle	Shooting	The computer will absolutely destroy in this cowboy-shooting-game. So grab a friend and hide behind that cactus.
	Speedway / Tag	Racing	A very simple racing game for two players. Enjoyable in short bursts. Try to push your opponent against the boards, which renders him unable to move.

External links

• A System For The Sixties: The RCA Studio II