RCA Studio II facts for kids

RCA Studio II

The RCA Studio II (also known as RCA Studio 2, Studio II or Studio 2) is a home video game console that was released in January 1977 by RCA. It could only display black and white graphics, similar to earlier Pong consoles.

Games

Build-in games

The RCA Studio II has 5 games that are build in the ROM of the console itself. These were:

• Addition
• Bowling
• Doodle
• Freeway
• Patterns

Cartridge games

The following is a list of all RCA II games that were released on cartridges:

• 18V400|TV Arcade I: Space War
• 18V401|TV Arcade II: Fun with Numbers
• 18V402|TV Arcade III: Tennis/Squash
• 18V403|TV Arcade IV: Baseball
• 18V404|TV Arcade Series: Speedway/Tag
• 18V405|TV Arcade Series: Gunfighter/Moonship Battle
• 18V500|TV School House I
• 18V501|TV School House II: Math Fun
• 18V600|TV Casino I: Blackjack
• 18V601|TV Casino Series: TV Bingo (very limited release, only 3 copies are known to exist as of 1/7/2018)
• 18V700|TV Mystic Series: Biorhythm

Technical specifications

An opened RCA Studio II

• CPU: RCA 1802 microprocessor operating at 1.78 MHz
• ROM: 2 kilobytes
• RAM: 512 bytes
• GPU: RCA CDP1861 "Pixie" video chip
• Resolution: 64 x 32 pixels
• Colors: monochrome (black & white)

Successors

The successor of the RCA Studio II is the RCA Studio III. This console can display color and uses the RCA CDP-1802 as microprocessor.

Images for kids

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  Like the Atari 5200, the RCA Studio II uses one cable to carry both video and power for the console.

See also

In Spanish: RCA Studio II para niños