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Also known as | Prof. Weiss-Alles Professeur Saitout |
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Manufacturer | VTech |
Type | Educational home video game console |
Generation | Third generation |
Release date | 1988 |
Discontinued | Early 1990s |
CPU | Zilog Z80A at 3.57 MHz |
Graphics | Custom |
Predecessor | VTech Creativision |
Successor | V.Smile |
The VTech Socrates is an 8-bit educational home video game console manufactured and released in 1988 by VTech. The console features a robot character Socrates, named after the philosopher. The character is visually similar to Johnny Five from the Short Circuit movies. It was discontinued in the early 1990s.
The system features standard wireless controllers that communicated via infrared reception.
Yeno distributed the system in Europe. In Germany, under the name Prof. Weiss-Alles, which translates to "Professor Knows-Everything".[1] And in France, as the Professeur Saitout; Jeu Educatif Video, where "Saitout" comes from the french phrase "Sais Tout", meaning "Knows All".
VTech also distributed the system in Canada, being sold as the Socrates Saitout; Jeu Educatif Video.
External links[]
- VTech Socrates games playable for free in the browser at the Internet Archive Console Living Room
- 20th Century Retro Games entry (Gallery page for various VTech Socrates models)
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Third-generation video game consoles (1983–1987) |
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Action Max • Amstrad GX4000 • Atari 7800 • Atari XE Games System • Casio PV-1000 • Commodore 64 Games System • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES-101) • RDI Halcyon • Sega Master System • Sega SG-1000 • Super Cassette Vision • VTech Socrates |
- ↑ "Yeno Prof. Weiss-Alles (1988)". 23 April 2009.
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