...MANUFACTURER:
CBS ELECTRONICS (Distributed
by Texas Instruments)
PRODUCT
NUMBER: PHM 3067
RELEASED:
1Q/1982
..PROGRAMMER:
ORIGINAL
RETAIL PRICE: $39.95
TOUCAN'S
TRIVIA: This
game is based upon Gabriel Industries' own electronic handheld version
of
the Othello board game, known as Computer Othello. The
handheld
version was released in 1980 and was programmed by Rob Phillips at the
University of Maryland who contracted the program out to
Gabriel.
.
TOUCAN'S
TRIVIA: Later
in 1982 and 1983 CBS would go on to convert popular arcade games to the
Atari 2600 and 5200. They also planned Intellivision, Colecovision,
Atari
400/800 and TI-99/4A conversions as well, but the video game crash of
1984
put an end to those titles seeing the light of day.