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History of video games/Platforms/PoGa

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A PoGa game console.
A PoGa game console.

History[edit | edit source]

Minchinbury, New South Wales, the suburb of Sydney, Australia where 4D Systems is based.[1]

PoGa was a "Portable Game Development Console Kit"[2] The PoGa was made by 4D Systems to be an educational game console for use in developer education.[3]

Legacy[edit | edit source]

By July 9th, 2010 the PoGa domain name was parked.[4]

Technology[edit | edit source]

GOLDELOX-PoGa[edit | edit source]

Unusually for an minor handheld of this era, the PoGa used a single chip, known as the custom "GOLDELOX-PoGa" graphics processor.[2][3] This unusual choice made sense, as 4D systems also manufactures display controllers and graphics processors.[5] The overall performance of the chip was rated at 12 Million Instructions per Second (Mips).[3] The system included 510 bytes of RAM for 255 words.[3] The system included 11 Kilobytes of program memory.[3]

The system was capable of basic 3D graphics.[6]

Audio[edit | edit source]

Single channel audio with RTTTL support was included.[3][2]

Power[edit | edit source]

The PoGa is powered by three AAA batteries, which were not shipped with the system.[2] The expansion port included power functions.[2]

Expansion[edit | edit source]

MicroSD card expansion was supported.[3]

The PoGa could be expanded with a prototype PCB.[3]

Games[edit | edit source]

  • PoGa Invaders - Space Invaders clone. Official example game[7]
  • PoGa Tetris - Tetris clone. Official example game.[8]
  • PoGa Lander - Lunar Lander style game. Official example game.[9]
  • PoGa Infuriator - Arkanoid clone. Official example game.[10]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "4D Systems, Contact". web.archive.org. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. a b c d e "PoGa - Portable Game Development Console Kit - LCD-10343 - SparkFun Electronics". www.sparkfun.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. a b c d e f g h "PoGa - Kit - PoGa - Portable Game Development Console". web.archive.org. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. "Parked Domain". web.archive.org. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. "About Us". 4dsystems.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. "PoGa Panorama + 3D". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  7. "PoGa Invaders". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. "PoGa Tetris". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. "PoGa Lander". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. "PoGa Infuriator" (in en). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kNpROpava4.