Poll
Question:
What was the best console VTech (no not that VTech) released?
Option 1: Socrates Educational Video System
votes: 3
Option 2: Video/Master Painter
votes: 0
Option 3: Creativision
votes: 0
Option 4: VSmile
votes: 1
Option 5: VFlash
votes: 0
Here's a little info on each of the candidates, more can be found via Google.
Socrates Educational Video System: I own this, so I voted for it. An ancient (1982) educational toy with an infrared keyboard that had built-in game pads. Mostly used in children's hospitals and the like.
Master Painter and Video Painter These were basically computer paint programs contained in a drawing tablet that plugged into your TV.
Creativision: This was a 1981 computer/game console hybrid, basically the same as a VTech Laser 500 computer.
VSmile: This is a modern (2000s) offering from VTech, a 2D cart based educational system with games that look astonishingly like Macromedia Flash games.
VFlash: A 3D CD-based educational system that looks like a low-end PS1.
I voted for the So-Crates since he was pretty cool.
Yay Socrates! I had one when I was younger. It was like mariopaint before there was mariopaint.
I've been threatening to get one for a while now, but just haven't gotten around to it.
Don't know anything about this, although I saw a V-smile in a store a couple of months back. Tried it a little, some Winnie the Pooh game. It was boring, but graphically interesting.