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Like Blue Ram and the Viper System were available.įun Fact: The GRASS language was used to produce the “Death Star plans”Īnother Fun Fact: Jamie Fenton claims that the expansion unit in the National Videogame Museum The promised expansion was never released, and Astrocade filed for Chapter 11.

Supporting advanced graphics and animation primitives). (ZGRASS was a BASIC-like language developed by digital artists at the University of Chicago, “Astrocade: The Professional Arcade” (video).Ī more powerful “add-under” expansion called ZGRASS was The system was then renamed “Bally Computer System” That couldn’t decide if the product was an awkward BASIC machine or a game console. It had overheating problems (the manual warned against using it on carpet) and poor marketing The ambitious system never attained the popularity of the Atari 2600. It could also be used with the Bally BASIC cartridge to write simple games and graphics demos.Īn audio jack was built into the cartridge, which allowed reading and writing from a cassette tape.

You could also start a “Scribbling” paint program, or use an on-screen calculator.Īffixed to the console was a 24-key keypad, used for game menus or for the built-in Calculator app. Which were ports of Midway arcade games – No units were shipped until 1978, where it was renamed the “Bally Professional Arcade”Īnd marketed via retail outlets with the trademarked tagline “Fun & Brains”. “Bally Home Library Computer” sold exclusively via mail order.