page_title: TV Vader
hierarchical_section_title: TV Vader
caption_attribution_description: The Epoch TV Vader, a dedicated game console made by Epoch and released only in Japan around 1980. Attaching to a TV, it let you play a game that was a clone of Space Invader.
context_page_description: The TV Vader is a dedicated first-generation home video game console that was released by Epoch Co. in 1980 only in Japan for 15,000 or 16,500 Japanese yen. It is the successor of the 1978 released Cassette TV Game and the predecessor of the Cassette Vision. Due to the integrated NEC D774C chipset, only a colored clone of the 1978 game Space Invaders is playable with the system. A year later, the game was ported for the Cassette Vision under the name Battle Vader.
context_section_description: The TV Vader (stylized as EPOCH TV VADER, also known as Epoch TV-Vader) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console that was released by Epoch Co. in 1980 only in Japan for 15,000 or 16,500 Japanese yen. It is the successor of the 1978 released Cassette TV Game and the predecessor of the Cassette Vision. Due to the integrated NEC D774C chipset, only a colored clone of the 1978 game Space Invaders is playable with the system. A year later, the game was ported for the Cassette Vision under the name Battle Vader.
caption: A TV Vader
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