The EACA EG2000 Colour Genie was a computer produced by Hong Kong–based manufacturer EACA, and introduced in Germany in August 1982 by Trommeschläger Computer Service and Schmidtke Electronic.
It followed their earlier Video Genie I and II computers and was released around the same time as the business-oriented Video Genie.
The LEVEL II BASIC was compatible with the Video Genie I and II and the TRS-80, except for graphic and sound commands; most of the routines for Video Genie I BASIC commands were left over in the Colour Genie's BASIC ROM. Programs were provided to load TRS-80 programs into the Colour Genie. Colour Genie disks could be read in a TRS-80 floppy disk drive and vice versa, editing the commands.
The original Video Genies had been based upon (and broadly compatible with) the then-current TRS-80 Model I. As the Colour Genie was descended from this architecture, it was incompatible with Tandy's newer TRS-80 Color Computer which – despite its name – was an entirely new and unrelated design based on an entirely different CPU, and thus incompatible with the TRS-80 Model I and derivatives such as the Color Genie.
About 190 games were published for the system in English and German.
An 80 column card was produced.
Modern emulators for this system exist.
Technical specifications
Central Processing Unit
Z80 running at 2.2 MHz. Usually using the NEC D780 (an unlicenced Japanese clone) or the SGS Z80 (a European second source for Zilog).
Internal hardware
Video Hardware Motorola 6845 CRTC 40 × 24 text (original ROMs) or 40 × 25 text (upgraded ROMs), 16 colours, 128 user defined characters 160 × 96 graphics (original ROMs) or 160 × 102 graphics (upgraded ROMs), 4 colours x up to 4 pages Sound Hardware General Instruments AY-3-8910 3 sound channels, ADSR programmable 1 noise generator, usable on each of 3 sound channels 2 8-bit wide I/O ports
I/O ports and power supply
I/O ports: Composite video out and audio out (cinch plugs) Integrated RF modulator antenna output, which also carries sound, to TV Cartridge expansion slot (slot for edge connector with Z80 CPU address/data bus lines and control signals, as well as GND and voltage pins; used for ROM cartridges or the floppy disk controller 1200 baud tape interface (5 pin DIN) RS-232 port (5 pin DIN) Light pen port (5 pin DIN) Parallel port for printer or joystick controller
External hardware options
Floppy disk controller with floppy disk station. Supported up to 4 drives (5.25 inch). Support for 90 KB SS/SD up to 720 KB DS/DD drives. Cassette recorder EPROM cartridge of 12 KB EG2013 Joystick Controller 2 Analogue joysticks with keypad
Games
There are games on this list.
Name Year Publisher 3D Haunted House 1983 Ipswich Software Factory A10 Bomber 1983 Ipswich Software Factory Air Raid 1983 Kwerty Software Airaid 198? Kwerty Software Aliens 198? Kwerty Software Andromeda 1982 TCG Andromeda 16k ver. 1982 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Andromeda 32k ver. 1982 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Astronaut 1984 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Backgammon 1983 JD Tronics Bak-Pak 1984 Arcade Games Bang Bang 1983 Gumboot Software Blitz 1983 MCE Blastaroids 1983 Algray Software Botschaft 1985 SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik Bumm Bumm 198? TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio BängBäng - 2 player Gun fight 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio CIA-Agent 1985 SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik Chess Machine 1984 Hubben Software Verlag Chomper 198? Kansas Software Chopper 198? TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Colour Frog 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Colour Genie Chess 1984 Gumboot Software Colour Genie Flugsimulator 1984 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Colour Genie Golf 1983 Gumboot Software Colour Genie Poker Gumboot Software Colour Kong 16k ver. 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Colour Kong 32k ver. 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Colour Quest 1: Find the Diamond of Balmarlon 1983 Gumboot Software Colour Quest 2: The Vegan Incident 1983 Gumboot Software Colour Quest 3: Enchanted Gardens 1983 Gumboot Software Colour Quest 4: Camelot Adventure 1983 Gumboot Software Colour Quest 5: Shipwreck 1983 Gumboot Software Colour Quest 6: Fishing Quest 1983 Gumboot Software Colour Schach 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Cosmic Attack 198? Kansas Software Death Cells 1983 Kwerty Software Deathstar 1983 Algray Software Defender 198? Goldau Softwareproduction, Andreas Dig Boy 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Die Juwelen des Grafen Dracula 198? Cooperated Software Disastrous Villa 1985 SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik Droids Arcade Games Double Agent 1983 Algray Software Eagle 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Eatman 1983 Molimerx, Ltd. Eis 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Eliminator 1984 TCC Enchanted Gardens 1983 Gumboot Software ExReversic 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Exterminator II - The Mad Menagerie 1984 Algray Software Exterminator Part 1: The Birds Algray Software Fast Food 1983 CC Computer Studio Firebird 1983 Hubben Software Verlag Flying Bytes 1984 Arcade Games Fortress Of Evil Algray Software Galactic Attack 1983 Microbyte Software Genie Trek Gumboot Software Geniepede 1983 Ipswich Software Factory Genmon Algray Software Gobble Garden 198? Kwerty Software Gobbledygook Gumboot Software Gorilla 1983 Hubben Software Verlag Grand Prix 1985 Gumboot Software Grabit Kwerty Software Hamlet JD Tronics Hangman Kwerty Software Haunted House Gumboot Software Hektik 1984 Arcade Games Helikopter 1983 Hubben Software Verlag Horror Castle 198? SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik House of Death 1985 SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik Im Reich der Fraggels 198? SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik Invaders from Space 1983 Molimerx, Ltd. Invasion aus dem Weltraum 1982 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Jet Set Billy 1984 Arcade Games Joker Poker 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Jumbo 1984 Gumboot Software King 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Kniffel 1985 TTS Kong 1983 Algray Software Labyrinth of Fear 1983 Algray Software Länder-Quiz 1984 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Life 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Lunar Lander 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Mad Menagerie Algray Software Madtree 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Maestro Algray Software Mampf Man II 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Martian Rescue 1983 Ipswich Software Factory Maze Chaser 198? Superb Software Maze Chaser 198? Superb Software Micronopoly 1983 JD Tronics Millipede 1984 Gonzalo Mord im Zeppelin 198? SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik Motten 1982 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Mysterious Adventures #1: The Golden Baton 1982 Molimerx, Ltd. Mysterious Adventures #2: The Time Machine 1982 Molimerx, Ltd. Mysterious Adventures #3: Arrow of Death Pt.1 1982 Molimerx, Ltd. Mysterious Adventures #6: Circus 1982 Molimerx, Ltd. Mysterious Tavern 198? SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik Netzo 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Orgel 1982 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Othello JD Tronics Pac Boy 1984 Hubben Software Verlag Palace of Ming 1984 Cooperated Software Panik 1982 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Peng 198? TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Plato 198? Gumboot Software Puckman 1983 JD Tronics Punter 1984 Gumboot Software Q*Man 1984 Arcade Games Quandry 1984 Omega Software Quasimodo 1984 Kingsoft GmbH Germany Racing 1984 Gumboot Software Racing Driver 1982 Molimerx, Ltd. Rockfall MCE Saug 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Schiff des Grauens 198? SBS Scholz Baeumner Schaffarzik Skramble 1983 Algray Software Space Attack 1984 TCC Space Fighter 1984 Molimerx, Ltd. Spell A Picture 1+2 1983 Gumboot Software Super-Basic 198? Hubben Software Verlag Swag! 1985 Arcade Games Tank Race Intercept Kwerty Software Tausendfuss 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio Ten Little Indians 1984 Molimerx, Ltd. Terry's Travels 1983 Gumboot Software The Compiler Gumboot Software The Graphics Master Algray Software The Input Module Gumboot Software The Word JD Tronics Toad Mania 1983 Gumboot Software To Hell And Back 1986 Battle-Soft Trash-Man 1983 Schmidtke Electronic Triton Battle 198? Schmidtke Electronic Uttpac Algray Software Vortex 1984 Hubben Software Verlag Windscale 1983 MCE Wolftracks Gumboot Software Wordy 198? Gumboot Software What's My Rhyme? 1984 Gumboot Software Zeichensätze 1983 TCS Trommeschläger Computer Studio
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