Milton Bradley Microvision (1979-1981) Personal Computers marketed to college students and

marketed to college students and middle-class families as a second set

Developed at a time when vinyl records and cassette tapes ruled the market

" It was a radical bet on the future of simplicity and the internet

It was finally retired in the summer of 2017

The leaping cat remains a beloved piece of pop-culture nostalgia

Milton Bradley Microvision (1979-1981) Personal Computers marketed to college students andMicrovision First Commercially Released Handheld Video Game System to Use Interchangeable ROM Cartridges The Milton Bradley Microvision, launched in 1979, was a piece of engineering wizardry that effectively invented the handheld console category a full decade before the Game Boy. Designed by Jay Smith, it was the first portable system to feature interchangeable cartridges, though with a bizarre architectural twist: the console itself was a "dumb"