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Bally Professional Arcade 1981 Advertisement

Updated 18 December 2021

The Bally Professional Arcade Plus Expandable Computer System surely needs some sort of award for the longest title for a microcomputer ever devised. This second-generation machine is a great example of trying to do a lot with only a small amount of horsepower. This reproduced advert shows the various configurations for the Astrocade machine and a description for its target audience. We have gone over the photos in detail and looking carefully you can see that the photos are for a mock-up or physical configuration prototype.

Bally Professional Expandable Computer System prototype Bally Basic packaging, manual and audio jack

Bally Professional Arcade Plus
Expandable Computer System
Now with Bally BASIC included

Bally BASIC

Programming Cartridge and Computer Learning Lab

The most fun game of all is learning to create your own computer programs. Now there's no easier way to learn about computers than with the new Bally BASIC system. This plug-in cartridge with built-in audio tape interface converts the ARCADE into a personal computer you can program yourself. The Learning Lab makes it easy to learn programming while creating computer games, electronic music, and video art. The exclusive Bally Keypad overlay provides a complete alpha-numeric entry system that's easy to learn and fun to use! Save your programs on cassette tape and trade them with friends. A complete library of BASIC software on inexpensive cassettes will expand these applications, and team more advanced programming techniques.

The complete Bally system gives you more

More fun...

Bally Astrocade prototype without cartridge

The Bally ARCADE plus uses the powerful Z-80 microprocessor and two custom-designed microprocessors that provide better sound, color and graphics than any other system.

More Power...

Bally Professional Arcade with addition Zgrass keyboard

The Bally ZGrass-32 keyboard gives the Bally Computer System more usable power because it was designed to be easy to program without any computer knowledge.

The line of Bally Videocade cartridges continues to grow.

Bally Videocade game selection

The Bally ZGrass-32 keyboard gives the Bally Computer System more usable power because it was designed to be easy to program without any computer knowledge.

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