History of video games/Platforms/Mattel Aquarius

History
RadioFin Electronics Far East developed and manufactured the Aquarius, with Mattel spearheading mass marketing and sales the system.

Mattel launched the Aquarius on June 1st of 1983 The system was later handled by Radiofin after Mattel abandoned.

Legacy
The system was discontinued by Mattel in October of 1983, a notably short time on the market. Notably this coincided with the peak of sales of the system on one chart. Radiofin continued the line for a short time afterwords. Followup systems saw a December 1983 roadmap announcement in the Aquarius II and Aquarius III. The Aquarius II had a roadmap release date of January 1984 which was later pushed back to a release target of September 1984. Some Aquarius II units were actually made and sold sold by Radiofin. The Aquarius III was initially planned for a July 1984 release, and is said to have not been released at all.

1985 is the latest date that any of the Aquarius line is suspected to have been marketed. Of course, secondhand sales would continue for some time. There was notable homebrew interest in the system as late as 2014.

Original Model
"Aquarius - System for the Seventies!"

Compute
The system was powered by a Zilog Z80A clocked at 3.5 megahertz.

Hardware
The system is noted for using a chicklet keyboard, with an unorthodox design including a reset button next to the 1 key.