History of video games/Platforms/PoGa

History


PoGa was a "Portable Game Development Console Kit" The PoGa was made by 4D Systems to be an educational game console for use in developer education.

Legacy
By July 9th, 2010 the PoGa domain name was parked.

GOLDELOX-PoGa
Unusually for an minor handheld of this era, the PoGa used a single chip, known as the custom "GOLDELOX-PoGa" graphics processor. This unusual choice made sense, as 4D systems also manufactures display controllers and graphics processors. The overall performance of the chip was rated at 12 Million Instructions per Second (Mips). The system included 510 bytes of RAM for 255 words. The system included 11 Kilobytes of program memory.

The system was capable of basic 3D graphics.

Audio
Single channel audio with RTTTL support was included.

Power
The PoGa is powered by three AAA batteries, which were not shipped with the system. The expansion port included power functions.

Expansion
MicroSD card expansion was supported.

The PoGa could be expanded with a prototype PCB.

Games

 * PoGa Invaders - Space Invaders clone. Official example game
 * PoGa Tetris - Tetris clone. Official example game.
 * PoGa Lander - Lunar Lander style game. Official example game.
 * PoGa Infuriator - Arkanoid clone. Official example game.