History of video games/Platforms/miniStation

History
The miniStation was developed as a collaboration between Tencent and Skyworth Digital. Lenovo manufactured at least some units. Development occurred in the span of about a year.

Tencent launched the miniStation on December 23rd, 2015. In 2016 the system sold for either 499 or 699 Chinese yuan. The system was promoted by Rockchip at trade shows.

The miniStation won the iF design award in 2016 for it's minimalist cubic product design.

Compute
The system was powered by a Rockchip RK3288, containing a quad core ARM A17 CPU clocked at 1.8 gigahertz and a either a Mali T764 GPU or a Mali T720 GPU. The system had 2 gigabytes of DDR3 RAM. The system had either 8 or 16 gigabytes of onboard eMMC storage.

The system ran a modified version of Android 4.4 called TencentOS, and used a custom storefront.

Hardware
The system had an Ethernet jack, as well as an HDMI 2.0 port. The system also sported a USB 2.0 port.

For wireless communication the system had dual band radios for Wi-Fi AC, as well as for Bluetooth 4.1.

The system was enclosed in a cubic case with a square hole occupying the center. The casing was capable of generating lighting effects. A different model featuring a conventional flat box design was also produced.

The system drew 5 volts of power at 3 amps.

The system primarily used smartphones as touchscreen input devices through an app. An official controller was available.

The system had a model number of LenovoVXC10 and a CMIIT ID of 2015AP5115.

Games

 * Implosion
 * N.O.V.A. 3
 * Infinity Blade
 * Asphalt 8
 * Modern Combat 5

Case colors

 * Black
 * Purple
 * Cyan
 * Red
 * Tan (Render only)
 * Lime Green
 * White