The Fountain Force 2

The Fountain Force 2 is a 1392 Advanced Programmable Video System is a second-generation home video game console.

The Fountain Force 2 is part of a group of software-compatible consoles which include the Interton VC 4000 and the Voltmace Database. The 1392 Advanced Programmable Video System included its power pack inside the console instead of an exterior power pack like the 1292.

The graphics capabilities of this system are impressive for a 1979 home console system. THe background can consist of a series of alternating lines, while the games can program 4 single color sprites; 1 sprite can be 1 of 8 colors. Then there is 1 score line, displaying 4 BCD digits. The graphics were provided by the Programmable Video Interface: Signetics 2636 running at 3.58MHz.

An expensive Hobby Module was available which gave 6.5 kb of user-programmable memory and had a 5 pin DIN socket to allow software to be saved to a cassette tape player. This converted the unit into a halfway house between a home computer and an ordinary gaming console. The user had to be familiar with programming in Signetics 2650 assembly language and the unconventional ways and register architecture of the Signetics 2650 processor.

The console was produced by different companies and sold with different names. Not every console is compatible with others due to differences in the shapes and dimensions of the cartridge slots (but all of the consoles are software compatible). This particular machine was fully compatible with the Radofin 1392 Advanced Programmable Video System which was produced for the wider European market in 1978.