Twas a day after Christmas and up on my wall
Hung last year’s cheap calendar crude layout and all
I glanced at the date and the days that were left
And knew that of new calendars I was bereft
So up off my lazy ass I had to go
And think of more game consoles that I did know
But most of the good ones had prior been used
Which left me perplexed and a little bemused
Until I decided to highlight those failures
Of hardware that never quite made it to players
With one grand exception, home version of Pong
Which sold mega shitloads and doesn’t belong
But other than that I think this one’s quite neat
We’ve got twelve consoles more but we sure ain’t complete
So next year might bring around yet more obscure
But I’ll enjoy these twelve rarities now that’s for sure
- 01 1972 Magnavox Odyssey
- 02 1975 Atari Pong
- 03 1977 Bally Astrocade
- 04 1982 Emerson Arcadia 2001
- 05 1987 Action Max
- 06 1987 Atari XEGS
- 07 1991 Phillips CDi
- 08 1993 Amiga CD32
- 09 1995 Casio Loopy
- 10 1995 Super A’Can
- 11 1996 Apple Bandai Pippin
- 12 2006 Mattel HyperScan