Gaming Historica | Daewoo Zemmix | Korea's MSX Console
Added 2024-12-20 12:40:01 +0000 UTCDaewoo in South Korean means "Great Universe". This company was create in 1957 and became one of Korea's most successful technology companies. They made electronics and cars and buses. Also large building machine like tractors and even had hotel businesses!
In 1999 Daewoo lost all their money and was bankrupt and closed. But did you know in the 1980's Daewoo also created a video game console?
In South Korea video gaming had some restriction law in the 80's and it was not so easy to play Famicom. Most of the console is imported and some Sega console like the Samsung Mega Drive were licensed to Korea and they did have some company that made games also for arcade and console too.
But PC was always very strong and popular. The MSX was a Japanese PC that was very popular in Asia and we know many of its famous games like Metal Gear Solid and Parodius..
The Daewoo company made a game console that could play MSX games.. really it is the same as the MSX PC but without the PC function. Instead it is really only for playing the MSX games! Quite cool idea!!
The first console Daewoo release is called the Zemmix and they make so many different style and colors it really is amazing!
The first Zemmix console could play MSX games was the CPC-50 and CPC-51. Later there was the Zemmix Super V for MSX2 and then the CPC-61 and CPG-120 for MSX2 and MSX2+ called Zemmix Turbo.. . after all is finished there are Zemmix consoles that can play all MSX games. And these are rare things!!
There were also Korean companies that made games just for the Zemmix console.
I have include some pictures of many different Zemmix types here!
Now you know! 🤗
Comments
That was very strange!
SuperSisi
2024-12-20 23:09:26 +0000 UTCVery interesting. I’ll show you an even weirder one that’s also a Zemmix.
Colonel Falcon
2024-12-20 19:20:31 +0000 UTCOoh for sure. I have a friend who is Korean & lived in Korea for a bit. There was a big thing with arcade & computer gaming. I think they had PC hangout places before we did in the west.
Jacob the ZombieFighter
2024-12-20 19:09:36 +0000 UTCIt was your post that let me look about this mr falcon!! 🤗 Very interesting
SuperSisi
2024-12-20 19:01:29 +0000 UTCOh there must be somehow to fix that!! 😆
SuperSisi
2024-12-20 19:01:03 +0000 UTCKorea have some rule for young people to not let them play online gaming in the night time.. but I think gaming is popular there
SuperSisi
2024-12-20 19:00:09 +0000 UTCThey make so many style I think it must be popular
SuperSisi
2024-12-20 18:59:20 +0000 UTCYes is also interesting to me they make. Car! They actually make many thing..
SuperSisi
2024-12-20 18:59:00 +0000 UTCYou are welcome mr Donnie thank you for reading!! 🤗
SuperSisi
2024-12-20 18:58:21 +0000 UTCThanks for another gaming history lesson Sisi,you should start giving us quizzes;my first car was a Daewoo long ago💫🎮🚗
Donnie
2024-12-20 18:55:09 +0000 UTCI first heard of Daewoo in 1999 when a co worker of mine got one of their cars, the Lanos. They were teasing him so much but I believe he got a great deal because they were trying to market here in the US. I never knew they made anything else but cars.
James Waddell III
2024-12-20 16:53:27 +0000 UTCThe design of this machines was very interesting!! So much consoles tried to have success and failed!
Ikaruga_Shock
2024-12-20 16:44:05 +0000 UTCNow I do know! I had no idea something like this even existed. It looks kinda cool, and I can see that it took inspiration from other popular types of consoles. One of them does kind of look like a Famicom. It’s really interesting to learn about these different game consoles & technology. I’ve heard the Korea can be pretty strict on some of there stuff. I do have a PC & have games for it but for me I have always enjoyed console more. I grew up with people who played WOW & RuneScape but I never had the money to play it so I ended up missing out.
Jacob the ZombieFighter
2024-12-20 15:20:30 +0000 UTCi tried final fantasy on msx2 yesterday!! i liked it but couldnt save my game without a blank user disk!! still fun!!
OppaTOM
2024-12-20 14:39:06 +0000 UTCThese machines are so cool and so expensive and rare. I would love one some day!
Colonel Falcon
2024-12-20 13:04:07 +0000 UTC
