Bally Astrocade © 1982 Astrocade, Inc.
A second re-launch of the Bally Professional Arcade console by Astrocade.
In 1980, deciding to focus on casino and stand-alone video arcade machines, Bally sold their Consumer Products Division to AstroVision, Inc., a Columbus-based company that controls E. F. Johnson, the CB two-way radio manufacturer. Johnson had been constructing the Bally motherboard for some time under subcontract. The system is relaunched as the Bally Computer System.
At the outset of 1982, AstroVision's right to use the Bally trademark expired, so they changed the company name to Astrocade. The computer system was also renamed as the Astrocade. The company ran into financial difficulties in 1984 which meant the end of the Bally system which saw the daylight in 1977.
For more info see the entry of Bally Professional Arcade.
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