Speak & Spell (US, 1980 version)
Game Information
| manufacturer | Texas Instruments |
| year | 1980 |
| Cloned by | snspellfr snspellit snspelljp snspellp snspellsp snspellua snspellub snspelluk snspelluka |
| downloads | 50 |
Screenshots
Download Details
| split set | snspell.zip 35.44KiB |
| merged set | snspell.7z 193.28KiB |
| standalone set | snspell.7z 34.54KiB |
Game Details
Handheld game published 46 years ago:
Speak & Spell (c) 1978 Texas Instruments.
- TRIVIA -
Development began in 1976 with an initial budget of $25,000, as an outgrowth of TI's research into speech synthesis.
The original Speak & Spell was the first of a three-part talking educational toy series that also included Speak & Read and Speak & Math.
- STAFF -
Driver Details
| source | ti/snspell.cpp |
| driver status | imperfect |
| emulation status | good |
| save states | supported |
| sound | imperfect |
| channels | 1 |
Input Details
| player: | 1 |
| type | keyboard |
| directions | N/A |
| buttons | 40way |
Chipset Details
| Texas Instruments TMS0270 | 320.00khz |
| Speaker | present |
| TMC0281 | 640.00khz |
ROM Details
| name | size | crc |
|---|---|---|
| tmc0271h-n2l_fds | 4.00KiB | f83b5d2d |
| tms0980_common1_instr.pla | 1.22KiB | 42db9a38 |
| tms0270_common2_micro.pla | 2.08KiB | 86737ac1 |
| tms0270_tmc271h_output.pla | 1.22KiB | 2478c595 |
| tmc0351n2l | 16.00KiB | 2d03b292 |
| tmc0352n2l | 16.00KiB | a6d56883 |