Artifact Details

Title

MicroMouse Mappy kit

Catalog Number

X772.86

Type

Physical object

Description

This object is an unassembled Micromouse Mappy kit, consisting of a cardboard box, cardstock sleeve, and the components needed to construct the MicroMouse device (chassis, board, LEDs, wires, wheels, switches, transistors, integrated circuits,etc.)

Described in an English Introduction Piece: "Namco, which is famous for its popular video game called Pacman, has now released a hobby/educational computer-based robot called MicroMouse Mappy Kit."

Date

1984

Manufacturer

Namco

Place Manufactured

Japan

Identifying Numbers

Other number 149 Handwritten on outside of bubble wrap of two packages. Bubble wrap removed and discarded.
Other number 1984 Copyright date printed on cardboard sleeve of packaging

Dimensions

in box: 3 1/8 in x 13 7/8 in x 10 1/4 in

Category

Fixed-application digital computer/other

Credit

Gift of Hirofumi Tashiro

Lot Number

X772.86