I just took a set of three new iPhone photos, below, of the new Italian homebrew from the Creativemu team, Diagnosticart, for the CreatiVision, a hybrid videogame console and computer from 1981. I have numbered and signed release 16 of 40. I also have Creativemu's earlier CreatiVision Multicart Version 1:0, number 92 of 100. The CreatiVision system from VTech was released in pretty much every major territory except North and South America, and was widely rebranded. I have the Australian Dick Smith Wizzard version of the CreatiVision (the only NTSC compatible system was released in Japan and is very rare and valuable). The Diagnosticart is the three ROM version, with future expansion for an optional fourth ROM. The Diagnosticart performs Keyboard, Video, and Video + Audio tests as part of its current three onboard ROMs.

I don't have time to do a thorough analysis (i.e., plugging it in) just now as I need to take care of some pressing Intellivision stuff (since last night I did our taxes), but I seem to have stumbled upon a bit of good luck x2. Even though that luck doesn't involve finding a mass of riches, in the world of retrocomputing, it's still kind of neat. I recently acquired what was purported to be a Dick Smith VZ200, which is the Australian version of the Video Technology (Laser) VZ200. To my surprise, this is an actually an NTSC version, which from all that I've seen, has been pretty much an unknown quantity to this point, at least on the Web. When I get a chance, I'll be doing a thorough analysis of this budget system, but I took a few quick snapshots in the meantime. (read towards the bottom for the bonus bit of good luck)