Dina (console)

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Dina

Manufacturer	Bit Corporation
Type	Video game console
Generation	Third generation
Release date	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Media	ROM cartridge
CPU	Zilog Z80
Graphics	TMS9928A

The Dina, also known in Taiwan as the Chuang Zao Zhe 50(Chinese:創造者 50),^[1] is a home video game console of the third generation originally manufactured by Bit Corporation, later sold in the United States by Telegames as the Telegames Personal Arcade.^[2] It is a clone of both the ColecoVision and Sega SG-1000 consoles, with one cartridge slot for each platform, and came bundled with the game Meteoric Shower, which was built into the system.^[2] Telegames never advertised its compatibility with the SG-1000.^{[citation needed]}

The Dina's controllers are modeled after the D-pad style made famous by the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since the controllers are too small to possess numeric keypads, a single numeric keypad is present on the console itself. The console is not compatible with all ColecoVision cartridges, partly from its lack of a second numeric keypad; any ColecoVision game that requires two keypads cannot be used. A difference in the Dina's controller wiring prevents use of Coleco's Roller Controller and Super Action Controllers and games dependent on either one.^[1] Expansion modules for the ColecoVision are also incompatible, as the expansion port uses the pin configuration of the SG-1000. Subsequently, ColecoVision games that rely on expansion modules cannot be used, but the machine is compatible with the SG-1000 keyboard.

The Telegames Personal Arcade was advertised as an alternative to the ColecoVision, leaving the function of the Sega SG-1000 cartridge port unexplained. Despite this, SG-1000 games are completely functional. The console does not have a port for the Sega My Card games, but the "Sega Card Catcher" peripheral is compatible and allows for Sega My Card games to be played.^[3]

The Dina came with the game Meteoric Shower built into the unit.^[1] The ColecoVision's boot screen is replaced with Japanese writing and the words "1986 BIT CORPORATION" on a green background.

• Database entry at The Video Game Kraken (Accurately compiled website)