1977
FEBRUARY:
RCA Studio II test launch begins in Spokane Washington, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City and Portland Maine – Source: Electronic News, January 10, 1977; Home Furnishing Daily, April 18 1977
Fun With Numbers – Source: Trentonian, April 2 1977; RCA Studio II press release package
Space War – Source: Trentonian, April 2 1977; RCA Studio II press release package
TV Schoolhouse I – Source: Trentonian, April 2 1977; RCA Studio II press release package
APRIL:
National Studio II rollout begins; Press kit suggests planned release dates of April for Tennis/Squash and May 15 for Baseball – Source: Home Furnishing Daily, April 18 1977, RCA Studio II press release package
JUNE:
Baseball – Source:RCA Studio II press release package; Florence Morning News, June 11 1977; Weekly Television Digest June 6, 1977
Tennis/Squash – Source: RCA Studio II press release package; Florence Morning News, June 11 1977; Weekly Television Digest June 6, 1977
SEPTEMBER:
Blackjack – Source: Weekly Television Digest June 6, 1977; Weekly Television Digest September 19, 1977
Gunfighter/Moonship Battle – Source: RCA press release November 15, 1977; Hutchinson News, November 21 1977; Galveston Daily News, September 6 1977
Math Fun – Source: Weekly Television Digest June 6, 1977; Weekly Television Digest September 19, 1977
NOVEMBER:
Biorhythm – Source: RCA press release November 15, 1977; Hutchinson News, November 21 1977
Speedway/Tag – Source: RCA press release November 15, 1977; Hutchinson News, November 21 1977
1978
FEBRUARY:
Studio II is discontinued by RCA with leftover stock liquidated to Radio Shack; RCA licenses Studio II and Studio III tech and games to Conic to sell in other markets – Sources: Wall Street Journal, February 13 1978; Merchandising, July 1978; Weekly Television Digest, June 19 1978; internal RCA memos
FALL:
Studio III releases in Europe, Australia
Bingo*
Concentration Match
Pinball
Star Wars
*A handful of US Bingo copies have turned up in the United States, and it is unclear if these were ever officially sold or if these are marketing samples that were drawn up prior to the Studio II’s discontinuation. The code is identical to those sold overseas.