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.