• 1994

Hardware Description

Released in April 1994, the Car Marty MVP-1 was a basically an FM Towns Marty in a smaller form factor. Priced at ¥120,000, the entertainment system came with all the same features as the FM Towns Marty and could use the same software as its video-game console counterpart. The most notable difference being the addition of a connector to allow a GPS to be connected to it. The map software requires a PCMCIA card that came with the Car Marty as well as a CD-Rom for the maps. These would also work on standard FM Towns Marty apart from the GPS antenna which cannot be connected on the normal version of the console. The software would also allow for saving and exchanging of route information through the optional 3.5-inch floppy disk (priced at ¥30,000) drive sold separately.
Date discontinued: 
1995