The thing is obviously strange—and rather high-end for something aimed at children—and you wonder what might have been. The specs are solid—16-bit 8088 clone CPU, 128kb of RAM, speech synthesizer, proper keyboard—though the aesthetic of the titles suggests “Sega Master System with benefits” more than “Genesis PC”. Be sure to read SMS Power’s restrospective (via Hacker News) on one of the most mysterious machines of the 80s.Documents describe it as a full-featured computer with an educational twist. The system itself sports markings with a promising “SEGA PROLOG…. Bringing you into the world of artificial intelligence”.
Effectively all the software we found so far is educational and mostly aimed at kids. The system hardware was definitely not used to its maximum potential, although later 1988-1989 software titles are of higher quality than earlier ones. A US prototype suggests that some form of LISP exists, but we weren’t able to get access to it yet.
