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“Launch Day Sets” at Westport Tech & Nostalgia Museum
The following is a list of our “Launch Day Sets” that we exhibit at the Westport Tech & Nostalgia Museum. These exhibits bundle the original launch day hardware with the launch day software that was available on the first day of release.
Format Launch Day Sets
United States Cassette Tape/Micro-Pack Format War Launch - November 1964
Norelco EL 3301 w/ Original Microphone: First Cassette Recorder Released in the United States
“Wild Is The Wind” Philips Cassette Tape: First Album Released on the Cassette Format
Channel Master 6546 + Blank Micro-Pack Tape: First Micro-Pack Recorder Released in the United States
United States VHS Release - August 1977
RCA SelectaVision VBT200: First Commercially-Released VHS Recorder in the United States
“M*A*S*H” on VHS (Magnetic Video): One of the First 50 Titles Released on the VHS Format
RCA Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) - March 1981
RCA SelectaVision SFT-100W: First Commercially-Released CED Player
“Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown!” on CED: First Movie Title Pressed on CED in the United States
Compact Disc (CD) - October 1982
Sony CDP-101: First Commercially Released CD Player
"The Simon & Garfunkel Collection" CD 35DP-13 Japanese Version: One of the First 50 Titles Released on CD
Sony D-5: First Commercially-Released Portable CD Player
“Brothers in Arms” by Dire Straits CD: First Album to Sell 1 Million Copies on Compact Disc
CD-i - December 1991
Philips CD-i 910: First Commercially-Released CD-i System
“Battleship” on CD-i: Launch Day Title for CD-i
United States DVD Release - March 1997
Toshiba SD-2006: First Commercially-Released DVD Player in the United States
Panasonic DVD-L10: First Commercially-Released Portable DVD Player
“Twister”, “Goodfellas”, and “The Fugitive” on DVD: Three of the First 30 Movies Released on the DVD Format in the United States
HD-DVD - April 2006
Toshiba HD-A1: First Commercially-Released HD-DVD Player
“Serenity” on HD-DVD: One of the First Four Film Titles Released on HD-DVD
Blu-Ray - June 2006
Samsung BD-P1000: First Commercially-Released Blu-Ray player
"The Terminator" on Blu-Ray: One of the First Seven Launch Day Titles of Blu-Ray
Video Game Launch Day Sets
Atari Video Computer System (2600) - September 1977
Atari Video Computer System “Heavy Sixer”: First Atari 2600 Model
Combat CX2601, Blackjack CX2651, Street Racer CX2612: Three of the First Nine Launch Day Atari 2600 Video Game Titles
Mattel Intellivision - December 1979
Mattel Intellivision Model 2609: Launch Day Model
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack: Pack-in Launch Day Game Title
ColecoVision - August 1982
ColecoVision: Original Launch Day Console Version
Donkey Kong: Pack-in Launch Day Game
Nintendo Game Boy U.S. Launch - July 1989
Nintendo Game Boy (Grey Brick): Original Launch Day Model
Tetris (v1.0), Tennis: Two of the Five Launch Day Game Titles
Nintendo Virtual Boy - August 1995
Nintendo Virtual Boy: Original Launch Day Hardware Console
Mario’s Tennis: Original Pack-In Launch Day Title
Nintendo Wii - November 2006
Nintendo Wii (RVL-001): Original Launch Day Wii Model
Wii Sports (Cardboard Sleeve): Original Launch Day Pack-In Title (Original Copy)
Other Launch Day Sets
Apple iPhone - June 2007
Complete in Box Apple iPhone 2G: First iPhone
Apple iPhone Launch Day Bag: Only Given to Customers Who Bought the iPhone Day One at the Apple Store