The Dina is a video game console

Video game console

A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...

 originally manufactured by Bit Corporation

Bit Corporation

Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese game developer and console manufacturer.-Games:Bit Corporation was one of the few Taiwanese companies to produce original software for the Atari 2600 rather than simply pirating the works of others, which it released worldwide under both its own name and the Puzzy...

, later sold in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 by Telegames

Telegames

Telegames, Inc. is a North American video game company based in Gun Barrel City, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.Telegames was well known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they've been abandoned by its manufacturer. Effective September...

 as the Telegames Personal Arcade

Telegames Personal Arcade

The Telegames Personal Arcade was the US version of Bit Corporation's DINA 2-in-1. This slim console could play both ColecoVision and Sega SG-1000 cartridges. It came equipped with Nintendo NES styled control pads, and even had a built in game called "Meteoric Shower"...

. It is a clone of the ColecoVision

ColecoVision

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries' second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, and the means to expand the system's basic hardware...

 and the Sega

Sega

, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

 SG-1000

SG-1000

The SC-3000 was the computer equivalent of the SG-1000.The SC-3000 sold for ¥29,800 in 1983 and was marketed as a computer for beginners...

 consoles, with one cartridge slot for each platform. Telegames never advertised its compatibility with the SG-1000, and it is rumored that the Sega SG-1000 cartridge slot is disabled on the Telegames Personal Arcade.

Hardware

The Dina's controllers are modeled after the D-pad

D-pad

A D-pad is a flat, usually thumb-operated directional control with one button on each point, found on nearly all modern video game console gamepads, game controllers, on the remote control units of some television and DVD players, and smart phones...

s made famous by the Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...

. Controller cables are attached to the side of the controllers, making them difficult to grasp comfortably. Since the controllers are too small to possess numeric keypads, a single numeric keypad is present on the console itself. Any ColecoVision game that requires two keypads cannot be used. A difference in the Dina's controller wiring prevents use of Coleco's Roller Controller and Super Action Controllers and games dependent on either controller.

The Dina does not include the ColecoVision expansion module interface; ColecoVision games that rely on expansion modules cannot be used.

Software

The Telegames Personal Arcade includes the built-in game, Meteoric Shower. The ColecoVision's boot screen is replaced with Japanese writing and the words "1986 BIT CORPORATION" on a green background.

Hardware incompatibility

• Fortune Builder (needs 2 separate keypads in two-player, head-to-head mode)
• Front Line
  Front Line (arcade game)
  Front Line is a military combat-themed arcade game released in 1982 by Taito Corporation.The original arcade version consists of a joystick, a single button , and a rotary dial that can be pushed in like a button, which fires the weapon...
  
  (Super Action Controller game)
• Rocky Super Action Boxing
  Rocky Super Action Boxing
  Rocky Super Action Boxing is the first licensed video game based on the popular Rocky film series. The game is based on Rocky III and was designed by Coleco. In the game, the player can play as either Clubber Lang or Rocky Balboa.-External links:...
  
  (Super Action Controller game)
• Slither (Roller Controller game)
• Super Action Baseball (Super Action Controller game)
• Super Action Football (Super Action Controller game)
• Super Action Soccer (Super Action Controller game)
• Super Cobra
  Super Cobra
  Super Cobra is a 1981 horizontally-scrolling shooter, arcade game. It was developed by Konami from the engine of the popular Scramble , and manufactured and distributed by Stern in the U.S..-Gameplay:...
  
  (second button to "bomb" does not work)
• Turbo
  Turbo (video game)
  Turbo is a racing game released in 1981 by Sega. The game was brought into arcades in both the standard upright cabinet format, and a semi-enclosed sit-down version to better simulate driving a real car.. The cars in the game resemble Formula 1 race cars. It was the first game to feature the now...
  
  (Driving Module Game)
• Victory (Roller Controller game)
• Slither (Roller Controller game)

Keypad-intensive games

• Aquattack
• Blockade Runner
• Mouse Trap
• Spy Hunter
  Spy Hunter
  Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It has also been ported to various home computers and video game systems....
  
  
• WarGames