The Tomy Pyuuta Family

The history and major models of the Pyuuta series.

All Pyuuta-series cartridges, tapes and peripherals are listed with the American versions and releases on the main catalogue page.

These are all of units I personally own; yes, I really do have at least one of each model. Subparts:

• The much later Pyuuta-kun toy and Pyuuta-kun coin-op are on (23 Aug 2020)the Toys page.

• (23 Aug 2020)The Original Pyuuta

  Photographic series of the original Tomy Pyuuta, the ancestor of the Tutor line, as well as scans taken from the manual of the original system and several of the major peripherals. I've also disassembled the unit to demonstrate the firmware and innards, and taken screenshots of major functions to demonstrate the operating system.

  • (23 Aug 2020)The Japanese Demo Cartridge

    Tomy had to show off its wonderbox somehow. Some surprising revelations and an interesting comparison against the later American Demo Cartridge and Purcell Pamphlet.

• (23 Aug 2020)The Pyuuta Jr.

  Shortly after the Pyuuta's rollout came the Junior, an adorable little console with a surprisingly robust interface. I've scanned portions of the manual and cracked open the case to show the innards, and included an in-depth screengrab series to show off its primitive but unbelievably friendly operating system software.

  • (1 Jan 2007)Modifying The Jr. for Composite Video

    An easy hack to get composite signals out of your Jr. to connect it to American monitors. Should also work for the Mk II. Soldering required; you do this modification at your own risk.

• (23 Aug 2020)The Pyuuta mk II

  The elusive "Mark 2" was Tomy's final attempt to rekindle the Pyuuta line, this time with American blood. I've also included some manual scans and disassembled machine to demonstrate its firmware and some of its unusual similarities (and differences) to the American Tutor.