The Cassette Vision (Japanese: カセットビジョン, Hepburn: Kasetto Bijon) is a home video game console made by Epoch and released in Japan on July 30, 1981. There is also a remodel called the Cassette Vision Jr.The term "cassette" is a contemporary synonym for "ROM cartridge", not to be confused with the magnetic cassette tape format. In terms of power, it is comparable to the Atari 2600.