[1] It has two separate components, the APF-M1000 game system, and an add-on docking bay with full sized typewriter keyboard and tape drive.

One of the most marketed features of the console is the dual-sided cassette drive that allows the user to write or use a stored program, and also to record or play audio.

The console has a number of aftermarket add-ons: It has a hub of sorts, generally called the "building block", which allows for the connection of some standard computer accessories.

Many games were created by an active programming community of owners and distributed through the monthly newsletter, released on cassette tape or printout.

The magazine praised its large RAM and ROM capacities, and called it the first computer that can let the user store new data on the same cassette as the application.