Watara Supervision
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The Watara Supervision was a monochrome handheld game console, originating from Hong Kong, and introduced in 1992 as a cut-price competitor for the Nintendo Game Boy. It came packaged with a game called Crystball.
The console had a slightly larger screen and larger buttons, and its games sold for far less than the Game Boy's. The games were not of high quality, and the console did not sell well. The original design for the console changed significantly through several iterations, and the last Supervisions were sold in 1996.
The Supervision was marketed by several different companies around the world and under several different names, including Quickshot Supervision, "travell mate" and Hartung SV-100.
It was so popular in the early '90s that it was once offered as a final prize in the extremely popular television show Legends of the Hidden Temple.
[edit] Technical Specifications
- CPU: 8-bit 65C02 processor, running at 4 MHz
- Screen: 61 mm x 61 mm (2.37 inches x 2.37 inches), 160 x 160 pixels, 4 greys LCD
- Sound: 2 Tonal and 1 Noise Channel plus additional audio DMA stereo output channel. Built-in speaker and headphone jack with stereo earphones included.
- Power: 4 x AA batteries or 6V AC/DC adapter
- Communication Port: Two Player Link using DE-9 connector.
- Cartridge port
- Controls for 1 Player
- TV adapter (optional)
[edit] Preservation
| Handheld game consoles |
| Early units |
|---|
| See Microvision and Handheld electronic games |
| Nintendo handhelds |
| Game & Watch | Game Boy (Pocket | Light) | Game Boy Color | Game Boy Advance (SP | Micro) | Nintendo DS (Lite) |
| Bandai handhelds |
| WonderSwan | WonderSwan Color | SwanCrystal |
| GamePark/Holdings handhelds |
| GP32 | GP2X | XGP | XGP Mini | XGP Kids |
| SNK handhelds |
| Neo Geo Pocket | Neo Geo Pocket Color |
| Sega handhelds |
| Game Gear | Nomad | Mega Jet |
| Sony handhelds |
| PocketStation | PlayStation Portable |
| Other handhelds |
| Atari Lynx | Gamate | Watara Supervision | Game.com | Gizmondo | N-Gage | TurboExpress | Pepper Pad | GameKing | iRiver G10 |
| Comparison |
Like many consoles, the Watara Supervision has lived on through emulation. (See MESS) Cowering's Good Tools includes a tool called GoodSV which catalogues 47 Supervision Games in version 2.01.
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