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Palmtex signed a contract with Home Computer Software, led by Dan Shafer, to create the games for the console. They had developed other games for the Commodore 64 and Atari ST, and helped distribute the rare Atari 2600 game The Music Machine, [12] which is a clone of Kaboom!, and the Family Bible Fun series of games by Sparrow Records. [13]
Features common to all the consoles in the family are the 10 keys for choosing the game, a start/reset button, 4/5 switches for game settings and two joystick with one button on each. For many models, in the name there are the SD letters, which stand for Soundic (Hong Kong), the real manufacturer of the console.
The HyperScan is a discontinued home video game console from the toy company Mattel, and was marketed for tweens. The console uniquely includes a 13.56 MHz radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner that reads and writes to special IntelliCards which activate features in, and save data from, the games.
Due to the shape of the controller and marketing concerns for a "Family Entertainment System," no heavily action-based game genres are present within the Game Wave's 13 game library. Rather, the software library consists mainly of trivia and puzzle games. In addition, many Game Wave games are heavily inspired by other video games and TV shows.
Used to connect to a Nintendo server which provided content such as jokes, news (mainly about Nintendo), game tips, weather reports for Japan and allowed a small number of games to be downloaded. Nintendo: Famicom RF Booster RF connector. Hori: Famicom S.D. System Plugs into system's expansion slot for use with headphones. Hori: Family BASIC ...
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In addition to LaserActive games, separately sold add-on modules (called "PACs" by Pioneer) accept Mega Drive/Genesis and PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 ROM cartridges and CD-ROMs. Pioneer released the LaserActive model CLD-A100 in Japan on August 20, 1993, at a cost of ¥89,800, and in the United States on September 13, 1993, at a cost of $970.
The Watara Supervision's main marketing point was its low price; the Supervision was US$49.95 in 1992 [2] while the Game Boy was US$89.99. [3] Games for the Supervision were also much cheaper than Game Boy games, [2] and advertisements emphasized this price difference, with one British ad for the Supervision calling it "the affordable hand-held games machine". [4]