Super_Cassette_Vision
Super Cassette Vision
Home video game console by Epoch Co.
The Super Cassette Vision (Japanese: スーパーカセットビジョン, Hepburn: Sūpā Kasetto Bijon) is a home video game console made by Epoch Co. and released in Japan on July 17, 1984, and in Europe, specifically France, later in 1984. A successor to the Cassette Vision, it competed with Nintendo's Family Computer and Sega's SG-1000 line in Japan.
Manufacturer | Epoch Co. |
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Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Third generation |
Release date |
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Introductory price | ¥14,800 |
Units sold | c. 300,000[1] |
Media | ROM cartridge |
CPU | 8-bit NEC µPD7801G |
Memory | 128 bytes RAM, 4kB VRAM |
Display | 309×246 resolution, 16 colors, 128 on-screen sprites |
Graphics | EPOCH TV-1 |
Sound | µPD1771C @ 6 MHz |
Predecessor | Cassette Vision |
Epoch's original Cassette Vision was introduced in Japan by Epoch in 1981, which had steady sales and took over 70% of the Japanese home console market at the time, with around 400,000 units sold.[2] However, the introduction of next-generation systems from Nintendo, Casio and Sega quickly pushed back the original Cassette Vision, leading Epoch to quickly develop a successor. The Super Cassette Vision was released in 1984 at a cost of ¥14,800 yen,[3] featuring an 8-bit processor and better performance more in line with its competitors. It was later released in France by ITMC under the Yeno branding.[4] At least 16 games were brought over from Japan for a European release.[5] A version of the system targeted the young female market, the Super Lady Cassette Vision. The console came packed in a pink carrying case, alongside the game Milky Princess.[6] The system did not take off, and was unable to match the massive popularity of the Nintendo Famicom, leading Epoch to drop out of the console market by 1987.
- CPU: 8-bit NEC µPD7801G microcontroller[7] @ 4 MHz
- RAM: 128 bytes (internal to CPU)
- ROM: 4 KB (internal to CPU)
- Video processor: EPOCH TV-1 @ 14 MHz
- VRAM: 4 KB (2 × µPD4016C-2) + 2 KB (EPOCH TV-1 internal)
- Colors: 16
- Sprites: 128
- Display: 309×246
- Sound processor: µPD1771C @ 6 MHz
- Sound: 1 channel (tone, noise or 1-bit PCM)
- Controllers: 2 × hard-wired joysticks
- 1. Astro Wars - Invaders from Space
- 2. Astro Wars II - Battle in Galaxy
- 3. Super Golf
- 4. Super Mahjong
- 5. Super Base Ball
- Giants Hara Tatsunori no Super Base Ball
- 6. Punch Boy
- 7. Elevator Fight
- 8. Lupin III
- 9. Nebula
- 10. Wheelie Racer
- 11. Boulder Dash
- 12. Miner 2049er
- 13. Super Soccer
- 14. Comic Circus
- 15. Milky Princess
- 16. Pop and Chips
- 17. Nekketsu Kung-Fu Road
- 18. Star Speeder
- 19 TonTon Ball
- 20. Super Sansu-Puter
- 21. Shogi Nyuumon
- 22. Doraemon
- 23. BASIC Nyuumon (included four basic games)
- 24. Dragon Slayer
- 25. Rantou Pro-Wrestling
- 26. WaiWai(Y2) Monster Land
- 27. Dragon Ball: The Great Unexplored Dragon Region
- 28. Mappy
- 29. Sky Kid
- 30. Pole Position II
Unreleased games
- Black Hole
- Super Derby
- Super Rugby
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- "Hardware Heaven: Super Cassette Vision". Retro Gamer (233): 32–33. June 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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