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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.




History


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. 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 with a price of ¥14,800, 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 brand. At least sixteen games were brought over from Japan for a European release.
A version of the system targeted the young female market was released in 1985 as the Super Lady Cassette Vision (Japanese: スーパー カセットビジョン レディースセット) with a price of ¥19,300. This console came packed in a pink carrying case, alongside the game Milky Princess. 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.




Technical specifications


The Super Cassette Vision had the following hardware specifications:
CPU: 8-bit NEC μPD7801G microcontroller @ 4 MHz
RAM: 128 bytes (internal to CPU)
ROM: 4 KB (internal to CPU)
Video processor: EPOCH TV-1 VDC @ 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




Games


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

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Black Hole
Super Derby
Super Rugby




External links


Super Cassette Vision at www.old-computers.com




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