Wonderswan Color

The Wonderswan Color is a Handheld game console designed by Bandai. It was released on December 30, 2000 in Japan and is a moderate success.

In Japan, Nintendo only has 90% of the hand-held market - as compared to their virtual 100% in the US - and the Wonderswan color takes 8 of the remaining 10%. It sells for a low 6800 yen or approx. $65.

The original Wonderswan was released in Japan only in 1999. It wasn't color like the latest version and was slightly smaller. The newer model has a much greater battery efficiency; it will last up to 20 hours on one AA battery.

Specs:

Screen:

LCD Reflection TFT Color Liquid crystal display
2.1 inch diagonal
no backlight
resolution: 224x144 pixels
colors: 241 out of 4096 colors

CPU: 3.072 MHz 16-bit

Memory: 512K VRAM/WRAM (shared)

Sound:

mono Loudspeaker on console
stereo sound with Headphones and headphone adapter

Link: Two players (adapter needed)

Power: 20 hours off one AA battery

Size: 12.80 cm x 7.43 cm x 24.3 cm

Weight About 3.35 oz