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In Japan, Nintendo only had 90% of the hand-held market - compared to their virtual 100% in the US - and the WonderSwan Color took 8 of the remaining 10%. It sold for a low 6800 yen, or approximately $65.

The original black and white WonderSwan was released in 1999 in Japan only. Although only slightly larger and heavier (7 mm and 2 g), the color version featured 512K of RAM, larger screen and of color LCD. The WonderSwan Color is compatible with the WonderSwan library of games, as well as having games of its own.

One of the major reasons for the WonderSwan's continued success in Japan was the fact that Bandai managed to get a deal with Squaresoft to port over the original Famicom Final Fantasy games with improved graphics and controls. However, with the popularity of the Game Boy Advance and the reconciliation between Squaresoft and Nintendo, the WonderSwan Color and its successor, the Swan Crystal quickly lost its edge.

1 Technical specifications

• CPU: SPGY-1002, a 3.072 MHz 16-bit NEC V30MZ Clone
• Memory: 512Kbit VRAM/WRAM (shared)
• Screen:
  • FSTN reflective Liquid crystal display
  • 2.8 inch (71 mm) diagonal
  • no backlight
  • resolution: 224x144 pixels
  • colors: 241 out of 4096 colors
• Sound: Built-in mono speaker or stereo with optional headphones adapter
• Link: Two players (adapter needed)
• Power: one AA battery (~20 hours of game play)
• Size: 128 by 74.3 by 243 mm
• Weight 95 g (3.35 oz) including battery

2 See also

• List of WonderSwan gamesThis is a list of games for the Bandai WonderSwan handheld video game system organised alphabetically by name. See List of computer and video games for related lists. 0-9 326 for WonderSwan A Anchors Field Anotherheaven -Memory Of Those Days- Arc The Lad
• WonderSwan

3 External links

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