Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.