Super TV-Boy

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The third in the TV Boy series of video game consoles, the Super TV-Boy (aka TV-Boy III) is an Atari 2600 clone, embedding 127 pirated, renamed versions of old Atari games. With its new design and detachable control pad, the Super TV-Boy may be considered as a de luxe version of the well known TV-Boy. The console was manufactured in Asia by the French company Akor in 1995. Its retail price was $59.99 and it is definitely rarer than its predecessor or its numerous clones.

The system uses a bank switching technique and the 127 built-in games are accessed via an on-screen menu (the 128th program) so there is no dip switch as seen on some pirate all-in-one cartridges. This menu (that seems to be located at the lowest address of the ROM) is executed by default when the system starts and once a game is selected, there is no way to return to the menu, so one needs to restart the system to play another game. It had a processor speed of 1.19 MHz, a 128 byte RAM and a 512 kilobyte ROM. It also had a graphics mode of 160x192 pixels and up to 128 colours. The console had 2 eight bit channels (mono) and ran off 4 AA batteries or a 6v DC (positive tip) external PSU.

Akor only sold this console in France and China. SystemA sold the Super TV-Boy and its predecessors in England and NICS sold them in America. Each company sold the console under their own brand name.

[edit] List of Games

The following is the list of games included on the console, transcribed exactly from the machine's packaging. Note that the game list is identical to that of the TV Boy II.