Dendy (console)

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Dendy (Russian: Денди) was a hardware clone of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) popular in Russia, Ukraine and other republics of the former Soviet Union. It was released in early 1990s by Steepler company. Since no officially licensed version of the NES was ever released in the former USSR, the Dendy was easily the most popular video game console of its time in that setting, and enjoyed a degree of fame roughly equivalent to that experienced by the NES/Famicom in North America and Japan.

Contents 1 Models 1.1 Dendy Classic 1.2 Dendy Junior 1.3 Dendy Junior II and Junior IIP 2 Game Cartridges

[edit] Models

Dendy was released in three versions.

• Dendy Classic
• Dendy Junior
• Dendy Junior II and Junior IIP

[edit] Dendy Classic

According to a commercial booklet from Steepler, Dendy Classic had both PAL and SECAM compatible outputs and only one controller (an additional controller was sold separately).

[edit] Dendy Junior

Dendy Junior had two controllers and PAL compatible video output.

[edit] Dendy Junior II and Junior IIP

Dendy Junior II is designed to resemble the shape of a Sega Genesis, which includes its controllers. The main difference between Dendy Junior and Dendy Junior II was in the controller connections. The controllers on Dendy Junior II were not detachable.

Junior IIP was sold with a light gun.

[edit] Game Cartridges

With the exception of a few original Russian or Chinese productions, most of the games sold for Dendy consoles were bootlegs. Among them were "100-in-1" cartridges, where a few games were replicated many times with the sprites or maps slightly altered.