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{{Infobox console
|title = Bandai WonderSwan(Color) / WonderWitch /ColorPocket Challenge V2|logo = WonderSwan-Black-Left.png|image = WonderSwan-Color-Blue-Left.png|image2 = WonderSwanCrystal.png|image3 = SwanCrystal-Wine-Left.png|imagecaption = '''Top:''' The WonderSwan.<br/>'''Middle:''' The WonderSwan Color.<br/>'''Bottom 2:''' The SwanCrystal <small>(Blue Violet & Red Wine).</small>|developer = [https://www.koto.co.jp/english/history.html Koto], [[Bandai]], Qute, Benesse|type = [[:Category:Handheld consoles|Handheld game console]], SDK|generation = [[:Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles|Fifth 5th generation]]|release = 1999 <small>(WonderSwan)</small><br/>2000 <small>(WonderSwan Color)</smallbr>2001 (WonderWitch)<br/>2002 <small>(Swan Crystal, Pocket Challenge V2)</small>|discontinued = 2003(WonderSwan, WonderWitch)<br>2006 (Pocket Challenge V2)|predecessor = [[Design Master Senshi Denshi Mangajuku]](Design Master電子漫画塾), Pocket Challenge W|successor=WonderSwan Color, Pocket Challenge Kanji Keisan Perfect Quest (Pocket Challenge漢字計算Perfect Quest), Pocket Challenge DX|emulated = {{✓}}
}}
The '''WonderSwan''', '''WonderSwan Color''' and '''SwanCrystal''' are the fifth-generation handheld game consoles produced by [[wikipedia:Bandai|Bandai]] in 1999, 2000 and 2002, respectively. It is the brainchild of Game Boy/Color creator, [[wikipedia:Gunpei_Yokoi|Gunpei Yokoi]]. There were three versions eventually released: A black-and-white version, a color version, and a '''Crystal''' version with an improved screen.
'''WonderWitch''' is a software development kit by Qute for WonderSwan handheld consoles.
The '''Pocket Challenge V2''' is a handheld learning console compatible with the WonderSwan. It was sold on Shinkenzemi (進研ゼミ).
==Emulators==
<div style="maxoverflow-width:100%; overflowx:auto;">{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|Latest Version!scope="col"|PCV2! scope="col"|[[Netplay|<abbr title="Should not be confused with link-cable emulation.">Netplay</abbr>]]! scope="col"|[[#Accessories|<abbr title="Wonderswan's EXT port for Accesories, for more information about accessories go to Accessories section">Serial<br/>Port</abbr>]]! scope="col"|[[libretro]]! scope="col"|[https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=53 Retro<br/>Achievements]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
|-
! colspan="1011"|PC / x86
|-
| [[ares]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}| [https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="Latest development build version">git Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|{{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/issues/961 *]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
|-
| [[Mednafen]]<br/><small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_cygne/ mednafen_wswan_libretro]</small>| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}| [{{MednafenURL|releases}} {{MednafenVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}<ref group=N name=lrRA>Only with RetroArch version.</ref>| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
|-
| [[BizHawk]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}| [https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/pipelines Dev builds]<br/>[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
|-
| [[StoicGoose]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}| [https://github.com/xdanieldzd/StoicGoose/releases git]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}
|-
|[http://wwgp.qute.co.jp/2002/entry/00039/wwl/wwl07/Tools/MMage033/doc/README.htm MiracleMage]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://wwgp.qute.co.jp/2002/entry/00039/wwl/wwl07/Tools/MMage033 0.33][https://www.zophar.net/ws/miraclemage.html English Patch][https://trac.godzil.net/Godzil/MiracleMage][https://github.com/Godzil/MiracleMage]
|{{✗}}|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
|-
| [[higan]](火眼)<br/>byuu (謬/view)| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}| [https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]|{{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓~}}<abbr title="You need to build higan libretro core yourself, there is no build available on RetroArch repository anymore. See 'forums.libretro.com/t/compiling-libretro-higan/16126' thread for compiling higan libretro core.">*</abbr>| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}<ref group=N>Superseded by [[ares]]</ref>
|-
| [[MAME]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}| [http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{~}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}
|-
| [[Cygne]]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}| [http://cygne.emuunlim.com 2.1a]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}
|-
| [http://sourceforge.jp/projects/oswan/devel Oswan]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}| [http://sourceforge.jp/projects/oswan/releases/p5046 1.7.3]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}|{{~}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}
|-
| [http://wsonline.emuunlim.com/ WonderScott]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Web}}| [https://www.zophar.net/ws/wonderscott.html 0.54b]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}
|-
| [https://www.zophar.net/ws/wscamp.html WSCamp]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}| [https://emulationrealm.net/downloads/file/237-wscamp 0.21]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141105014113/http://www.xe-emulator.com Xe]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141022230129/http://www.xe-emulator.com/index.php?m=download 2.16.2]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}
|-
! colspan="1011"|Mobile / ARM
|-
| <small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_cygne/ mednafen_wswan_libretro]</small>| align=left|{{Icon|Android|Linux}}| [https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}<ref group=N name=lrRA></ref>| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
|-
| [[WonderDroid X|WonderDroid Ultra]]| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atelieryl.wonderdroid 5.3] [https://github.com/williehwc/wonderdroid-x git]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}
|-
| [[WonderDroid X]]| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.willna.wonderdroid&hl=en_IN&gl=US 1.0.15] <small>($)</small>|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}
|-
| Swan.emu| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.SwanEmu {{.emuVer}}][https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}
|-
! colspan="1011"|Console
|-
| <small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_cygne/ mednafen_wswan_libretro]</small>| align=left|{{Icon|PS3}}<br/>{{Icon|PS4}}<br/>{{Icon||Vita|NGC|Wii}}<br/>{{Icon|WiiU|XboxOne}}<br/>{{Icon|XboxSXS}}| [https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]|{{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}<ref group=N name=lrRA></ref>| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
|-
| NitroSwan| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NitroSwan/releases git]|{{~}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
|-
| e[mulator] for PSP <br/><small>(core based on Oswan)</small>| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}| [https://archive.org/details/emulator_082f.7z 0.82f]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}
|-
| [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiMednafen WiiMednafen]| align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}| [https://github.com/raz0red/wii-mednafen git]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
|-
| [http://dev-e.sakura.ne.jp eSwan]| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}| [https://archive.org/details/eSwan009.7z 0.09]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}
|-
| SwanEmu| align=left|{{Icon|GCWZero}}| [https://github.com/gameblabla/SwanEmu git]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}
|-
| DualSwan| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}| [https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/dualswan.7z 1.2.1]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}
|-
| PocketWS| align=left|{{Icon|Gizmondo}}| [https://app.box.com/s/puzizv5n9bmk6t1awfkmv3ldqh8lpkf7 0.02b]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}
|-
| Wonderstation| align=left|{{Icon|PS2}}| [https://www.thetechgame.com/Downloads/id=207041/wonderstation-oswan-ps2-01.html 0.1]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}
|-
| Oswan| align=left|{{Icon|Saturn}}<br/>{{Icon|Nspire}}| [https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/464/46494.html Gameblabla's]<br/>[http://vberthelot.free.fr/Atlas/RB_AllStars_060323.rar 06/03/23]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}
|-
| OswanDC| align=left|{{Icon|DC}}| [https://emulationrealm.net/downloads/file/1096-oswan-dc 0.15]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}
|-
| SwanAdvance| align=left|{{Icon|GBA}}| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ws/swanadvance.html 0.1]|{{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✗}}
|}
</div>
==Accessories==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"|- style="font-weight:bold;"! Name! ares!StoicGoose! MiracleMage!Oswan
|-
|[[Communication cable]]
|{{✗}}
|?
|?
|?
|-
|[[Headphone connector]]
|{{✗}}
|?
|?
|?
|-
|[[Digimon Connector]]
|{{✗}}
|?
|?
|?
|-
|[[Wonder coin]]
|{{✗}}
|?
|?
|?
|-
|[[WonderWave]]
|{{✗}}
|?
|?
|?
|-
|[[WonderGate]]
|{{✗}}
|?
|?
|?
|-
|[[WonderBorg]]
|{{✗}}
|?
|?
|?
|-
|[[WonderWitch]]
|{{✗}}
|?
|{{~}}
|{{✓}}|-✓|Icons|{{✗}}|{{~}}|?|?
|}
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsSlzI0q2SI How to run Wonderwitch homebrew .fx files in Oswan (Wonderswan) (Tutorial)]
For more information about WonderSwan accessories [https://wonderswan.fandom.com/wiki/Accessory_port use this link].
<references group=N />
==Also See also==
* [[Emulators on WonderSwan]]
[[Category:Handheld consoles]]
[[Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category:Bandai consoles]]
[[Category:WonderSwan emulators|*]]
