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Strange and forgotten consoles

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added Elan Hardware, David Haywood has been working on the emulating this SOC ever since he started working on plug and play games / systems
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|A hacked up console version of the regular [[Commodore 64 emulators|Commodore 64]], released only in Europe. Failed hilariously due to its outdated tech (1984 hardware in 1990!), the fact that the normal Commodore 64 was already sufficient, and a bad case of the 'no games'. It is supported in [[VICE]], a widely used emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers.
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|[[wikipedia:Dendy_(console)|Dendy]]
|[https://archive.org/download/No-Intro-Collection_2016-01-03 No-intro]
|A Japan-only game console designed for girls focused on printing stickers. A '''Magical Shop''' add-on allowed for the printing of any screenshot, not just Loopy games. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaW6EB1poxM Drunken Printing Demonstration] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWGVtwTkiM Ashens overview]
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|[https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Elan Elan Hardware]
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|Designed and Manufactured by an unknown Chinese or Taiwanese company, Elan is one of the older [[wikipedia:System on a chip|SOC]] still used in Chinese products, dating back to around the late 90s to early 2000s. Elan is usually used in bootleg or original plug and play games / systems.
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|[[wikipedia:FM_Towns_Marty|FM Towns Marty]]
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|Released around 2004, the system is the result of a partnership between Cadaco Toys and NTN Network (Now known as [[wikipedia:NTN Buzztime|NTN Buzztime]] after 2005); and, as the name implies, the console was designed around playing trivia with family and friends. The console runs on [https://twitter.com/MameHaze/status/1221263600398094337| Elan Hardware]. It's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
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|[[wikipedia:Nuon_%28DVD_technology%29|Nuon]]
|Release in 2006 by Jakks Pacific for kids aged 3 and up, The Telestory is yet another edutainment console from 2000s and all the games are exactly what the console name would suggest, it's unknown how many games were made for it, how many units sold or when it was discontinued.
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|VTech [[wikipedia:V.Flash|V.Flash]]
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|[https://archive.org/details/VTech_V.Flash_V.Smile_Pro_-_Redump.org_Rom_Set Redump]
|Released in 2006, The V.Flash was a spinoff spin-off console to the V.Smile Series created by VTech. Like the V.Smile , it was an educational console for children around ages 6-9, but , unlike the V.Smile the that used ROM cartridges , the V.Flash used CD-ROMs. It also had 3D based graphics rather than 2D on the V.Smile. It didn't have many games, around 10 to be exact. Mostly being licensed children IPs such as Disney. It was discontinued a year after its release.
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|[[wikipedia:Vii|Vii]]
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|Franklin Electronic Publishers First released the Bookman in 1989, it . It was marketed as electronic book, and was never designed to be a video game system , yet the Bookman still has a place in video game history. The Bookman line of devices were originally sold in 1989 as "Electronic Bibles" that costed $299 US (or $561 in 2020) before expanding into electronic versions of non-religious books in the early 90s. all All models have a cartridge slot for other books and games. most titles were trivia or some other kind of word game. How many units were sold and the number of games that were released is are unknown.
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|[[wikipedia:Game_Master_(console)|Hartung Game Master]]
!colspan="4"|1991-2000
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|[[wikipedia:Design Master Senshi Mangajukuu|Bandai Design Master Denshi Manga Juku]]
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|Released in Japan by Bandai in 1995, the Denshi Manga Juku was a the first touchscreen-based console that was ever and the predecessor to the [[WonderSwanemulators|WonderSwan]]. It was discontinued in 1996 and only four games were released for it (including of all things, an exclusive Rockman aka Mega Man game(9 cartridges were made, though, only 8 were sent to retail). On August 4, 2020, in a first for the Gaming Alexandria group, they announced the [https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/08/04/bandai-design-master-denshi-mangajuku-complete-game-library-dumps-scans/ complete game library was dumped] on mid-July 2020, and the assets scanned & uploaded between November 2019 to February, 2020.
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|[[wikipedia:Barcode Battler|Barcode Battler]]
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