What is a WonderSwan
is this an asian pirate console or legit console in that market. just looking quickly i see Ghosts n goblins or looks to be by Ban Dai, SD Gundam, Emotional Jam, and a SD GGGeneration G Gather Beat by Ban Dai.
when did this console come out.
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There are three variations of the hardware the original Wonderswan (Black and White), Wonderswan Color (has a color screen) and Wonderswan Crystal (has a better color screen)
Sounds like a system that didn't get released here in the US. Usually all the good systems get released here, so I don't think this got too far.
MSX
100 - gc w 2 games (5-10 dollar games)
150 - gba w 5 games (1-3 dollar games)
200 - genesis cib w 5 games (commoners)
w having G being the first letter, i don't think they = gold. n those still sit from jan - march area til now.
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the only handheld that wasn't really big in my book or knew anyone who got one was the N-Gage. it had some good games from what i remember seeing review on it.
There's a moron here locally on craigslist that had been trying to sell the color one with 2 games for like $300, then $200...and it sat there regularly posted every 3 days for a stretch and stopped. He kept talking about how it was worth like $400 and he was taking a hit...riiiight.
Yeah, $20 to $40 is about right for a color model (Depending on if it's complete or not), and about $60 for the backlit SwanCrystal unit. Anyone trying to sell for ten times that amount is an idiot. lol
Sounds like a system that didn't get released here in the US. Usually all the good systems get released here, so I don't think this got too far.
MSX
You realize the MSX DID come out in the US right? It just wasn't popular.
...a miserable little pile of circuit boards.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wonderswan
If I could find a NGPC or a Wonderswan (with a readily supply of good cheap games) I'd be hard pressed not to invest as they're fun and I usually can find more time for a game I can play in bed or out and about while stuck than a console one as they're more time involved these days (partly why I love my NES, much can be done in 15min or so sometimes less.)
Honestly, they are kind of hard to go back to after nearly a decade of more powerful, backlit systems that do so much more (Emulation on a PSP, for instance). Regardless, it does have some fun titles--Just don't expect to get a ton of playtime out of them (I'm talking more-so about the WonderSwan here) unless you speak Japanese.
Again, though, if you want to invest in them, they ARE cheap. $10 - $20 for CIB b&w units, $20 - $40 for CIB color units. The Swan Crystals are the expensive ones (or at least getting up there in price). The best bang for the buck though considering they are back (or was it front?) lit.
Not really. This site is primarily sourced in the NES, so are you saying it's harder to go back to that instead of the oh PS3 or the Wii? It's the same train of logic. And when I was talking about both I was including japan, hell the Wonderswan Color Crystal etc were Japan only and they're back lit if I remember it right.
You mis-interpreted what I said (to an extent). They're hard to go back to as in, "no backlit screen, very dark colors that are difficult to see (think the original GBA), and very bad ghosting on the black and white systems". Think like going back to an original GB (pre-GB Pocket days), but at least in that system's defense, we can play those games on backlit GBA SP systems. Of course, I'm strictly speaking in terms of the Swan and Swan Color systems (You can play them on the Crystal, but of course, those cost more money). I didn't mean it in that the games are bad--There are some great ones, on the contrary, but the language barrier will put a hurt on that.
Miserable piece of circuits...shows what you know. And really...get the hell out with that annoying smarmy google this for you site as it's so so rude and boring. Why not just don't post at all if that's the contribution eh?
Dude, it's just a joke. In retrospect, I should have contributed an opinion to the topic, so here it is.