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Watara Supervision Compatible Gateware IP Core

This Implementation of a compatible Watara Supervision hardware in HDL is the work of Pierre Cornier and Jamie Blanks.

Overview

The Watara Supervision, also known as the QuickShot Supervision in the UK, is a monochrome handheld game console which was introduced in 1992 as a low-cost competitor for Nintendo's Game Boy. It came packaged with a game called Crystball, which is similar to Breakout. One unique feature of the Supervision was that it could be linked up to a television via a link cable. Games played in this way would display in four colors, much like Nintendo's Super Game Boy add-on for the SNES. A full color TV link was also in the works, but because of the Supervision's failure to make a major impression among gamers it was cancelled, along with the games which were in development for it. Only a tiny handful of games were developed by third parties and many were developed in Taiwan or Hong Kong.

Technical specifications

  • The CPU is an 8-bit WDC 65C02 processor.
  • The Supervision screen is 2.37 inches x 2.37 inches, or 160 pixels x 160 pixels. It uses an LCD that can display 4 monochrome shades.
  • The unit is powered by 4 AA batteries or a 6V AC/DC adapter.
  • The unit includes a cartridge port, contrast dial, and a DB-9 connector port for multiplayer.
  • Sound is handled by 4 tonal and 1 Noise channel plus an additional DMA stereo output channel via the - built-in speaker or the headphone jack. Volume is controlled with a dial.

Usage

ROMs should be placed in /Assets/supervision/common

Compatible Platforms

  • Analogue Pocket

Credits and acknowledgment

Support

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This project borrowed and use code from several other projects. A great thanks to their efforts!

Modules Copyright/Developer
Supervision RTL 2020 (c) Pierre Cornier
R65C02 2008 (c) Jens Gutschmidt

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Legal Notices

Supervision © 1992 Watara. All rights reserved.

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