Mega Duck/Cougar Boy
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The Mega Duck WG-108 (also known as Cougar Boy) is a handheld game console that was produced by several companies, Creatonic, Videojet, and Timlex, and came on the market in 1993 to be mainly sold in France, the Netherlands and Germany for about €60 ( fl 129,- ). In South America, mainly in Brazil, the Chinese-made Creatonic version was distributed by Cougar USA, also known as "Cougar electronic organization [sic]", and sold as the "Cougar Boy".
The cartridges are very similar to the ones of the Watara Supervision, but slightly less wide, and having fewer contacts (36 pins, the Watara has 40). Conceptionally the electronics inside the Supervision and the Mega Duck, are also very similar. the position of the volume and contrast controls, the buttons and connectors are virtually identical. However, the LCD of the Supervision is larger than the Mega Duck's.
The cougar boy came with a 4-in-one game cartridge, and a stereo earphone.
With an external joystick (not included) two players could play against each other simultaneously.
[edit] Technical specifications
- CPU : MOS version of the Z80 (embedded in the main VLSI )
- Clockspeed : 4.194304 MHz (= 222 Hz)
- RAM : 16 KB in two 8K chips (Goldstar GM76C88LFW)
- System logic : 80 pins VLSI chip (Just the die on the PCB covered with a blob of epoxy)
- LCD : 2,7" (48 (h) x 51 (w) mm) STN dot matrix. resolution 160×144 at 59.732155 Hz
- Grayscales : 4 levels of dark blue on a green background
- Player controls : 4 directional keys, A, B, Select and Start keys
- Other controls : On/off switch and contrast and volume regulators
- Sound : Built in speaker (8Ω 200 mW) and stereo headset output
- Dimensions : 155 (l) x 97 (w) x32 (h) mm
- Weight : 249 gram (w.o. batteries)
- Power : Four AA batteries or AC adapter 6VDC/300mA
- Current consumption : 700 mW
- Play duration : according to the manufacturer ca 15 hour on one set of four AA batteries
- Expansion Interface : Serial link for two player games (6 pins), or external joystick.
- Game medium : 36 pins ROM cartridge, 63 (l) x 54 (w) mm and 7 mm thick, 17 gram.
The Video Display Controller of the Mega duck/cougar boy has one special feature, the display logic uses two "display planes" that are used to create scrolling backgrounds, as if the picture is drawn on two sheets of which the top sheet is partly transparent.[1][2]
[edit] List of games
This is an (incomplete) list of Mega Duck/Cougar Boy games. Each Mega Duck/Cougar Boy game is similarly labeled as the same games were marketed for both systems. The notation MDxxx is used for Mega Duck Games, and the notation CBxxx for a Cougar Boy Games. A MD001 is exactly the same game as the CB001, even to a point that some "Cougar Boy" games start up with a Mega Duck logo.
- 001 : The brick wall
- 002 : Street rider
- 003 : Bomb disposer
- 004 : Vex
- 005 : Suleiman's treasure
- 006 : Arctic zone
- 007 : Magic maze
- 008 : Puppet knight
- 009 : Trap and turn
- 013 : Black forest tale
- 014 : Armour forc
- 018 : Snake's Roy
- 019 : Railway
- 029 : Magic tower
- 030 : Worm visitor
- 035a : electron world
- 035b : Dice block
- 035c : Trouble zone
- 035d : Virus attack
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