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Akor Super TV-Boy	Consoles	name image company company_name tabs photos connectors screenshots emulators links related oc_id source Super TV-Boy /media/museum/photos/super_tv_boy_1.jpg /companies/akor Akor photos connectors software emulators links title subtitle text image DETACHABLE CONTROL PAD A small but handy control pad /media/museum/photos/super_tv_boy_2.jpg title subtitle text image SIDE VIEW Only two connectors : composite video cable (SCART) and external PSU. The Super TV-Boy lacks the Atari joystick connectors existing on older versions (TV-Boy) /media/museum/photos/super_tv_boy_3.jpg title subtitle text image INTERNALS /media/museum/photos/super_tv_boy_4.jpg title subtitle text image MOTHER BOARD CLOSE-UP (SOLDER SIDE) This close-up picture shows the bord revision number (the TV-Boy II board is labelled "WS-11FT") /media/museum/photos/super_tv_boy_5.jpg title subtitle text image MOTHER BOARD CLOSE-UP (COMPONENTS SIDE) This close-up shows the real name of this system : TV-Boy III /media/museum/photos/super_tv_boy_6.jpg title subtitle text image A DIFFERENT VERSION In april 2001, Firebox, a UK based company released a new version of the Super TV-Boy, with a very different design but the same specifications. www.firebox.com /media/museum/photos/super_tv_boy_7.jpg title subtitle text image VIDEO CONNECTOR This mini-DIN 4 video out connector is available on the SCART versions of the (Super) TV-Boy.\ The video ground is on the connector (and SCART cable) shield. /media/museum/connectors/tvboyvideo.gif title subtitle text image MACHINE CAMEL The real name of this game is **Star wars: the empire strikes back**. It was originally edited by Parker Bros. /media/museum/software/tv_boy_camel.gif title url platform text Stella http://stella.sourceforge.net/ Multiplatform Stella is a very good multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator and has alredy been ported to AcornOS, AmigaOS, DOS, FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, OS/2, MacOS, Unix, and Windows. title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com /museum/akor-tv-boy 825 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20221205121738/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=825 2022-12-05

Last child of its family, the Super TV-Boy (aka TV-Boy III) is basically an Atari 2600 clone, embedding 127 games which actually are pirate renamed versions of old Atari games. With its new design and its detachable control pad, the Super TV-Boy may be considered as a DeLuxe version of the well known TV-Boy.

This cheap system was made in asia and sold in Europe by the french company Akor and is definitely rarer than its predecessor and its numerous clones. The system uses a bank switching technique and the 127 built-in games are accessed via an on-screen menu (the 128th program) so there is no dip switch as seen on some pirate x-in-one cartridges. This menu (that seems to be located at the lowest address of the ROM) is executed by default when the system starts and once a game is selected, there is no mean to come back, so one needs to restart the system to play another game.

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