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Yeno Super Cassette Vision	Consoles	name image company company_name tabs forum_thread photos screenshots emulators links related oc_id source Super Cassette Vision /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv.jpg /companies/yeno Yeno photos software emulators links 691 title subtitle text image FRONT VIEW /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_front.jpg title subtitle text image SCV WITH ITS JOYSTICKS /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_full.jpg title subtitle text image OPEN CASE /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_open.jpg title subtitle text image REAR VIEW WITH CONNECTORS Two connectors only :\ - Power supply : 8.5V DC\ - Video out /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_rear.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE A very integrated (and small) motherboard : only a few components. /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_inside.jpg title subtitle text image THE CPU The Yeno SCV is powered by a Z80 clone, labelled "EPOCH TV-I". /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_cpu.jpg title subtitle text image BOX This is the french version of the box /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_box.jpg title subtitle text image BOX BACK The back of the french box mentions the full list of the imported games, with a specific numerotation. This unit has a very low serial number : 2324 ! /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_box_back.jpg title subtitle text image JAPANESE BOX Image from [Aqua Castle](http://www.intercraft.co.jp/aquacastle/) /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_jap_box.jpg title subtitle text image JAPANESE BOX BACK Image from [Aqua Castle](http://www.intercraft.co.jp/aquacastle/) /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_jap_box_back.jpg title subtitle text image SCV LADY EDITION Limited edition girl version in its pink carrying case.\ This version was bundled with the *Milky Princess* game cartridge. Image from [Aqua Castle](http://www.intercraft.co.jp/aquacastle/) /media/museum/photos/yeno_scv_lady.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGES Thanks to [Toragiku](http://www3.wind.ne.jp/toragiku/) for this picture. /media/museum/software/yeno_scv_carts.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE This nice *Space Invaders-like* was bundled with the system. It has a very good gameplay but only two levels. /media/museum/software/astro_wars.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/software/astro_box.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE A good platform game. /media/museum/software/elevator_fight.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE A classic but fun horizontal scrolling combat game.\ 3 big normal levels and a 2 players head to head combat level. /media/museum/software/kung_fu.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/software/kung_box.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE Wow ! This game is a quite classic but really fun to play platform game with 30 levels (in one of them, the platforms make the letters *EPOCH*) and a very easy level editor. One can build levels from scratch or edit the existing ones and the save them in the built in memory. The cartridge is longer than the others because of the battery. /media/museum/software/pop_chips.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/software/pop_box.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE Very good 2D golf game with 36 very different holes of mixed difficulty. One can choose his club between a full set of 14, apply slice effect etc. /media/museum/software/golf.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE 60 cars, 12 countries, 3 championships... and 1 driver : you ! Wheelie racer is a vertical scrolling game. /media/museum/software/wheelie_racer.jpg title url platform text eSCV http://homepage3.nifty.com/takeda-toshiya/scv/index.html MS DOS EPOCH Super Cassette Vision emulator for Win32 title url text Enri's Super Cassette Vision page http://www2.odn.ne.jp/~haf09260/Scv/EnrScv.htm Very complete hardware information along with assembler codes and schematics title url text eSCV http://www1.interq.or.jp/~t-takeda/scv/index.html EPOCH Super Cassette Vision emulator for Win32 title url text Japanese Site http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~kiden/supakase.htm Small reviews of some SCV games title url text Rhod's EPOCH / YENO Super Cassette Vision Collection http://www.rhod.fr/yeno_epoch.html Very interesting Epoch collection! title url text Turtle Moon web page http://www.webzakki.com/z070427.shtml Very interesting japanese articles title url text Z80 Club - Dreaming Tommorow http://homepage3.nifty.com/doritomo/index.htm Japanese website dedicated to Epoch Super Cassette Vision, Sega Mark III and NEC PC8801FH /museum/epoch-super-cassette-vision 708 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230321003612/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=708 2023-03-21

This nice system was built in Japan by EPOCH and sold in europe (mostly and maybe only in France, where it was distributed by the well known pong seller ITMC) under the YENO brand.

Successor of the Cassette Vision (1981) and Cassette Vision Jr (1983), units that never hit the european market, the Super Cassette Vision system was an unsuccessful competitor of the Nintendo Famicom in Japan. In France, on the other hand, Yeno had the opportunity to sell a few thousand units before the beginning of the marketing of the NES.

Built around a Z80 clone, the Super Cassette Vision was a good system, but with only about thirty (although of good quality) games, its sales remained anecdotic. EPOCH developed many of the available games and later sold a limited Lady edition, bundled with a pink carrying case and the Milky Princess game.

We need more info about this console ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.