Power Player Super Joy III

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Front of Power Player Super Joy III box
Also known asPower Games, XA-76-1E
ManufacturerSinango
Type Home video game console
Generation Third generation
Mediaoptional ROM cartridge ("Game Pak")
CPU NES on a Chip (MOS Technology 6502 core)
Controller inputOne built in, one extra, light gun

The Power Player Super Joy III (also known as Power Joy, Power Games, and XA-76-1E) is a line of handheld Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom video game console clones. They are notable for legal issues based on the violation of intellectual property rights held by Nintendo and its various game licensees. Manufactured by Sinango, the Power Player line has been sold in North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

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Hardware

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Power Player Super Joy III System

The system resembles a Nintendo 64 controller and attaches to a TV set. NTSC, PAL and SECAM versions are available. They all use a custom "NES-on-a-chip" (NOAC) that is an implementation of the NES's hardware such as its custom 6502, PPU, and PAPU.

The units resemble a Nintendo 64 controller, sometimes with a cartridge slot for Famicom games. They come packaged with a secondary 9-pin 6 button controller resembling a Sega Genesis controller, intended for a second player. They are packaged with a 9-pin light gun resembling a Walther PPK pistol. There is a non-moving joystick, added for visual appeal. Though the Power Player Super Joy's button layout is identical to that of the Nintendo 64 controller, the buttons have been mapped differently. The C buttons of the Nintendo 64's controller function as A and B on the Super Joy, the A and B buttons of the Nintendo 64's controller are Start and Select on the Super Joy, respectively. Finally, the N64 controller's Start button is the Reset button on the Super Joy. The units are available in multiple colors, including black, grey, red, and blue.

The consoles have 76 built-in games, although marketing frequently claims to have more than 1,000 ways of playing them. Hence, the game count of 76,000 is listed as a gold sticker on the box. Most of the included games had been originally released for the NES or Famicom, but some have been created by the manufacturer. Most of the games have had their title screen graphics removed to save space on the ROM chip.

There are a number of scenes depicted on the front and back of the boxes, but all of them are artistic stylized drawings or retouched photos—none of them are actual game screenshots. Some versions sold in the US have an unlicensed still image from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace on the front of the box.

After this product gained some popularity, the Power Player 3.5, an improved model with more games, was released.[ citation needed ] A wireless version of Power Games was also released.[ citation needed ]

The console can possibly have issues where it starts smoldering when turned on.

History

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Back of Power Player Super Joy III box

When Nintendo discovered this product line, the company began strong legal action against importers and sellers of the consoles, and have obtained a temporary injunction against the import and sale of video game systems containing counterfeit versions of Nintendo games.[ citation needed ]

On December 16, 2004, the FBI executed search warrants at two kiosks at the Mall of America in Minnesota and also searched storage facilities rented by Yonatan Cohen, an owner of Perfect Deal LLC of Miami, Florida. [1] The consoles, purchased wholesale at $7 to $9 each, sold for $30 to $70 each. [2] After confiscating 1,800 units of Power Player, each containing 76 copyrighted video game titles belonging primarily to Nintendo or its licensees, Cohen was charged in Minneapolis, Minnesota in January 2005 with federal criminal infringement of copyright for selling Power Player video games at kiosks at the Mall of America and other malls across the nation. [1] In April 2005, Cohen pleaded guilty to selling illegally copied video games. [2]

Nine days after Cohen's guilty plea, 40 FBI agents arrested four Chinese nationals working in an international copyright infringement ring and seized 60,000 Power Player consoles in searches in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and Maple Shade, New Jersey. [3] [4]

In November 2005, Cohen was sentenced to five years in federal prison and was required to run ads in mall magazines to tell the public how he illegally sold knockoff video games at Mall of America kiosks. [5]

Several shopping malls quit selling these products, though the product was still sold by other dealers such as flea markets.

List of built-in games

Built-in games may include the following:

  1. 10-Yard Fight (listed as "10YF")
  2. 1942
  3. Magic Carpet 1001 (listed as "ALADDIN III"), taken directly from the "Caltron/Myriad 6-in-1" cartridge)
  4. Antarctic Adventure (listed as "ANTARCTIC")
  5. Arkanoid (listed as "ARKONOID")
  6. Balloon Fight
  7. Baseball
  8. Battle City (In the ROM, the title screen says Tank A 1990 , Tank M 1990 , and Tank N 1990, and in the game selection menu, it is listed manifold times as "DESERT TANK", "SPEED TANK", and "ABRAMS TANK".)
  9. Binary Land (listed as "BINARY", and "BINARY LAND" or "BINARY & LAND")
  10. Bird Week
  11. Bomberman
  12. Circus Charlie (listed as "TOY STORY", and "CIRCUS CHABLIE" or "CURCUS CHARLIE")
  13. Clay Shoot (listed as "CLAY SHOOTING") was actually part of Duck Hunt.
  14. Clu Clu Land
  15. Contra
  16. Defender (listed as "DEFENDER II")
  17. Devil World
  18. Dig Dug (listed as "DIG DUG I")
  19. Door Door
  20. Donkey Kong, Jr. (listed as "DONKEY KONG 2" and "MONKEY")
  21. Donkey Kong, Jr. Math (listed as "CALCULATOR")
  22. Donkey Kong 3 (listed as "DONKEY KONG" or "KEYKONG 3")
  23. Duck Hunt (listed as "SNOWFIELD SHOOT" and "DUCK HUNT")
  24. Elevator Action (listed as "ELEVATOR")
  25. Excitebike
  26. Exerion
  27. F-1 Race (listed as "F1 RACE" or "F-1 RACE")
  28. Field Combat (listed as "COMBAT")
  29. Formation Z
  30. Front Line
  31. Galaga (listed as "GALAGA" or "GALAZA")
  32. Golf
  33. Gomoku Narabe (listed as "CHESS", and "FIVE CHESS" or "CHINESE CHESS")
  34. Gradius
  35. Gyrodine
  36. Raid on Bungeling Bay (listed as "HELICOPTER" or "RAID ON BAY")
  37. Hogan's Alley
  38. Ice Climber
  39. Ikki listed (as "KNIGHT")
  40. Joust
  41. Karateka (wrongly listed as "TEKKEN")
  42. Life Force
  43. Lode Runner (listed as "LODE RUNNER 2")
  44. Lunar Pool (listed as "LUNAR BALL")
  45. M.U.S.C.L.E. (listed as "WWF")
  46. Magic Jewelry (listed as "JEWEL TETRIS")
  47. Mahjong Taikai (listed as "MAJUN2")
  48. Mario Bros. (listed as "MARIO BROS")
  49. Mappy (listed as "MICE LOVE CAT", "MAPPY", and wrongly as "PACMAN")
  50. Mighty Bomb Jack (listed as "BOMB JACK")
  51. Millipede
  52. MotoRace USA (listed as "ZIPPY RACE")
  53. Ninja Kun (listed as "NINJA I")
  54. Nuts & Milk (listed as "MILK & NUTS")
  55. Brush Roller (listed as "BRUSH ROLL" and "PAINTER")
  56. Pac-Man
  57. Paperboy
  58. Pinball (listed as "PINBALL" or "PIN BALL")
  59. Pooyan
  60. Popeye
  61. Road Fighter
  62. Slalom (listed as "SLACOM" or "SLALOM")
  63. Sky Destroyer
  64. Space Invaders (listed as "SPACE ET")
  65. Spartan X (listed as "SPARTANX"), more commonly known as Kung-Fu Master
  66. Soccer (listed as "FIFA SOCCER")
  67. Sqoon
  68. Star Force
  69. Stargate (listed as "STAE GATE" or "STAR GATE")
  70. Super Arabian (listed as "ARABIAN")
  71. Super Contra
  72. Super Dimension Fortress Macross (listed as "MAXCROSS" or "MACROSS")
  73. Super Dyna'mix Badminton (listed as "SUPER DYNAMIX")
  74. Super Mario Bros. (listed as "SUPER MARIO")
  75. Super Soccer (listed as "SOCCER HEROES")
  76. Tennis
  77. Tetris: The Soviet Mind Game (listed as "TETRIS 2"), by Tengen
  78. Twinbee (listed as "TWIN BEE")
  79. Urban Champion
  80. Warpman (listed as "WARPMAN", and wrongly as "BURGERTIME")
  81. Wild Gunman
  82. World Soccer
  83. Yie-Ar Kung Fu (listed as "KING OF FIGHTER" or "YIE AR KUNG FU" or "SPARTAN")

Note: That the list count is greater than 76, as different versions of the PowerPlayer include slightly different game sets.

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  2. 1 2 St. Paul Pioneer Press (April 5, 2005) Man pleads guilty in pirated game sales. Section: Local; Page B3
  3. ↑ Gearty, Robert. (April 14, 2005) New York Daily News Video game pirates sunk. Section:News; Page 32
  4. ↑ Business Wire (April 15, 2005) Nintendo Applauds the FBI -- Four Arrested for Allegedly Distributing Pirated Nintendo Products.
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