The channel marketed the console towards a family audience claiming to be a "cheaper" and better alternative to other consoles on the market at the time despite lagging severally behind in terms of technical power and build quality, along with being significantly overpriced.
SUPER PLAYER 76000 IN 1 PLUS
The Power Player Super Joy III was distributed via the Teleshopping channel Telemondo during the early 2000s advertised by telemarketer Roberto Artigiani, the console retailed for €69.99 plus a "small" unspecified shipping fee bringing the total cost to at least $76. Roberto Artigiani - POWER PLAYER SUPER JOY (High Quality Master) flea markets), or are resold at inflated prices. However, they are still sold by other dealers (e.g. īy 2006, most shopping malls stopped selling Super Joy IIIs.
In November 2005, Cohen was sentenced to five years in federal prison and was required to run ads in mall magazines to inform the public of how he sold pirated games at Mall of America kiosks. Super Joy III consoles are still in production in China by Sinango but not as widely distributed. Īs of Spring 2005, NrTrade stopped selling Super Joys, but they still retain stock from other companies. Nine days after Cohen's guilty plea, forty FBI agents arrested four Chinese nationals working in an international piracy ring and seized 60,000 Super Joy IIIs in searches in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Maple Shade, New Jersey. In April 2005, Cohen pleaded guilty to selling pirated video games. In January 2005, after 1,800 units of the Super Joy III were confiscated, Cohen was charged in Minneapolis, Minnesota for selling Super Joy III units at kiosks at the Mall of America and other malls across the nation. The consoles, purchased wholesale at $7 to $9 each, sold for $30 to $70 each. 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.
The Super Joy III become one of the most controversial Famiclones after Nintendo discovered it they took strong legal action against importers and sellers, and obtained a temporary injunction against the import and sale of video game systems with counterfeit Nintendo games. A wireless version of Power Games was also released, and a version without pre-loaded games this model also has ridges in the cartridge slot. Most of the games had their title screen graphics removed to save space on the ROM chip and to reduce risk of liability.Īfter this product gained some popularity, the Power Player 3.5, an improved model with more games, was released. Most of the included games had been originally released for the NES or Famicom, but some were created by the manufacturer. Hence, the game count of 76,000 is listed as a gold sticker on the box. The consoles have 76 built-in games, although marketing frequently claims to have more than 1,000 ways of playing them. Super Joy III consoles were available in black, gray, red, white, or blue. The control stick does not function and was added for visual appeal. Finally, the N64 controller's Start button is the Reset button on the Super Joy. The C buttons of the Nintendo 64's controller function as A and B on the Super Joy, and the N64's A and B buttons are the Start and Select buttons on the Super Joy, respectively. The Super Joy's buttons are mapped differently from that of the Nintendo 64 controller. Super Joy III consoles were also packaged with a light gun (for NES/Famicom shooters) and a second controller resembling a Mega Drive/Genesis controller, intended for a second player. NTSC, PAL and SECAM versions are also available based on the region where it is sold.
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The system resembles a Nintendo 64 controller and attaches to a TV set.
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