History Platform / Supervision

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The '''Supervision''' was a handheld game console first released in North America in 1992 by East Asian company Watara. It was meant to be a low-cost alternative to the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/GameBoy, but failed hard due to its screen being much blurrier than the Game Boy, the lack of third-party support (with most of the developers being from Taiwan and Hong Kong), and most games being clones of others. One example was the pack-in title ''Crystball'', which was a BreakingOut game.

The Supervision was compatible with a second player via a link cable, just like the Game Boy. It even had a "TV Link" dock peripheral that connects the handheld to a TV to play games on the big screen ([[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch ...that now sounds familiar 25 years later]]), which to its credit was a lot more convenient since you didn't need a [[UsefulNotes/SuperGameBoy second]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyPlayer console]] to do it. A full color link was also planned, but cancelled due to the system's failure.

The Supervision was a handheld game console first released in North America in 1992 by East Asian company Watara. It was meant to be a low-cost alternative to the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/GameBoy, but failed hard due to its screen being much blurrier than the Game Boy, the lack of third-party support (with most of the developers being from Taiwan and Hong Kong), and most games being clones of others. One example was the pack-in title ''Crystball'', which was a BreakingOut game.

The Supervision was compatible with a second player via a link cable, just like the Game Boy. It even had a dock peripheral that connects the handheld to a TV to play games on the big screen ([[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch ...that now sounds familiar 25 years later]]), which to its credit was a lot more convenient since you didn't need a [[UsefulNotes/SuperGameBoy second]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyPlayer console]] to do it. A full color link was also planned, but cancelled due to the system's failure.

The Supervision was a handheld game console first released in North America in 1992 by East Asian company Watara. It was meant to be a low-cost alternative to the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/GameBoy, but failed hard due to its screen being much blurrier than the Game Boy, the lack of third-party support (with most of the present developers being from Taiwan and Hong Kong), and most games being clones of others. One example was the pack-in title ''Crystball'', which was a BreakingOut game.

In order to cut costs, Watara farmed the Supervision out to other companies for international distribution such as joystick manufacturer [=QuickShot=] in the United Kingdom. The system was also sold under other names such as Hipervision, Tiger Boy, and Travellmate. A redesign with an adjustable screen, as well as a proper D-pad as opposed to four buttons in a diamond shape, was later released.

The Supervision was compatible with a second player via a link cable, just like the Game Boy. It even had a dock peripheral that connects the handheld to a TV to play games on the big screen ([[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch ...that sounds familiar]]), which to its credit was a lot more convenient since you didn't need a [[UsefulNotes/SuperGameBoy second]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyPlayer console]] to do it. A full color link was also planned, but cancelled due to the system's failure.

The Supervision was compatible with a second player via a link cable, just like the Game Boy. It even had a dock peripheral that connects to a TV to play games on the big screen ([[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch ...that sounds familiar]]), which to its credit was a lot more convenient since you didn't need a [[UsefulNotes/SuperGameBoy second]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyPlayer console]] to do it. A full color link was also planned, but was cancelled due to the system's failure.

The Supervision was compatible with a second player via a link cable, just like the Game Boy. It even had the option of connecting to a TV to play games on the big screen, which to its credit was a lot more convenient since you didn't need a [[UsefulNotes/SuperGameBoy second]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyPlayer system]] to do it. A full color link was also planned, but was cancelled due to the system's failure.

The Supervision was a handheld game console first released in North America in 1992 by East Asian company Watara. It was meant to be a low-cost alternative to the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/GameBoy, but failed hard due to its screen being much blurrier than the Game Boy, the lack of third-party support (with most of the present developers being from Taiwan and Hong Kong), and most games being clones of others. One example was the pack-in title ''Crystball'', which was a clone of ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''.

The Supervision was compatible with a second player via a link cable, just like the Game Boy. It even had the option of connecting to a TV to play games on the big screen, which to its credit was a lot more convenient since you didn't need a [[UsefulNotes/SuperGameBoy second system]] to do it. A full color link was also planned, but was cancelled due to the system's failure.