Epoch's original Cassette Vision was introduced in Japan by Epoch in 1981, which had steady sales and took over 70% of the Japanese home console market at the time, with around 400,000 units sold.[2] However, the introduction of next-generation systems from Nintendo, Casio and Sega quickly pushed back the original Cassette Vision, leading Epoch to quickly develop a successor.
French Yeno Cassette Vision
The Super Cassette Vision was released in 1984 with a price of ¥14,800,[3] featuring an 8-bit processor and better performance more in line with its competitors. It was later released in France by ITMC under the Yeno brand.[4] At least sixteen games were brought over from Japan for a European release.[5]
A version of the system targeting the young female market was released in 1985 as the Super Lady Cassette Vision (Japanese: スーパー カセットビジョン レディースセット) with a price of ¥19,300.[6] This console came packed in a pink carrying case, alongside the game Milky Princess.[7] The system did not take off, and was unable to match the massive popularity of the Nintendo Famicom, leading Epoch to drop out of the console market by 1987.
Technical specifications
The motherboard and keypad of the Super Cassette Vision.
The Super Cassette Vision had the following hardware specifications:[8]
Sound: produced by NEC μPD1771C running a permanently burnt-in program with three modes - monophonic preset wave mode, polyphonic (4-channel) square wave and noise mode and ADPCM codec mode
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