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| aliases = BS (Belsonic?), GameStar
 
| aliases = BS (Belsonic?), GameStar
 
| published = [[Waixing]], more?
 
| published = [[Waixing]], more?
| connected = [[Advance Bright Limited]], [[Cube Technology]], Gowin
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| connected = [[Advance Bright Limited]], [[Cube Technology]]
 
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'''Macro Winners Electronics Ltd.''' is a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of game consoles, most notably the MiWi, which was founded in Taiwan in 1988<ref>http://www.topfreebiz.com/company/198311/Macro-Winners-Electronics-Ltd.htm</ref>. The company is also known as "BS" (possibly standing for "Belsonic") which appears in its logo, and previously used the name "GameStar". They mainly publish games for 32 bit architecture but may have original games released under the same name.
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'''Macro Winners Electronics Ltd.''' is a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of game consoles, most notably the MiWi, which was founded in Taiwan in 1988<ref>http://www.topfreebiz.com/company/198311/Macro-Winners-Electronics-Ltd.htm</ref>. The company is also known as "BS" (possibly standing for "Belsonic") which appears in its logo, and previously used the name "GameStar".
   
 
==Miwi==
 
==Miwi==
 
The Miwi series is a line of game consoles designed to mimic the Nintendo Wii. Most of these consoles run on 16-bit hardware, although 32-bit versions are also listed on Macro Winners' website.<ref>http://www.macrowin.com/en/products.asp?Sid=8</ref> The controllers do not use accelerometers to sense motion in the same way as the Wii's (or more advanced Wii clones such as the Sport Vii or Conny Q3), but any sharp motion simply acts as another button press.
 
The Miwi series is a line of game consoles designed to mimic the Nintendo Wii. Most of these consoles run on 16-bit hardware, although 32-bit versions are also listed on Macro Winners' website.<ref>http://www.macrowin.com/en/products.asp?Sid=8</ref> The controllers do not use accelerometers to sense motion in the same way as the Wii's (or more advanced Wii clones such as the Sport Vii or Conny Q3), but any sharp motion simply acts as another button press.
   
Some of the software supplied with MiWis is developed by [[Waixing]], but the Miwi Xtra also includes 16 games developed by [[Cube Technology]] &ndash; they are stylistically different from Waixing's and do not include the Chinese copyright registration number which nearly always appears on Waixing's games' title screens.<ref>http://s4.zetaboards.com/PGC_Forums/topic/8153002/1/#new</ref> The "interactive" sports games included in all versions seem to be a mixture of Waixing and Cube games. Their games use anime music. But usually this is repeated after 10 seconds just like yong yong's games.
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Some of the software supplied with MiWis is developed by [[Waixing]], but the Miwi Xtra also includes 16 games developed by [[Cube Technology]] &ndash; they are stylistically different from Waixing's and do not include the Chinese copyright registration number which nearly always appears on Waixing's games' title screens.<ref>http://s4.zetaboards.com/PGC_Forums/topic/8153002/1/#new</ref> The "interactive" sports games included in all versions seem to be a mixture of Waixing and Cube games.
   
The MiWi series should not be confused with the WiWi series by [[Qi Sheng Long]], although at least one model of each console looks identical. Although the wiwi series by qi sheng long swap the waixing games for more nice code games and have the same compilation of vt03 and vt02 games by waixing listed on bootleggameswiki.
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The MiWi series should not be confused with the WiWi series by [[Qi Sheng Long]], although at least one model of each console looks identical.
   
 
==Other products==
 
==Other products==
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* Mi-Guitar
 
* Mi-Guitar
 
* Mi-Fiit Aero DANZ
 
* Mi-Fiit Aero DANZ
* V-Mega - a plug ans play joystick. <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6th9IEyZTiU</ref>
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* V-Mega <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6th9IEyZTiU</ref>
* Andy Brown, a talking bear toy <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20031123214431/www.macrowin.com/index.html?63170&dl=</ref> who also seems to have acted as something of a mascot for the company, as he appeared on some of their console packaging from the era and in "Andy Brown's World", the V-Mega's built-in software. This has a world map and so far it contains bugs ''a galaxian clone''.
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* Andy Brown, a talking bear toy <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20031123214431/www.macrowin.com/index.html?63170&dl=</ref> who also seems to have acted as something of a mascot for the company, as he appeared on some of their console packaging from the era and in "Andy Brown's World", the V-Mega's built-in software.
* 88 in 1 joystick - contains 88 hacks of NES/Famicom games, some of these (unique to this joystick) appear to have been made by Cube Technology exclusively for Macro Winners themselves, but others are generic hacks which appear on many other Famicom clones, particularly [[Qi Sheng Long]]'s. Has a cartridge port for a type of small cartridge which appears to be Macro Winners' proprietary design. This console has been released by waixing. Though 70 games have been removed from their version.
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* 88 in 1 joystick - contains 88 hacks of NES/Famicom games, some of these (unique to this joystick) appear to have been made by Cube Technology exclusively for Macro Winners themselves, but others are generic hacks which appear on many other Famicom clones, particularly [[Qi Sheng Long]]'s. Has a cartridge port for a type of small cartridge which appears to be Macro Winners' proprietary design.
 
* V-pod - a handheld console, uses the same type of cartridge as the 88-in-1
 
* V-pod - a handheld console, uses the same type of cartridge as the 88-in-1
* 2000 Educational Computer - This was originally in taiwanese only.
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* 2000 Educational Computer
* 48-in-1 multicart for educational Famiclones, including the above. Porbably the same as super game's version.
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* 48-in-1 multicart for educational Famiclones, including the above.
 
* Advertisements for several inventor consoles.
 
* Advertisements for several inventor consoles.
   
 
==Connections==
 
==Connections==
One "Game Star" product looks identical to the Console TV Famiclone by [[Advance Bright Limited]] (ABL)<ref>http://ultimateconsoledatabase.com/famiclones/gamestarconsoletv.htm</ref> - ABL and Macro Winners appear to have been based in the same building in Hong Kong in the early 2000s, so they may have collaborated at some point, although there is no longer any overlap between the two companies' current product lineups. Though there is abcsoft who has identical games on their consoles. Though it appears they merged with ABL.
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One "Game Star" product looks identical to the Console TV Famiclone by [[Advance Bright Limited]] (ABL)<ref>http://ultimateconsoledatabase.com/famiclones/gamestarconsoletv.htm</ref> - ABL and Macro Winners appear to have been based in the same building in Hong Kong in the early 2000s, so they may have collaborated at some point, although there is no longer any overlap between the two companies' current product lineups.
 
==Games==
 
 
*Robot destruction - graphics hack of the demo of super fight 1 by waixing.
 
*Magic tetris - Graphics hack of tetris for the sega mega drive.
 
*Magic boundary tetris - A original game based on tetris for android phones.
 
*Magic hopping blocks - A original game based on tetris for wii.
 
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 13:24, 21 May 2015

Macro Winners Electronics Ltd. is a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of game consoles, most notably the MiWi, which was founded in Taiwan in 1988[1]. The company is also known as "BS" (possibly standing for "Belsonic") which appears in its logo, and previously used the name "GameStar".

Miwi

The Miwi series is a line of game consoles designed to mimic the Nintendo Wii. Most of these consoles run on 16-bit hardware, although 32-bit versions are also listed on Macro Winners' website.[2] The controllers do not use accelerometers to sense motion in the same way as the Wii's (or more advanced Wii clones such as the Sport Vii or Conny Q3), but any sharp motion simply acts as another button press.

Some of the software supplied with MiWis is developed by Waixing, but the Miwi Xtra also includes 16 games developed by Cube Technology – they are stylistically different from Waixing's and do not include the Chinese copyright registration number which nearly always appears on Waixing's games' title screens.[3] The "interactive" sports games included in all versions seem to be a mixture of Waixing and Cube games.

The MiWi series should not be confused with the WiWi series by Qi Sheng Long, although at least one model of each console looks identical.

Other products

Some of Macro Winners' other products include:

  • Mi-Guitar
  • Mi-Fiit Aero DANZ
  • V-Mega [4]
  • Andy Brown, a talking bear toy [5] who also seems to have acted as something of a mascot for the company, as he appeared on some of their console packaging from the era and in "Andy Brown's World", the V-Mega's built-in software.
  • 88 in 1 joystick - contains 88 hacks of NES/Famicom games, some of these (unique to this joystick) appear to have been made by Cube Technology exclusively for Macro Winners themselves, but others are generic hacks which appear on many other Famicom clones, particularly Qi Sheng Long's. Has a cartridge port for a type of small cartridge which appears to be Macro Winners' proprietary design.
  • V-pod - a handheld console, uses the same type of cartridge as the 88-in-1
  • 2000 Educational Computer
  • 48-in-1 multicart for educational Famiclones, including the above.
  • Advertisements for several inventor consoles.

Connections

One "Game Star" product looks identical to the Console TV Famiclone by Advance Bright Limited (ABL)[6] - ABL and Macro Winners appear to have been based in the same building in Hong Kong in the early 2000s, so they may have collaborated at some point, although there is no longer any overlap between the two companies' current product lineups.

References

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