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The Power Joy Classic TV Game console (commonly known as the Power Joy) is an unauthorized famiclone manufactured by Trump Grand. It was sold in the UK and North America. The system resembles a Nintendo 64 controller, and the second player's controller shares many similarities with a PlayStation controller. It is not to be confused with the similarly-named Power Player Super Joy III.

The console was first known to be sold in 2001,[1], but variants are still produced by Trump Grand to this day.[2]

Background[]

The consoles came with a Famicom multicart and 10 built-in games, mostly graphical hacks of NES games utilizing the NES Zapper.

Two different versions of the cartridge exist, a "PJ-008" 84-in-1 version and a "PJ-001" 64-in-1 version. The version with the PJ-008 cartridge was marketed as the "Power Joy II", but the "II" never appeared on the packaging or the console itself. Most of the included games are pirated NES/Famicom games, and as usual for pirate cartridges, the company logos and copyright details were removed.

The game selections on each cartridge are similar, although the PJ-001 contains some repeats. There are also two known variations of the PJ-008 cartridge with a slightly different selection of games despite the identical label and product number.

The console was first manufactured around 2001, and its UK distributors claimed over 1 million sold by 2004.[3]

Technical aspects[]

  • The player 1 controller features a cartridge slot that supports most cartridges designed for the Famicom.
  • Most have a battery pack. It takes 4 AA batteries, which are not packaged with the console.
  • It comes with an AC adapter (center-negative DC9V mA350).
  • It has composite and audio outputs.
  • It is able to run unlicensed NES/Famicom games.
  • It only comes in one color (white).

Games[]

Built-in Games

The console has "9999" games built in, although, in reality there are 6. These 6 games are repeated over a thousand times.

The games included are as follows:

  1. Duck Hunt - Hacked to remove Mode C
  2. Jewelry - "Magic Jewelry"
  3. Wild Gunman
  4. Submarine - Sqoon
  5. Hogan's Alley
  6. Badminton - Super Dyna'mix Badminton

PJ-001[]

First of the two carts that were made for the system. This being the original 64-in-1 cart.

  1. Aladdin III - Hack of "Magic Carpet 1001"
  2. Gradius
  3. Whirlwind - Pokemon hack of "Warpman"
  4. Baseball
  5. Ding Dong
  6. Kitty - Hello Kitty hack of "Dig Dug"
  7. Lode Runner
  8. Wrestle - Hack of "M.U.S.C.L.E."
  9. Soccer
  10. Challenger
  11. Arkanoid
  12. Flappy
  13. Spartan X
  14. Twin Bee
  15. Star Force
  16. Millipede
  17. Circus Charlie
  18. Duck Hunt
  19. Macross
  20. Pooyan
  21. Space ET - just "Space Invaders"
  22. Joust
  23. Star Gate
  24. Hyper Olympic 1
  25. Balloon Fight
  26. Formation Z
  27. Arabian
  28. Galaza - "Galaga"
  29. Urban Champion
  30. Karateka
  31. Gldiators - "Circus Charlie" again
  32. Helicopter - "Raid on Bungeling Bay"
  33. Bird Week
  34. Magic Jewelry
  35. Speed Tank - "Tank 1990"
  36. Zippy Race
  37. Hyper Olympic 2 - "Hyper Sports"
  38. Tennis
  39. Golf
  40. Tank - "Tank 1990" again
  41. Mappy
  42. Warpman
  43. Road Fighter
  44. Clay Shoot - Mode C of "Duck Hunt"
  45. Exerion
  46. Go Go Tank - "Tank 1990" again again!
  47. Galaxians - "Galaxian"
  48. Milk & Nuts - "Nuts & Milk"
  49. Charlie Pony - "Circus Charlie" again again!
  50. Clu Clu Land
  51. 10-Yard Fight
  52. Kung Fu - "Yie Ar Kung-Fu"
  53. Combat - "Field Combat"
  54. Ice Climber
  55. Pin Ball - "Pinball"
  56. Big Top - "Circus Charlie" again again again!!!
  57. Devil World
  58. Gone Fishing - "Brush Roller"
  59. Dig Dug 1 - Hack of "Dig Dug" with spelling errors
  60. Motorcycle - "Excitebike"
  61. City Connection
  62. Chack 'N Pop
  63. Pocket Ball - "Lunar Ball"
  64. Front Line

PJ-008[]

The second and last cartridge to have been made, mainly due to the success of the original cart. 84-in-1.

  1. 80 Days (Puss N Boots: Pero's Great Adventure)
  2. 1942
  3. Arkanoid
  4. Aladdin III (Magic Carpet 1001)
  5. Argus
  6. Adisland (Adventure Island)
  7. ASCII (Penguin-kun Wars)
  8. Arabian (Super Arabian)
  9. Badminton (Super Dyna'mix Badminton)
  10. Baltron
  11. B-Wings
  12. Bird Week
  13. Boat Race (hack of F-1 Race)
  14. Boom Man (hack of Bomber Man)
  15. Brush Roller
  16. Clay Shoot (Duck Hunt; mode C [Clay Shooting])
  17. Chack and Pop
  18. Circus Chablie (Circus Charlie)
  19. City Connection
  20. Challenger
  21. Dig Dug
  22. Dough Boy
  23. Druaga (Tower of Druaga)
  24. Devil World
  25. Ding Dong
  26. Door Door
  27. Dynamite Bowl
  28. Elevator Action
  29. Exerion
  30. Formation Z
  31. Front Line
  32. Fire Dragon
  33. Flappy
  34. Flipull
  35. Filed Combat
  36. Galaga
  37. Galg
  38. Geimos
  39. Gyrodine
  40. Goonies
  41. Gotcha (Gotcha! The Sport!)
  42. Galaxians (Galaxian)
  43. Gradius
  44. Hyper Olympic
  45. Joust
  46. Karateka
  47. Kage (Legend of Kage)
  48. Lode Runner 1 (Lode Runner)
  49. Lode Runner 2 (Championship Lode Runner)
  50. Lunar Ball
  51. Macross
  52. Magic Jewellery (Magic Jewerly)
  53. Magmax
  54. Mappy
  55. Millipede
  56. Othello
  57. Pooyan
  58. Pac Land
  59. Paper Boy (Paperboy)
  60. Pandamar (hack of Super Mario Bros.)
  61. Penguin (Obake no Q-taro WanWan Panic)
  62. Route 16 (Route 16 Turbo)
  63. Raid on Bay (Raid on Bungling Bay)
  64. Road Fighter
  65. Sky Destroyer
  66. Space ET (hack of Space Invaders)
  67. Star Gate
  68. Star Force
  69. Son Son
  70. Spartan (Spartan X)
  71. Spelunker
  72. Spy Vs Spy
  73. Sqoon
  74. Starslider (Star Soldier)
  75. Star Luster
  76. Tag Team (Tag Team Wrestling)
  77. Tank (Tank 1990 A)
  78. Twin Bee
  79. Wrestling (Hack of Tag Team M.U.S.C.L.E)
  80. Wisdom (Wisdom Boy)
  81. Warp Man
  82. World Cup (hack of Soccer)
  83. Xevious
  84. Zippy Race

Unit aspects[]

  • The player 1 controller resembles a Nintendo 64 controller with a cartridge slot for most Famicom games.
  • It comes packaged with a second controller. It has a similar button layout to a standard Playstation controller.
  • The first controller has a light gun built into it. The trigger is the shoot button.
  • The joystick on the first controller is functional.
  • Although the Power Joy's button layout is identical to that of the Nintendo 64 controller, the buttons have been mapped differently. The C buttons of the N64's controller function as A and B on the Power Joy, the A and B buttons of the N64's controller are Start and Select on the Power Joy, respectively. Finally, the N64 controller's Start button is the Reset button on the Power Joy.
  • It can run off of a 9V battery (negative tip) or 4 AA cells.

Successors[]

A number of other consoles were released in the Power Joy line following the original unit. These include:

  • Power Joy III aka Power Joy Crusader - featured an LCD "brick game" built into the controller
  • Power Joy Supermax - similar to the original, but with built-in rumble and 90 original games included
  • Power Joy Navigator - joystick-based with 50 original games, released in both wired and wireless versions
  • Power Joy Solo
  • Power Joy Turbo Racer
  • Power Joy Streamline
  • Power Joy Voyager

Trump Grand still uses the brand name "Power Joy" on many of its current products.

Trivia[]

  • A Power Joy "PJ-002" cartridge was announced and scheduled for release in 2002, but was seemingly never released.[4]
  • Some revisions of the (former) Power Joy website feature sections encouraging developers to "showcase" their games on the Power Joy consoles, and specifically requesting they provide the original source code. As to how exactly this would work, or if anyone even provided game code in this way, is unknown.[5]
  • An infomercial was made to advertise the system.[6]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Power Joy Official Site (Wayback Machine)
  2. ↑ Power Joy - 1688 (Wayback Machine)
  3. ↑ Power Joy 2 - Yes 661 (Wayback Machine)
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20021208173800fw_/http://www.power-joy.com/cartridges.htm
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20041205074414/http://www.yes661.com/prodDetail.asp?id=656
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkBOo9aPCuc
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