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The Power Kracker (or Power Blaster, Power Racer) is a pirated NES-On-A-Chip console that was made to look like the Xbox 360 controller. It is the successor to the Power Player Super Joy III. It is most likely manufactured by Sinango and is essentialy a redesigned Power Player Super Joy III. The Power Kracker has been reported a common famiclone to find at Swap Meets/Flea Markets.

Overview

First appearing around 2011, the Power Kracker appears to include two controllers and a light gun (referred to as the Power Gun). Like many consoles with build in games, the Power Kracker claims to have a large number of games (76,000 games, reportable) but really comes with a much smaller range repeated.

Controllers

The controller features 4 button layout with two extra buttons located near. It also has a reset button, a start button, and a power button along with a d-pad and an analogue stick. The second controller is simpler, but smaller and without the power, reset and start buttons or the analogue stick.

Box

The front of the box shows an explosion, the current year of release, and the controllers it includes. The front also claims the console to be "The Greatest Game machine IN the planet!". The back of the box shows 3D graphics and screenshots taken from other games and an uncredited review claiming "The most impressive TV Game Machine made yet". It also shows the button layout for the main console controller. On the back of the box, it has the "Super joystick" logo (The same one found on the back of the box of the Power Player Super Joy III). It also has an invalid age rating on the choking hazard sticker (12+up) when most other products with a choking hazard say 3 and up.

Game List

While the console claims, 76,000 games, 73 are known, with a series of repeats. Some of these are repeated with a 3-letter code and may contain spelling mistakes.

Game list:

1942
"Antarctic" (Antarctic Adventure)
"Arabian" (Super Arabian)
Arkanoid
Balloon Fight
Baseball
Battle Field
Binary Land
Bomber Man
Burger Time
Calculator (Donkey Kong Jr. Math)
Circus Charlie
Clay Shooting (Separated from Duck Hunt)
Clu Clu Land
"Combat" (Field Combat)
"Contr" (Contra)
"Contra"
CRASH 3
Desert Tank (Battle Tank/Tank A 1990)
Devil World
Dig Dug
"Doctor" (Dr. Mario)
Donkey Kong
Dr Mario
Duck Hunt
"Excite Bike" ("Excitebike")
Exerion
F1 Race
Formation Z
Galaga
Galaxian
Golf
"Helicopter" (Raid on Bungelling Bay)
"Hogan's Alley"
"Ice Climber"
"Ice Ocean"
Jumping Kid
"King of Fighter" (Yie Ar Kung Fu)
Knight
Knight Hero
"Lode Runner 2" (Championship Lode Runner)
Lunar Ball
"Macross" (Choujikuu Yousai Macross)
Magic Jewelry
Mappy
Mario Bros
"Mice Love Cat" (Mappy)
"Milk & Nuts" (Nuts & Milk)
Millipede
"Monkey" (Donkey Kong)
Pacman
Pin Ball
Pooyan
Popeye
Road Fighter
Sky Destroyer
Slacom
"Space ET" (Space Invaders)
"Spartan" (Spartan X)
"Speed Tank"
Sqoon
"Stae Gate" (Star Gate)
Star Force
"Super Mario" (Super Mario Bros.)
"Tekken" (Karateka)
Tennis
"Tetris II" (Tetris: The Soviet Mind Game)
"Toy Story" (Circus Charlie)
Twin Bee
Urban Champion
"Wild Guman" (Wild Gunman)
World Soccer
"WWF" (Kinnikuman Muscle Tag Match)
Zippy Race

Trivia

Earlier variants of this before 2013 went under the name Power Blaster instead.
Later variants, starting from 2017, took the name "Power Racer".
The build quality on it is noted for being poor; either it'll have trouble turning on and/or randomly reset.
The menu sounds were actually from the Action 52 (NES) multicart.
The 2014 model was featured in Plug and Play Consoles - Jontron .

Gallery

Video Gallery

Power Kracker Review Part 1

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+[[File:Download.jpg|250px|right|thumb|The Power Kracker's box.]]
-''The Power Kracker'' is an NES-On-A-Chip console that was made to look like the Xbox 360 controller. It is unknown who made the console.
+'''''The Power Kracker''''' (or '''''Power Blaster, Power Racer''''') is a pirated NES-On-A-Chip console that was made to look like the Xbox 360 controller. It is the successor to the [[Power Player Super Joy III]]. It is most likely manufactured by [[Sinango]] and is essentialy a redesigned [[Power Player Super Joy III]]. The '''Power Kracker''' has been reported a common famiclone to find at Swap Meets/Flea Markets.
-==Overview==
+== Overview ==
-First appearing around 2011, the ''Power Kracker'' appears to include two controllers and a light gun (referred to as the Power Gun). Like many consoles with build in games, the ''Power Kracker'' claims to have a large number of games (76000 games, reportable) but really comes with a much smaller range repeated. It is reported to be a common Famiclone to find in American Swap Meets/Flea Markets.
+First appearing around 2011, the ''Power Kracker'' appears to include two controllers and a light gun (referred to as the Power Gun). Like many consoles with build in games, the ''Power Kracker'' claims to have a large number of games (76,000 games, reportable) but really comes with a much smaller range repeated.
-==Controllers==
+== Controllers ==
-The 'Console' controller features 4 button lay out with symbols based on the PlayStation (Circle, X, Square, Triangle) with two extra buttons next to them, a Reset, Start, and Power buttons, along with a D-pad and Analogue stick. The Second Controller is simpler, but smaller and without the Power, Reset and Start buttons or the Analogue Stick.
+The controller features 4 button layout with two extra buttons located near. It also has a reset button, a start button, and a power button along with a d-pad and an analogue stick. The second controller is simpler, but smaller and without the power, reset and start buttons or the analogue stick.
-==Box==
+== Box ==
+The front of the box shows an explosion, the current year of release, and the controllers it includes. The front also claims the console to be "The Greatest Game machine IN the planet!". The back of the box shows 3D graphics and screenshots taken from other games and an uncredited review claiming "The most impressive TV Game Machine made yet". It also shows the button layout for the main console controller. On the back of the box, it has the "Super joystick" logo (The same one found on the back of the box of the [[Power Player Super Joy III]]). It also has an invalid age rating on the choking hazard sticker (12+up) when most other products with a choking hazard say 3 and up.
-The front of the box shows an explosion, the current year of release, and the controllers it includes.
-The back of the box shows 3D graphics and screenshots taken from other games, and a uncredited review claiming "The most impressive TV Game Machine made yet". It also shows the button layout for the main Console controller. Claiming to be Made in China, the Box features English only text.
-==Game List==
+== Game List ==
-While the console claims, 76,000 games, 73 are known, with a series of repeats.
+While the console claims, 76,000 games, 73 are known, with a series of repeats. Some of these are repeated with a 3-letter code and may contain spelling mistakes.
-The Known Game titles on the system, which are repeated with different 3 letter codes are (complete with spelling mistakes, note some of these may not be the real name from the games, as they are taken from the in-game menu):
+Game list:
-#1942
+#''1942''
-#Antarctic (Antarctic Adventure)
+#''"Antarctic" (Antarctic Adventure)''
-#Arabian
+#''"Arabian" (Super Arabian)''
-#Arkanoid
+#''Arkanoid''
-#Balloon Fight
+#''Balloon Fight''
-#Baseball
+#''Baseball''
-#Battle Field
+#''Battle Field''
-#Binary Land
+#''Binary Land''
-#Bomber Man
+#''Bomber Man''
-#Burger Time
+#''Burger Time''
-#Calculator
+#''Calculator (Donkey Kong Jr. Math)''
-#Circus Charlie
+#''Circus Charlie''
-#Clay Shooting (Seperate mode from Duck Hunt)
+#''Clay Shooting'' (Separated from ''Duck Hunt'')
-#Clu Clu Land
+#''Clu Clu Land''
-#Combat (Field Combat)
+#"''Combat''" (''Field Combat'')
-#Contr
-#Contra
+#''"Contr" (Contra)''
+#''"Contra"''
-#Desert Tank
+#''CRASH 3''
-#Devil World
+#''Desert Tank (Battle Tank/Tank A 1990)''
-#Dig Dug
+#''Devil World''
-#Doctor (Dr. Mario)
+#''Dig Dug''
-#Donkey Kong
-#Dr Mario
+#''"Doctor"'' (''Dr. Mario'')
+#''Donkey Kong''
-#Duck Hunt
+#''Dr Mario''
-#Excite Bike (Excitebike)
+#''Duck Hunt''
-#Exerion
+#''"Excite Bike"'' (''"Excitebike"'')
-#F1 Race
+#''Exerion''
-#Formation Z
+#''F1 Race''
-#Galaga
+#''Formation Z''
-#Galaxian
+#''Galaga''
-#Golf
+#''Galaxian''
-#Helicopter (Raid on Bungelling Bay)
+#''Golf''
-#Hogan's Alley
+#''"Helicopter"'' (''Raid on Bungelling Bay'')
-#Ice Climber
+#''"Hogan's Alley"''
-#Ice Ocean
+#''"Ice Climber"''
-#Jumping Kid
+#''"Ice Ocean"''
-#King of Fighter (Yie Ar Kung Fu)
+#''Jumping Kid''
-#Knight
+#''"King of Fighter"'' (''Yie Ar Kung Fu'')
-#Knight Hero
+#''Knight''
-#Lode Runner 2 (Championship Lode Runner)
+#''Knight Hero''
-#Lunar Ball
+#''"Lode Runner 2"'' (''Championship Lode Runner'')
-#Macross (Choujikuu Yousai Macross)
+#''Lunar Ball''
-#Magic Jewelry
+#''"Macross"'' (''Choujikuu Yousai Macross'')
-#Mappy
+#''[[Magic Jewelry]]''
-#Mario Bros
-#Mice Love Cat (Mappy)
+#''Mappy''
+#''Mario Bros''
-#Milk & Nuts (Nuts & Milk)
+#''"Mice Love Cat"'' (''Mappy'')
-#Millipede
+#''"Milk & Nuts"'' (''Nuts & Milk'')
-#Monkey
+#''Millipede''
-#Pacman
+#''"Monkey"'' (Donkey Kong)
-#Pin Ball
+#''Pacman''
-#Pooyan
+#''Pin Ball''
-#Popeye
+#''Pooyan''
-#Road Fighter
+#''Popeye''
-#Sky Destroyer
+#''Road Fighter''
-#Slacom
+#''Sky Destroyer''
-#Space ET (Space Invaders)
+#''Slacom''
-#Spartan (Spartan X)
+#''"Space ET"'' (''Space Invaders'')
-#Speed Tank
+#''"Spartan"'' (''Spartan X'')
-#Sqoon
+#''"Speed Tank"''
-#Stae Gate (Star Gate)
+#''Sqoon''
-#Star Force
+#''"Stae Gate"'' (''Star Gate'')
-#Super Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
+#''Star Force''
-#Tekken (Karateka)
+#''"Super Mario"'' (''Super Mario Bros.'')
-#Tennis
+#''"Tekken"'' (''Karateka'')
-#Tetris II (Tengen)
+#''Tennis''
-#Toy Story (Circus Charlie)
+#''"Tetris II"'' (''[[Tetris: The Soviet Mind Game]]'')
-#Twin Bee
+#''"Toy Story"'' (''Circus Charlie'')
-#Urban Champion
+#''Twin Bee''
-#Wild Guman (Wild Gunman)
+#''Urban Champion''
-#World Soccer
+#''"Wild Guman"'' (''Wild Gunman'')
-#WWF
+#''World Soccer''
-#Zippy Race
+#''"WWF"'' (''Kinnikuman Muscle Tag Match'')
-==Issues==
+#''Zippy Race''
-The ''Power Kracker'' will sometimes be unable to power on, and the console would reset by it's self. Many of the included games on the game selection menu had renames (example: Tekken is ''Karaketa, ''Toy Story is ''Circus Charlie, ''etc.) Another issue is that (this awlays happen on pirate consoles) the copyrights and (sometimes) the title screen is removed/edited, possibly to avoid lawsuits. (example: the title screen for ''Mario Bros. ''has been changed to "Mr. Mary")
-==Trivia==
-*In 2011, the ''Power Kracker ''was called the ''Power Blaster, ''but changed to ''Power Kracker ''in 2013.
-*Due to the poor build quality, the console would sometimes refuse to power on and reset at ramdom times... by it's self!
-==Gallery==
+== Trivia ==
+*Earlier variants of this before 2013 went under the name ''Power Blaster'' instead.
-<gallery>
+*Later variants, starting from 2017, took the name "Power Racer".
-Download.jpg|The Power Kracker's box.
+*The build quality on it is noted for being poor; either it'll have trouble turning on and/or randomly reset.
+*The menu sounds were actually from the ''Action 52'' (NES) multicart.
+*The 2014 model was featured in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHepjitYJmM Plug and Play Consoles - Jontron] .
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery navigation="true">
 x1000.jpg|The back of the Power Kracker box.
 Power Kracker intructions frontside.png|The front side of the Power Kracker's intructions, notice how the intructions say "Power Blaster".|link=http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140811024310/bootleggames/images/thumb/e/e8/Power_Kracker_intructions_frontside.png/200px-Power_Kracker_intructions_frontside.png
-Power Kracker intructions backside.png|The backside of the Power Kracker's instructions, for some reason, the instructions say to keep object away from children under... 12?
+Power Kracker intructions backside.png|The backside of the Power Kracker's instructions
+power blaster.jpg|The Power Blaster's box. Note that before 2012, the "Power Kracker" was called the "Power Blaster".
+Power Blaster 2011.jpg|The first version of the Power Kracker/Power Blaster, with the year on the box dating back to 2011.
+</gallery>
+== Video Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+Power Kracker Review Part 1
 </gallery>
+[[Category:Games]]
 [[Category:Famiclones]]
-[[Category:NES Clones]]
 [[Category:Hardware]]