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Supervision

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There are two basic shapes of the Supervision. One is just like the shape of a GameBoy and the other has a bendable mid-section. From these two basic shapes came further variations in colour, style and overall appearance. Supervision originated from Hong Kong to compete with Japan's Nintendo GameBoy in 1992. It has all the same parts in the same positions, however, the Supervision benefits from a larger LCD screen and resolution (160 x 160 pixels compared to GameBoy's 160 x 140 pixels; a negligible difference) and the more prominent versions have a bendable mid-section to adjust the screen\'s angle thus improving player comfort. The A and B buttons are 50% larger than those on the GameBoy and there is an extra sound channel. It has a headphones jack, DC jack, 2-player link-up and the same button set-up as the

Specifications

Sound
4 Tonal and 1 Noise Channel plus additional audio DMA stereo output channel. Built-in speaker and headphone jack with stereo earphones included.

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