Pegasus (console)

Pegasus is a clone of the Nintendo Famicom (Japanese original model of the Nintendo Entertainment System) that was sold in the Czech Republic,[2] Poland,[3] Indonesia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the early to mid 1990s.

Pegasus
A Pegasus IQ-502 game console with gamepad and cartridge
TypeVideo game console
Release date
MediaROM cartridge
CPU1.779 MHz 8-bit MOS 6502

Hardware
Processor UMC UA6527P or similar clone of 8-bit MOS 6502 1,77 MHz
Video Chip UMC UA6528P or similar clone
Clock 5.37 MHz
Resolution 256×240
Colour palette 25 on screen
(out of 64 possible)
Standard PAL, 50 Hz refresh rate
Sound 5-channel mono 1 channel noise
1 PCM
3 channels for sounds

External audio source via cartridge pins 48 and 49

Media ROM cartridge, floppy disk (if equipped with the FDS)
(Nintendo 60-pin equivalent)

History

The system was manufactured in Taiwan and built to resemble Nintendo Famicom. Pegasus, like most known NES clones, was compatible with 60-pin Famicom cartridges, and partially compatible with some NES games, which could be played using a special converter.

The typical retail set included the system and two detachable gamepads (both with "turbo" buttons, which meant 4 buttons in total; 6-button controllers also existed.) power supply, RF cable, as well as audio-video RCA connectors. Additionaly customers could by light gun called Casel (very similar in design to NES Zapper) and special joystick.[4]The system itself didn't include any built-in games, but was bundled with an infringing cartridge labelled "Contra 168-in-1", which contained a 34 games, such as Contra, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Donkey Kong, Bomberman, Arkanoid, Popeye, Pac-Man etc. Most of the games had a "trainer" feature, which allowed the player to adjust the number of lives, and even the starting level of the game.[5]

In Poland, Pegasus was marketed by established in 1991, BobMark International.[1] The first model called MT-777DX, became very popular between 1992 and 1993.[6] Bobmark pushed on the market new consoles like Super Pegasus, which was Famicom designed to look like Super Nintendo[7] and Pegasus Game Boy, which was a cheaper clone of Game Boy.[8] In 1994, changes in Polish copyright law resulted that BobMark get rid of bootleg games and bought official license to software published by Codemasters, Sachen and Western Technologies and distribute them in Asian cartridges.[9] The most popular were to bundles called Pegasus Golden Four and Pegasus Golden Five that contained Codemasters games.[10][11] BobMark also released new model called IQ-502 with uniqe design.[12] In late 1994, Nintendo finally started to sell Super Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy etc. in Poland.[13] BobMark at the same time began to sell official Sega products like Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System etc.,[14] trying to slowly change it's activity to more legal. From that time Pegasus brand began to slowly lose it's importants due to more cheaper clones and new generation consoles. BobMark tried to popularize 16-bit Sega standards with Power Pegasus, a clone of Mega Drive, bundled with official Sega games, but sales weren't as good as 8-bit Pegasus.[15] BobMark continue to sell Sega and Pegasus until late 1990s, when founders due to heavy losses, began to invest in Hoop drinks.[1]

In Indonesia, Spica sold Pegasus MT-999DX, based on Micro Genius IQ-701.[16]

See also

References
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  2. "Dejte mi jedno Polystation, pane stánkař". Hrej.cz.
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  5. "PureRetro: Historia Pegasusa, pirackiej wersji Nintendo NES". 6 January 2018.
  6. "Komputery kontra Konsole". Gry Komputerowe (4/1994): 12.
  7. https://www.nesworld.com/article.php?system=nes&data=pirate-superpegasus
  8. "Data" (JPG). i.imgur.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
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  10. "To było grane: "Złota Czwórka"". 5 February 2011.
  11. "Która gra ze Złotej Piątki była dla Was najlepsza? Przypominamy gameplay". 20 May 2022.
  12. "Nowy Pegasus". Top Secret (32): 47.
  13. "Nintendo jest już w Polsce". Bajtek (111): 9.
  14. "Sega kontra Nintendo a sprawa polska". Pegasus Extreme (1/2023): 16–17.
  15. "Polski biały kruk - niepublikowane wcześniej zdjęcia 16-bitowego Pegasusa!". 6 March 2016.
  16. "Dijual. SPICA CLUB Pegasus MT-999DX (Full Set)". Archived from the original on 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
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