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WonderSwan Development Hardware

This is not a list about the WonderWitch - rather, it's meant to list hardware which may have been used in the WonderSwan's development workflow which was not available to a regular end user.

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Development Hardware

It seems that nothing concrete is known about official WonderSwan development hardware.

There was most likely some form of hardware debugger available, for which the software has leaked.

Development/Prototype Cartridges

One Piece "Grand Battle! Swan Colosseum" Sample Edition

(Source: zan2zanjp)

PTE-0317

(Source: Otzeloto)

PTS-0102 ("Swan Reciver")

Contains a 2003 mapper, 2x16Mbit Flash and 4Mbit SRAM.

(Source: Yahoo! Auctions)

TV Swan

The “TV Swan” refers to a set of devices made available by Bandai to display WonderSwan output on a TV.

(Source: WonderWitch.com)

These general traits seem to be true:

  • TV Swan units support horizontal/vertical screen orientation; this is detected by observing the state of the vertical screen orientation icon to the right-hand side of the LCD.
  • TV Swan units shift the screen when undocumented WSC vertical timing registers are changed, much in the same way as third-party IPS panels (see: Fire Lancer).

Yahoo! Auctions pricing

Date Price Notes
2022.04.23 180,000 円
2020.12.11 283,000 円
2020.04.28 250,000 円
2018.08.28 250,000 円
2016.08.25 73,000 円
2016.02.14 70,321 円
2015.04.20 246,000 円
2013.12.06 7,860 円

(Source: TEMJISO)

SW-7000S

  • (Unconfirmed) Supports “mono” WonderSwan software only.
  • Only contains a composite output.

(Source: Qute Corporation)

SW-7001S

  • Supports “mono” WonderSwan software only.
  • Adds an S-Video output. Does not support simultaneous composite and S-Video output.
  • According to WonderWitch.com, it was sold to vendors at a price of around 140,000 円 in the year 2000.

(Source: WonderWitch.com)

(Source: TEMJISO)

"Revision 5.0"

  • Uses a WonderSwan Color “dummy” unit.
  • Supports “mono” and “color” WonderSwan software.

(Source: byemu)

"Revision 6.0"

  • Uses a WonderSwan Color “dummy” unit.
  • Supports “mono” and “color” WonderSwan software.
  • The most common model on auctions.

(Sources: TEMJISO, among others)

(Source: Ciglio)

(Source: NidoneNbox1777)

(Source: TEMJISO)

(Source: ts76573)

(Source: Yahoo! Auctions - 2015)

DP-7000S

  • Uses a working SwanCrystal unit.
  • Supports “mono” and “color” WonderSwan software.

(Source: zan2zanjp)

Unknown revisions

SwanCrystal border variant

  • Used on a promotional “Judgement Silversword” CD.

(Source: TEMJISO)

Bandai border variant (海賊王におれはなるTV)

  • Used in a May 2022 “One Piece” television special.
  • Likely to be a loan unit from Bandai.

(Source: TEMJISO)

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