Super A'Can
The Super A'can is a home video game console released in 1995 exclusively in Taiwan by Funtech/Dunhuang Technology and People's Republic of China by Sino Wealth Electronic Ltd. It is based around the Motorola 68000 microchip, which is also used in the Sega Genesis and Neo Geo. Twelve games have been confirmed to exist for the system.
Commercial performance
The Super A'Can failed because its initial costs were too high for customers. It had no chance to compete with fifth generation video game consoles, such as the PlayStation, the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn, all of which were more powerful and offered 3D graphics. The Super A'Can performed so poorly that it lost its company, Funtech, over USD $6 million. In the end, Funtech destroyed all equipment from production and development of the system, and sold off all remaining systems to the United States as scrap parts.Technical specifications
| CPU | Motorola 68000 clocked at 10.738635 MHz |
| Memory | 64 Kb Work RAM, 32 Kb Secondary RAM, 128 Kb VRAM, clocked at CPU speed |
| Graphics | UMC UM6618 displaying 256 out of a possible 32,768 colors at 320×240 resolution. Max sprite size of 256×256px, up to 40 sprites on line, with 16 or 256 colors per sprite. Supports zooming, rotating, and mosaic effects. |
| Audio | UMC UM6619 outputting stereo 16-track PCM |
| Cartridge | Max size of 112 Mib, with built-in SRAM of 16-64 kib |
| Control pad inputs | Two DE-9M on front of console, identical to those of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Controller IC has identical timing to Super Nintendo/Super Famicom with the exception of the Select and Start are swapped. |
| A/V Output | RF, composite video/RCA audio. Later models removed the RF output to reduce costs. |