The Super A'can is a

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released exclusively in

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in 1995 by Funtech/Dunhuang Technology. It is based around the Motorola 68000 microchip, which is also used in the Sega Genesis and

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. 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

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, such as the PlayStation, the

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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

Peripherals

A CD-ROM attachment (similar to Sega's Mega CD add-on), and a CPU/Graphics upgrade (similar to Sega's 32X add-on) were planned but unreleased.

List of games

Released

Unreleased

References

A'can: An ill-fated console from Taiwan (English subtitled)
YouTube. October 25, 2017.
PakuPakuStory Blog - Super A'can

External links

(via

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)
Video Game Console Library page

Super A'Can games
playable for free in the browser at the

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