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The Swan Crystal is the third (and likely final) version of Bandai's WonderSwan handheld gaming system brand, succeeding the WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color. It was released November 2002. Image File history File linksMetadata Swan_crystal. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Swan_crystal. ... Front Mission (Japanese: ãƒ•ãƒãƒ³ãƒˆãƒŸãƒƒã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³) is a series of turn-based tactical strategy video games produced by Squaresoft, now Square Enix. ... This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ... A WonderSwan playing Gunpey. ... WonderSwan Color The WonderSwan Color is a handheld game console designed by Bandai. ...

It is essentially the same as the WonderSwan Color, except that the Swan Crystal uses a TFT LCD, superior in response time to the FSTN reflective LCD technology used previously. This gives the screen a much crisper look during gameplay, due to sharper contrast and significantly reduced ghosting. Due to this change, the Swan Crystal does not posess the contrast adjustment dial found on the other models. A TFT LCD 15 display TFT LCDs are a variant of liquid crystal display which use thin-film transistor technology to improve their image quality. ...

The Swan Crystal is compatible with games for both the WonderSwan Color and the original WonderSwan.

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