Murphy's Super Box

The Super Box (Japanese: ALTOプレイ Arutopurei ALTOPlay) is a fanonical game console made by Travis4205 in collaboration with JustAlex93.

It was developed by Murphy's as the successor to the TLB2 console. It was released in late 1990 and was eventually discontinued sometime in 1998.

An eventual successor for the 5th generation, the 32-bit (later 64-bit) EngineWave, is released by mid-1995, the EngineWave was very capable of handling 3D polygon graphics, something that most other computers in its time (including Super Box and TLB2) has no ability with. However, to extend the Super Box's retail lifespan for a few or so more years, a 32-bit add-on was released for it.

Details
Seeing the advent of the 4th generation of game consoles with their 16-bit power, which would inevitably lead to the obsolescence of the previous generation systems, including the TLB2, the members of the TLB2 Development Team at Murphy's went to the drawing board to develop a 16-bit system of their own. Looking at the current line-up of 16-bit machines and their capabilities, they developed a console to specifically compete with them. Not only was the Super Box designed to have great, almost arcade-like graphics, but also scaling and rotation capabilities to confidently give the SNES a run for its money.

The Super Box Controller (Model No. SB-2) has a more comfortable shape, the face buttons are the same A, B, C, D buttons that were from the TLB2, but now in diamond formation with the addition of two buttons on the back of the controller, labelled X for the left rear button, and Y for the right rear button. The controller also features a pair of ergonomic grip handles, so that the user can hold onto it better.

Murphy's, in response to the Neo-Geo's memory card, developed the External Memory Unit (E.M.U.) as the Super Box's external storage device to allow the user to save their progress on certain games. Additionally, they also developed the Super Extender, a kind of successor to the TLB2's M.E.P.s for the Super Box to increase the console's base memory capacity for running certain software titles.

MORE TO BE ADDED

Product Listings

 * SB-1 Super Box/AP-1 ALTOPlay
 * SB-2 Super Box Controller/AP-2 ALTOPad
 * SB-3 Arcade Super Stick/AP-3 ALTOStick
 * SB-4 Super Box Keyboard/AP-4 ALTOKey
 * SB-FD Floppy Drive/AP-F Floppy Disk Drive
 * SB-EMU Super Box External Memory Unit (E.M.U.)/AP-MSU ALTOPlay Memory Storage Unit (M.S.U.)
 * SE-256 Super Extender 256/AU-256 ALTO-UP 256 (256K)
 * SE-512 Super Extender 512/AU-512 ALTO-UP 512 (512K)
 * SE-1024 Super Extender 1024/AU-1024 ALTO-UP 1024 (1MB)
 * SE-2048 Super Extender 2048/AU-2048 ALTO-UP 2048 (2MB)
 * SE-4096 Super Extender 4096/AU-4096 ALTO-UP 4096 (4MB)

Legend

 * 256-Super Extender/ALTO-UP 256 required
 * 512-Super Extender/ALTO-UP 512 required
 * 1024-Super Extender/ALTO-UP 1024 required
 * 2048-Super Extender/ALTO-UP 2048 required
 * 4096-Super Extender/ALTO-UP 4096 required
 * #2 - Supports 2-Players
 * #4 - Supports 4-Players
 * Extra Legend:? (Next to the first three legends)-Only on the Original Model, the Enchanted Model has enough RAM to run this game

16-Bit
MORE TO BE ADDED
 * Bladenite IV: Sword of Kherus (1993, Action-Adventure)256?
 * Bladenite V: Invasion (1995, Action-Adventure)512?
 * Special 10th Anniversary Demo (1994)
 * Bladenite Side-Stories: Dreadmaul's Gambit (1994, Beat-'em-Up)256?
 * Bladenite Side-Stories: Teresa's Adventure (1994, Action-Adventure)256?
 * Bladenite Side-Stories: Starshatterer Legend (1995, Action-Adventure)256?
 * Bladefite (1992, Fighting)#2
 * Hayden 4: Hybrid Trouble! (1992)#2
 * Hayden 5: The Super-Menace (1993)#2
 * Hayden 6: Ancestral Visit (1994)#2
 * Street Fighter II (1992, Fighting, port of the arcade game)#2
 * World Warrior (1992)
 * Hyper Fighting (1992)
 * Champion Turbo (1993)
 * Super Street Fighter II#2 512? (Fighting)
 * The New Challengers (1994)
 * Grand Turbo (1995)
 * Street Fighter Alpha (1996, Fighting)2048 #2, Needs at least 3MB RAM
 * Mega Man 6 (1994)
 * Mega Man 7 (1996)256?
 * Mega Man X (1994)256?
 * Mega Man X2 (1995)256?
 * Mega Man X3 (1996)512?
 * Mega Man & Bass (1999, Port of the SNES game)512?
 * Q.W.E.R.T.Y III (1990, Puzzle)
 * Q.W.E.R.T.Y IV: Square Root (1993, Puzzle)
 * Sky's Quest (Greatly improved sequel of Magical Doropie, but it is often compared to Mega Man X, 1994)256?
 * Doraemon Adventure (1991, Japan exclusive)256?
 * Sky's Quest II (1995)512?
 * Sky's Quest III: Oblivion (1996, last game by Vic Tokai before Murphy's bought off the series' rights)1024?
 * Bubsy In Claws Encounter of the Furred Kind (1994, Platformer)256?
 * Bubsy II (1996, Platformer)256?
 * Garfield (1993, Sunsoft)
 * Buster Bros. (1990, Known as Pang outside America)
 * Super Buster Bros. (1992, Known as Super Pang outside America)
 * Buster Buddies (1995, Known as Pang! 3 outside America)512? #2
 * Sunset Riders (1992, Port of the arcade game)256?
 * 130 more games

32-Bit (32-Bit add-on required)
NO INFO YET

Backwards Compatibility (Original TLB2 Floppy Cards)

 * Bladenite
 * Bladenite II: Dreadhunt
 * Bladenite III: Revenge
 * Hayden's Adventure
 * Dead Dude: Undead Cool Guy

MORE COMING SOON

Computer Programs

 * SuperPaint/ALTOCanvas
 * Calculator
 * SuperText/ALTOWork - Similar to Microsoft Word
 * NotePad
 * SuperOS/ALTOS
 * Mk-1
 * Mk-1.1
 * Mk-1.5
 * Mk-2.0