A'can

A'Can, aka Super A'Can, aka F-16

Taiwanese game console by Dunhuang Technology (敦煌科技). Funtech appears to be their anglicised name.
Subsidiary of UMC, dissolved after the A'can's failure

CD-ROM & 32x-style expansion planned, never released

Specifications (partial, possibly inaccurate)

Main CPU: 68000 @ 10.6Mhz
Sub CPU: 6502 @ 3.58Mhz
Main System RAM: 64KByte
Sub System RAM: 32KByte
UMC custom chips:
- UM6618 - background & animation processor
- UM6619 - music & audio processor, peripheral control
VRAM: 128KByte
Colours: 256 from a palette of 32,678
Screen resolution: 320x240
Up to 4 background layers
Sprites:
- 40/line
- 320/frame
- Max size: 256x256
- Colours: 256 or 16
Graphical effects: Zoom, rotation, mosaic, blending, perspective, distortion, etc
Sound: 16-track Stereo PCM
Max Cartridge Size: 112MB
Cartridge SRAM: 16 to 64 KB
Support for external graphics acceleration

Emulation

Currently in MESS. Three ROMs available - BoomZoo, Super Dragonforce, Sonic Dragon. Emulation is preliminary so far, no sound, some missing graphics, Sonic Dragon doesn't work at all.

Known Games

ID	Chinese Name	Romanised Name	Translated Name	AKA	Developer	Notes
F-001	福爾摩沙大對決	Fu Er Mo Sha Da Dui Jue	Formosa Duel		AV Artisan (Ju Wei Technology)	puzzle game
F-002	三國志	San Guo Zhi	Record of 3 Kingdoms	Sango Fighter	Panda Software	ported from PC (poorly)
F-003	邪惡之子	Xie E Zhi Zi	Son of Evil		Funtech (Dunhuang Technology)	RPG
F-004	音速飛龍	Yin Su Fei Long	Sonic Dragon	Speedy Dragon	AV Artisan (Ju Wei Technology)	sonic-esque
F-005	超級中華職棒聯盟	Chao Ji Zhong Hua Zhi Bang Lian Meng	Super China Baseball League		C&E (Quan Wei Technology)
F-006	嘻遊記	Xi You Jie	Journey to the Laugh	C.U.G	Funtech (Dunhuang Technology)	platformer
F-007	超級光明戰史	Chao Ji Guang Ming Zhan Shi	Super Brilliant Battle Chronicle	(Super) Dragon Force	Kingformation (Jing Xun Information)
F-008	非洲探險	Fei Zhou Tan Xian	African Exploration	Monopoly: Adventure in Africa	Panda Software
F-009	賭霸	Du Ba	Gambling Tyrant	Gambling Lord	Panda Software
F-010	魔棒撞球	Mo Bang Zhuang Qiu	Magic Wand Pool	Magic Billiard	Funtech (Dunhuang Technology)
F-011	爆爆動物園	Bao Bao Dong Wu Yuan	Boom Zoo	Bomb Bomb Zoo	Funtech (Dunhuang Technology)	bomberman clone
F-012	unknown			Rebel Star	unknown	extremely rare

all translations are very approximate, i don't speak chinese.
if you have any info, corrections etc, or if you do speak chinese and you want to help out with some stuff, let me know!

more information, photos, screenshots: Super A'Can @ EmuGo
+ wikipedia article

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