HyperScan
Sign in to saveThe HyperScan is a home video game console developed by the toy company Mattel. The console uniquely includes a 13.56 MHz radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner that reads and writes to special IntelliCards which activate features in, and save data from, the games. Players can enhance their characters by scanning cards. The system was marketed for tweens, with games based on popular superhero franchises such as Marvel Comics and Ben 10.
Key facts
- Console.image
- Mattel-HyperScan-wController-FL.jpg
- Console.caption
- A HyperScan console (right) and controller
- Console.manufacturer
- Mattel
- Console.type
- Video game console
- Console.generation
- Seventh
- Console.media
- CD-ROM
- Console.storage
- RFID cards
- Console.controllers
- Gamepad
- Console.units_sold
- ~30,000
- Console.top_game
- X-Men (pack-in)
- Console.price
- $69.99
- Console.system_on_chip
- Sunplus SPG290 @ 108 MHz
- Console.memory
- 16MB DDR SDRAM
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The HyperScan is a home video game console developed by the toy company Mattel. The console uniquely includes a 13.56 MHz radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner that reads and writes to special IntelliCards which activate features in, and save data from, the games. Players can enhance their characters by scanning cards. The system was marketed for tweens, with games based on popular superhero franchises such as Marvel Comics and Ben 10.
The HyperScan was released in North America on October 23, 2006. Games retailed for $19.99 and the console for $69.99 at launch, but at the end of its short lifespan, prices of the system were down to $9.99, the games $1.99, and booster packs $0.99. Only five games were released, and two more were canceled.