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{{Infobox information appliance
| name = Game Master
| logo = Hartung Game Master Logo.png
| aka = Systema 2000<br>Game Master<br>Game Plus<br>Super Game<br>Game Tronic<br>
| image = Game-master-console-image.png
| caption = 
| manufacturer = Hartung (DE)<br/>Systema (UK)<br/>Videojet (France)<br/>Delplay (France)<br/>Prodis (Spain)<br/>Virella Electronics (Italy)
| type = [[Handheld game console]]
| generation = [[Engineering:Fourth generation of video game consoles|Fourth generation]]
| releasedate = {{vgrelease|DE|1990}}
| media = [[ROM cartridge]]
| power = 6-volt [[Physics:Direct current|DC]] external power supply or 4 × AA batteries
| cpu = [[Company:NEC|NEC]] upd7810
| display = 64 × 64 monochrome LCD
| sound = Built-in speaker<br>Headphone jack<br>1 bit dac
| dimensions = 170 × 97 × 33mm
}}

The '''Game Master''' is a [[Handheld game console|handheld game console]] manufactured by Hartung,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Game Master by Hartung – The Video Game Kraken |url=http://videogamekraken.com/game-master-by-hartung |access-date=2023-07-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-06 |title=Press Start {{!}} Inside the Hartung GameMaster! |url=http://www.angrypixel.net/pressstart/index.php?s=content&p=insidehgm |access-date=2023-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206060224/http://www.angrypixel.net/pressstart/index.php?s=content&p=insidehgm |archive-date=2012-02-06 }}</ref> and designed to compete with the [[Company:Nintendo|Nintendo]] [[Engineering:Game Boy|Game Boy]]. In {{wipe|Germany}}, it was marketed by Hartung itself, while in the {{wipe|United Kingdom}} it was released as the '''Systema 2000''' by the already well-established maker of cheap LCD games Systema.<ref name=":0" /> 

It was also sold under alternate names in {{wipe|France}}, including the '''Game Master''' by Videojet and '''Game Plus''' by Delplay, as well as for a few released by Hartung as the '''Super Game''' and the '''Game Tronic'''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Hartung Game Master FAQ" /> It was sold in Italy by Virella Electronics.<ref name=":0" />

The design was much like the [[Engineering:Game Gear|Game Gear]] with a D-Pad and two action buttons,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/04/feature_the_handheld_rivals_which_tried_and_failed_to_beat_the_game_boy|title = The Handheld Rivals Which Tried and Failed to Beat the Game Boy|date = 17 April 2019}}</ref> although another variation, the '''Game Plus''', features a more Game Boy-like design which is backed by a company called Caterpillar and was sold by Delplay in {{wipe|France}}.<ref name="Hartung Game Master FAQ"/> The cartridges resemble those used by the [[Engineering:Watara Supervision|Watara Supervision]], with the card edge of the cartridge jutted out past the plastic of the cartridge. The Game Master utilizes a 40-pin cartridge port like the Watara Supervision but is not compatible with Supervision games.<ref name="Hartung Game Master FAQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitpress.com/faq/hartung.htm |title=Hartung Game Master Faq |access-date=2013-09-07 |author=Sylvain De Chantal |date=July 2001}}</ref>

==Models==
*Hartung '''Game Master''' ({{wipe|Germany}})<ref name=":0" />
*'''Systema 2000''' ({{wipe|United Kingdom}})<ref name=":0" />
*Videojet '''Game Master''' ({{wipe|France}})<ref name=":0" />
*Hartung '''Game Tronic''' ({{wipe|France}})<ref name=":0" />
*Hartung '''Mega Tronic''' ({{wipe|France}})<ref name=":0" />
*Hartung '''Super Game''' ({{wipe|France}})<ref name=":0" />
*Prodis '''PDJ-10''' ({{wipe|Spain}})<ref name=":0" />
*Delplay '''Game Plus''' ({{wipe|France}}; incompatible with all Game Master cartridges)<ref name=":0" />
*Impel '''Game Master''' ([[Place:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]])<ref name=":0" />
*Watara '''Game Master''' ([[Place:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]){{Citation needed|reason=No proof of existence online|date=September 2022}}

==Technical specifications==
The Game Master has a 64 x 64 monochrome [[Engineering:Liquid-crystal display|LCD screen]].
* Color: monochrome black/white tones
* Power switch
* Contrast adjustment
* 4-way directional pad
* Headphone jack (unit includes small stereo headphones)
* A and B buttons
* Select button
* Start button
* Volume controller

==Games==
Nineteen games were released for this console:<ref name=":0" />{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* ''Bubble Boy''
* ''Car Racing'' [a.k.a. '''''Super F-1''''' on title screen]
* ''Continental Galaxy'' [a.k.a. '''''Continental Galaxy 2020''''' on title screen]
* ''Dungeon Advanture'' [a.k.a. '''''Dungeon Adventure''''' on title screen]
* ''Falling Block'' [a.k.a. '''''Falling Block!''''' on title screen]
* ''Finite Zone''
* ''Go Bang! (Go Bang Game)'' [a.k.a. '''''GO Bang..''''' on title screen]
* ''Hyper Space''
* ''Kung Fu'' [a.k.a. '''''Kung Fu Challenge''''' on title screen]
* ''Move It''
* ''Pin Ball''
* ''Soccer (Fuss-Ball)'' [a.k.a. '''''3on3 Soccer''''' on title screen]
* ''Space Castle''
* ''Space Invader''
* ''Space Warrior''
* ''Tank War''
* ''Tennis'' [a.k.a. '''''Tennis Master...''''' on title screen]
* ''Urban Champion''
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.mamedev.org/ Multi-system emulator that supports Hartung Game Master]

{{Fourth generation game consoles}}

[[Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles]]

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