page_title: Micro Genius
section_title: Consoles and accessories
hierarchical_section_title: Micro Genius / Consoles and accessories
caption_attribution_description: English: A Micro Genius IQ-201 Famicom (NES) clone with Double Dragon 3 pirate cartridge inserted.
context_page_description: Micro Genius is a brand name used for Famicom clone consoles marketed in several countries around the world, particularly areas where Nintendo did not readily available, including the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America, Eastern Europe, South Africa and East Asian countries excluding Japan and South Korea. The name was initially and most famously used by TXC Corporation for its range of Taiwanese-made Famicom clones, software and accessories, but later passed to other companies and remains in use today on rebranded Chinese Famicom clones and LCD games.
  In some countries - such as Malaysia - during the early 1990s, Micro Genius Famicom clones were the most popular game consoles, mirroring the popularity enjoyed several years earlier by Nintendo's official Famicom and NES in Japan and North America. In Russia certain models of Micro Genius were sold under the Dendy brand, and in Poland one version, the IQ-502, was released as a Pegasus console - both of which were also the most popular consoles in their respective countries - while in Colombia and certain other Latin American countries they were sold as Nichi-Man.
context_section_description: There are several models of the Micro Genius, but the Micro Genius IQ-501 was particularly popular until the official introduction of competitors like Sega and Nintendo in the regions where it was sold. The games came in form of 60-pin cartridges, identical to those of the Japanese Famicom, which were inserted from the top into a cartridge port. A standard Micro Genius console package came with two wired controllers and sometimes a light gun. Some models also used an RF antenna to transmit signals wirelessly to a receiver inserted in the TV. Later incarnations came with IR wireless controllers.
  Micro Genius consoles include:
  IQ-201 - an early model resembling the Famicom, with hard-wired controllers
  IQ-301 - similar to the IQ-201, with the addition of turbo switches
  IQ-501 - introduces detachable controllers, sold as Dendy Classic in Russia
  IQ-502 - sold as Dendy Classic II in Russia and Pegasus IQ-502 in Poland
  IQ-701 - resembles the international Nintendo Entertainment System
  IQ-901 - an early handheld TV game
  IQ-1000 - built-in infra-red receiver, comes with one wireless controller and one wired
  IQ-2000 - similar to the IQ-1000 but comes with two wireless controllers
  Accessories for other consoles were also sold under the Micro Genius brand, including lightguns and controllers for the original NES, and wireless controllers for the Mega Drive and SNES.
caption: The IQ201, an early Micro Genius console.
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