<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
Family	I-Device
Entertainment	I-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
commonly	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
,	O
is	O
a	O
hybrid	O
DVD	B-Device
player	I-Device
and	O
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
manufactured	O
by	O
ZAPiT	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
seventh	B-Application
generation	I-Application
of	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2004	O
the	O
first	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
prototype	O
system	O
was	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Canada	O
in	O
October	O
2005	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2009	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
followup	O
console	O
had	O
been	O
planned	O
for	O
2009	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
was	O
packaged	O
with	O
both	O
RCA	B-Protocol
and	O
S-Video	O
cables	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
4	O
IR-based	B-Protocol
wireless	I-Protocol
controllers	I-Protocol
(	O
modeled	O
after	O
typical	O
DVD	O
remote	O
controllers	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
case	O
that	O
holds	O
up	O
to	O
6	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Altera	O
MAX	O
II	O
CPLD	B-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atmel	O
serial	O
EEPROM	B-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
for	O
save	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
Family	I-Device
Entertainment	I-Device
System	I-Device
is	O
typically	O
scripted	O
in	O
Lua	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
can	O
operate	O
as	O
a	O
typical	O
DVD	B-Device
player	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
controller	O
has	O
4-directional	O
navigational	O
buttons	O
used	O
for	O
menu	O
navigation	O
and	O
DVD	O
playback	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
numeric	B-Device
keypad	I-Device
lines	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
controller	O
with	O
Menu	O
and	O
Setup	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
controllers	O
came	O
in	O
6	O
colors	O
:	O
blue	O
,	O
yellow	O
,	O
green	O
,	O
red	O
,	O
purple	O
,	O
and	O
orange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
controller	O
color	O
has	O
a	O
different	O
IR	O
beat	B-Application
frequency	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
console	O
to	O
differentiate	O
the	O
different	O
controllers	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
gameplay	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
6	O
players	O
(	O
if	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
question	O
supports	O
it	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
shape	O
of	O
the	O
controller	O
and	O
marketing	O
concerns	O
for	O
a	O
"	O
Family	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
"	O
no	O
heavily	O
action-based	O
game	O
genres	O
are	O
present	O
within	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
's	O
13	O
game	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
many	O
Game	B-Device
Wave	I-Device
games	O
are	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
other	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
TV	O
shows	O
.	O
</s>
