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I was reminded of Game.com after reading Neozeed's Sonic thread. Talk about a system dissappearing into a void. I remember seeing some titles for the system in a product catalog but other than that this system had no presence in retail. Seemed to have a stack of licenses including Metal Gear, Sonic, Indy 500, etc. I presume it sucked? Wasn't Castlevania Symphony of the Night planned for it? *-neo
The touch-screen aspect of the machine was innovative but from everything I read about it, it was supposed to be a horrible machine.
Games actually looked pretty good from the still pictures on the packages but they were supposed to be so slow and almost unplayable.
That thing had all kinds of licences. Sonic Jam, Duke Nukem, Mortal Kombat, Fighters Megamix, Resident Evil, Metal Gear, and I think a Command and Conquer came/was supposed to come out. I've only played Lights Out and Duke Nukem myself, Lights out was ok, but Nukem was garbage. Though it sure had a nice game of solitare built in ;)
It was unplayable because every time the screen had to scroll it turned into one giant blur and you couldn't see anything. I'm also pretty sure that none of the original developers made the games, they were all done by Tiger.
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Originally posted by stormy
It was unplayable because every time the screen had to scroll it turned into one giant blur and you couldn't see anything.
This thing is a real peice of junk, I'm glad I only paid $5 for it.
I think game.com's only redeeming values is it's ability to hold two cartidges at once, and it had a built in game of solitare.
Don't let the faux PDA-like touch screen fool you, the system was pure junk. I'd rate it barely above those old, handheld LCD games I played so much as a kid in terms of technology of a video game portable, and those LCD games were infinitely more fun.
The Lights Out that came packaged with the system was by far the only even remotely fun game I played for the system. I tried Duke Nukem out on a display copy and it was terrible! I actually bought the Resident Evil 2 for the system and it wasn't even playable!
It got to the point where I was sick of even looking at the thing, and I was on the verge of putting it on eBay for 99 cents just to get rid of it and hopefully sell it to someone who'd leave some positive feedback on my account ;) But thankfully someone on GameTZ offered me a used Game Gear with an AC adapter and a few games for it and so I gladly traded it away to him. One of the best deals I've ever made :D
My god, you so screwed that guy it isn't even funny...Quote:
Originally posted by Ragnarok the Red
But thankfully someone on GameTZ offered me a used Game Gear with an AC adapter and a few games for it and so I gladly traded it away to him. One of the best deals I've ever made :D
Wait, yes it is! :lol: :evil: