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Topic: Handheld game console


In the News (Mon 13 Oct 08)

  
  OldiesGames.net - Game Gear SECTION We have about 240 Game Gear Games
The Sega Game Gear is a handheld game console and was Sega's response to Nintendo's Game Boy.
Work began on the console in 1989 under the codename "Project Mercury", and the system was released in Japan on October 6, 1990.
A lone rebel appears with a Game Gear, cueing the narrator's comment of "The Sega Game Gear: Separates the men from the boys." Another showed a gamer hitting himself in the head with a rigid, dead squirrel in order to see color on his Game Boy.
www.oldiesgames.net /gear.htm   (683 words)

  
  Handheld game console - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unlike video game consoles, the controls, screen and speakers are all part of a single unit.
The first handheld game console to use interchangeable game cartridges was the Gameboy Pocket, designed by Smith Engineering, and distributed and sold by Milton-Bradley in 1979.
Since game systems of today have rechargeable Li-Ion batteries with proprietary shapes, such as the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, handheld video game consoles of today are doing much better than the ones from the past.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Handheld_game_console   (4226 words)

  
 DOOMCUT: Author comments on game-console/handheld Doom games
Game Boy Advance (GBA) Doom was added here in November of 2001; GBA Doom II was added in October of 2002; Tapwave Zodiac Doom II was added in February of 2005; Xbox Ultimate Doom/Doom II was added April 2005; Xbox Master Levels was added October 8, 2005.
The game speed can fluctuate and be a little choppy at times, but overall the game runs at a decent pace in single-player mode.
Like the Tapwave Zodiac game, these ports are virtually identical to their original PC counterparts, but with a few adjustments to make them work with the new platform, and other minor changes.
classicdoom.com /doomcut.htm   (3655 words)

  
 How to Choose a Handheld Video Game Console - WikiHow
The DS is a portable gaming console made by Nintendo.
The PSP's games are usually popular games that may be specially made for the PSP or ports of popular PS2 games.
The PSP's games most often try to take advantage of its 1.8GB UMD disks, and its CPU that is 3 times more powerful than that of the DS, and it's memory, which there is 8 times more of.
www.wikihow.com /Choose-a-Handheld-Video-Game-Console   (737 words)

  
 Nintendo DS
Games utilize a proprietary solid state flash card format resembling the memory cards used in other portable electronic devices such as digital cameras; this semiconductor technology is said to be far cheaper than conventional cartridges and can be used within a system without moving parts to jar out of place when dropped.
DS games are in memory-card sized format, as opposed to the larger cartridge format used by the Game Boy line, though DS cards are still classified as cartridges.
The DS is not compatible with games for the Game Boy Color and the original Game Boy, due to a slightly different form factor and the absence of the Z80-like processor used in these systems.
www.gametoplay.freegames.eu.com /games/Nintendo_DS.html   (5378 words)

  
 GameTrac Joins Handheld War - MegaGames console   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Another handheld gaming console is about to step-up and challenge Nintendo supremacy.
Despite the treacherous trail presented by the handheld market, Tiger Telematics (TT) have decided to move on and have announced that their offering will be based on the Windows CE.NET operating system.
Mophun is a fast gaming system initially developed for mobile phones, enabling true real-time, multi-player gaming over mobile networks as well as high performance 3D graphics.
www.megagames.com /news/html/console/gametracjoinshandheldwar.shtml   (232 words)

  
 Nintendo Game Boy - Data Crystal
The Nintendo Game Boy was a handheld game console produced by Nintendo.
In 1998, ten years after the original Game Boy release, and two years after the Game Boy pocket (a smaller, AAA batteried version of the now-bulky Game Boy) Nintendo released a new version, the Game Boy Colour.
The Game Boy Colour itself was backwards compatible with all older model Game Boy games, a trend that would continue for some time albiet not quite as well, and such was a reason to completely upgrade from the older versions.
www.datacrystal.org /wiki/Nintendo_Game_Boy   (295 words)

  
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The NPD Group reports that sales of consoles, handheld gaming devices, and software for these gadgets topped US$10.5 billion, which beats 2004 by 6 percent, and the previous record, 2002, by three percent.
On the software end, the console game dollar total was down 12 percent at $4.7 billion, portable software gained 42 percent to $1.4 billion, and the overall effect was a small downturn, from $6.2 billion to $6.1 billion.
If history is any indication, 2006 should be a pretty flat year for video game sales, as the three new consoles build up their user bases, and the new users start putting nickels in their piggy banks for games after dropping the old stash on hardware.
arstechnica.com /news.ars/post/20060115-5983.html   (734 words)

  
 Tapwave Zodiac Palm OS PDA and Handheld Game Console Review
The Zodiac was introduced in the Fall of 2003, and several top console and PC games titles were announced with it, though some of these games won't be released until later in 2004.
When not gaming, the analog controller acts as a d-pad for navigating around the screen, and pressing on the controller functions as the action button (i.e.: launching the highlighted application in the Home screen).
Console and PC game makers work for large markets, and once the Zodiac makes its appearance in retail outlets later this year, we hope the sales numbers encourage these companies to develop and port to the Zodiac.
www.mobiletechreview.com /Tapwave_Zodiac.htm   (2797 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | Nintendo DS makes its Euro debut
Games for the DS are expected to cost between £19 and £29.
Popular games like Metroid Prime will turn up on the DS As well as having two screens, one of which is controlled by touch, the DS also lets players take on up to 16 other people via wireless.
But Nintendo will only have sole control of Europe's handheld gaming market for a few weeks because soon Sony is expected to release its PSP console.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/4339647.stm   (443 words)

  
 Nintendo DS Handheld Game Console Review
The Tapwave Zodiac aimed to be both a PDA and a gaming machine, but the limited number of tier 1 titles for the Zodiac have relegated it to the niche market.
You can play multiplayer games via the wireless feature built-in on the DS and some games only require one card to be there at a time to play wirelessly.
The wireless is used for playing multiplayer games, chatting via PictoChat and using the DS Download Play, a built in feature that allows you to play a DS game without the card as long as someone else with the game has it in their DS.
www.mobiletechreview.com /nintendo_DS.htm   (1784 words)

  
 portable-console.com - Handheld console gaming world
Gold-colored and metallic pink versions, each packaged with a specific game title, are scheduled to go on sale November 23.
Nintendo on Tuesday unveiled two special editions of its DS handheld gaming unit as the video-game maker seeks to keep up fans' enthusiasm for the popular device heading...
Thinner console has larger screen Analyst Evan Wilson says Nintendo has finished work on a third Nintendo DS model, but it won't be released for a while.
www.portable-console.com   (619 words)

  
 Handheld Games - Employment Opportunities
This game is very close to the PC games which preceded it.
This game is built on the idea of allowing players to succeed, but you will have to work at it.
The whole idea behind the HER Interactive series of games was to provide a format for girls to experience the joys of Nancy Drew while developing problem-solving abilities.
www.handheldgames.com /nancyreview.ASP   (677 words)

  
 iRiver Rumored to Release New Handheld Game Console - GamerNode Message Boards
Gizmondo was Tiger Electronics entry into the handheld game console arena, which met with less than spectacular results.
After all this, companies continue to hope and pray for a handheld console winner of their very own.
This handheld game console is rumored to run on Windows Mobile 5.0 and have a 4 inch display.
www.gamernode.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1708   (270 words)

  
 Handheld
From digital television to high-resolution photography, from immersive audio/video playback to interactive 3D games, consumers not only want it all, they want it with the quality they demand from standalone digital devices.
The NVIDIA® GoForce® 5500 handheld GPU is the first to deliver the world of digital entertainment to your mobile phone.
GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE—SAN JOSE, CA—MARCH 22, 2006—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hybrid Graphics Ltd., the leading developer of embedded 2D and 3D graphics software for handheld devices.
www.nvidia.com /page/handheld.html   (455 words)

  
 Open Directory - Games:Video Games:Console Platforms:Sony   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sites dealing with Sony's first game console platform, which is one of the most successful platforms in the history of video games.
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is Sony's second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3.
The PSP is designed to be used not only as a game console, but also as a portable media center.
dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Sony/desc.html   (1271 words)

  
 Game Console, Handheld Game Reviews - Digital Trends
The new Nintendo Game Boy Micro gives you the power of the Game Boy Advance SP in the palm of your hand.
The console itself is very good with some excellent features such as the ability to stream music and video from your pc to your 360 (meaning: your hard drive doesn't get clogged up with music and videos).
The only problem with the polar white ds lite is that it can get dirty a little easy but as long as you keep it on a table or in your pocket or something it is sure to be safe.
reviews.digitaltrends.com /reviews_cat-19.html   (454 words)

  
 Nintendo DS | News | Info | Update | Picture | Price | Preivew   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The game geeks at Nintendo, bless the lot of 'em, have an update on the upcoming Nintendo DS - the dual-screen handheld system.
This handheld game system will not only play video games and let you chat through the wireless network, it also has a cool new look, a few extra features and over 100 games being developed!
Nintendo is making 20 games themselves, and another 100 companies have signed up to make games for the system.
www.kidzworld.com /site/p4679.htm   (253 words)

  
 Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide
Laptop Confidential II brought to you by Intel.
Surprisingly, considering their model numbers, the 320 has twenty games and the 350 just ten.
They both have 2.4-inch TFT color displays and TV outs; the 350 has both a SD Card slot and USB 2.0 port; presumably the 320 has a way for you to get media onto it as well.
gizmodo.com /gadgets/handheld-game-console   (90 words)

  
 Stuffo "How Video Game Systems Work"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Home video game systems, also known as consoles, are a popular form of entertainment.
And then there are the homes with one of the many other game systems.
In this article you will learn what video game systems are, a little about the history of game consoles, what is inside a game console and what the future holds for these systems.
www.stuffo.com /video-game.htm   (188 words)

  
 Handheld | Consoles - CNET Reviews
While it may not be a must-have upgrade for existing PSP owners, a host of subtle improvements make the latest Sony PSP (aka the PSP 2000) an even better deal for anyone looking for a solid portable gaming and multimedia device.
With a slick new design, brighter screens, and a growing library of fun and innovative games, the Nintendo DS Lite is an impressive improvement over the original DS.
Now that it has a brighter screen, Nintendo's Game Boy Advance SP is the budget champ for portable gaming.
reviews.cnet.com /4566-10109_7-0.html?filter=1105053_5024449   (867 words)

  
 I4U News - New Via MoMA Eve Handheld Game Console
The Eve Mobile Gaming Gadget is a collaboration between Via Technologies and MoMA - Ministry of Mobile Affairs.
The angle of the Eve Game Console is to be close to the Windows PC architecture.
The Eve Console includes a single 1.8" 20GB hard drive for storing the OS and the game data.
www.i4u.com /article1551.html   (844 words)

  
 Gamepark XGP handheld game console - Engadget   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gamepark is a company that apparently only releases products that are anagrams involving the letters G, P, and X, for on the heels of their GPX2 media player comes the XGP game console.
XGP from gamepark is a high-end gaming handheld with full 3d acceleration(OpenGL ES?).
the color and shape of the buttons (both phone and game) and the directional pad are different between the two pics...
www.engadget.com /2005/08/17/gamepark-xgp-handheld-game-console   (1200 words)

  
 GameSpy: New Retro Portable Console Released
Well, it's a new handheld that runs all NES and Famicom games from across the globe.
The new console will also be able to hook up to a TV with included cables and has the option of connecting 2 NES controllers to the console.
"Most of today's console gamers were brought up on the NES console, with its range of classic, playable titles.
www.gamespy.com /articles/598/598351p1.html   (304 words)

  
 Microsoft handheld portable for Xbox 360 and to rival iTunes
It seems unlikely that the portable gaming market could support another competitor, but that's what industry experts said about the game console market before the original Xbox was released.
I think their history with mice, keyboards and joysticks shows that they can design attractive yet functional products, so it is at least worth a shot.
Some games make sense like tetris or puzzle games like that, but why would you want to play a GTA game on a PSP and not a xbox or playstation.
www.gameshout.com /news/012006/article2880.htm   (411 words)

  
 eBay - handheld game console, Systems, Video Games items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nintendo Gameboy Handheld Game Console With 1 Game
Pink Nintendo DS Handheld Console with Nintendogs Game
SEGA GAMEGEAR / GAME GEAR Handheld Console Unit and Games
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=handheld+game+console&...   (376 words)

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