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Top 10 Portable Flops
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TSrhoyo
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 Oct 31 2006, 09:03 PM, updated 20y ago
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ok guys for more info go to : Top Ten Portable Flops !!QUOTE 10. Atari Lynx 9. Sega Nomad 8. Nintendo Virtual Boy 7. Game Boy Advance 1.0 6.Nokia N-Gage 5. Bandai WonderSwan 4. Sony PSP » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Yeah yeah, we know you love your PSP. It's a slick system, no doubt about it. But a year and a half into its life, is this what we were expecting from it? Most of the games are half-assed PS2 ports, Metal Gear Solid became Magic: The Gathering, and the UMD format spent less time alive than a 90s rapper. Not so much. Where's our portable version of Final Fantasy VII already? Plus, my square button inexplicably stopped working. 3. Tiger Game.com 2. Game Boy Micro 1. Tiger Telematics Gizmondo
Is anyone surprised here? Looking through this list, the preceding systems failed because of poor engineering, poor marketing, exorbitant cost, or bad software. It's no mystery. The Gizmondo skillfully combines every single one of those (even designing it like a taco) and throws in a corporate scandal, the Swedish Mafia, and an imaginary driver of a wrecked Ferrari named "Dietrich." Just like the Xbox 360 and the forthcoming PS3, the Gizmondo was available in two versions (except unlike the Xbox 360 and PS3, both versions sucked equally): $229 for a system which forced the user to watch ads, or a $400(!) version with the ads removed. The system died a gruesome death after the U.S. release of only eight games, though calling Sticky Balls, Fathammer Compilation Pack, Interstellar Flames 2, Toy Golf, and Hockey Rage 2005 "games" is like calling Paris Hilton a "scholar," or Richard Simmons a "man." It is this kind of dedication to total and comical futility that garners the Gizmondo pole position in this week's Top 10.Anybody here got tiger telematics Gizmodo  ...... |
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infested_ysy
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Oct 31 2006, 09:07 PM
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QUOTE(rhoyo @ Oct 31 2006, 09:03 PM) ok guys for more info go to : Top Ten Portable Flops !!Anybody here got tiger telematics Gizmodo ...... OBJECTION! The N-gage should've been on number 1! lol stupid games and shitty hardware (even simple 100+kb games takes forever to load) |
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Phoenix_Cypher_K1
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Oct 31 2006, 09:21 PM
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Getting Started
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PSP's at number four? OUCH!
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stringfellow
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Nov 6 2006, 11:48 PM
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QUOTE(Phoenix_Cypher_K1 @ Oct 31 2006, 09:21 PM) PSP's at number four? OUCH! Gameboy Micro is at number two? BWAHAHAHAHA! X 1 Billion screams of agony! |
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Mgsrulz
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Nov 7 2006, 12:01 AM
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QUOTE(rhoyo @ Oct 31 2006, 09:03 PM) ok guys for more info go to : QUOTE
5. Bandai WonderSwan
did anyone even buy this?  |
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bidfordun
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Nov 7 2006, 12:46 AM
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i know where did u get this list.
btw, i wonder why neo geo pocket is not in the list?
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crazyconsumer
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Nov 7 2006, 07:15 AM
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So, Nintendo DS is good then? Or micro?
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sunauto
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 Nov 7 2006, 01:33 PM
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Well, Sony PSP is also considered a flop too with only one analog joystick, how to play FPS games like that? Furthermore, it's full aliasing issues like its big brother, PS2. Lastly, where's Gran Turismo for PSP, how many years liao still not out yet? We should sue Sony for false advertisement.  QUOTE(crazyconsumer @ Nov 7 2006, 07:15 AM) So, Nintendo DS is good then? Or micro? |
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Mgsrulz
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Nov 7 2006, 07:08 PM
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QUOTE(sunauto @ Nov 7 2006, 01:33 PM) Well, Sony PSP is also considered a flop too with only one analog joystick, how to play FPS games like that? Furthermore, it's full aliasing issues like its big brother, PS2. Lastly, where's Gran Turismo for PSP, how many years liao still not out yet? We should sue Sony for false advertisement. the dreamcast had only one analog stick,too..but you could play Quake 3 on it  |
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Mr Ez
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Nov 7 2006, 08:41 PM
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I had sweet time with my GBA. I think GBA is the best because it's good to hold them, they just fit in your hand nicely. I wish nothing more except a backlight for GBA.
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Phoenix_Cypher_K1
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Nov 7 2006, 08:47 PM
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Getting Started
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QUOTE(stringfellow @ Nov 6 2006, 11:48 PM) Gameboy Micro is at number two? BWAHAHAHAHA! X 1 Billion screams of agony! Luckily I never bought the GBM. When I heard it's inferior to the GBA SP in everything but size I changed my mind XD This post has been edited by Phoenix_Cypher_K1: Nov 7 2006, 08:47 PM |
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sonic_cd
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Nov 8 2006, 12:24 AM
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[quote=Mgsrulz,Nov 7 2006, 12:01 AM] [/quote] did anyone even buy this? [/quote] well i have the wonder swan + a neo geo pocket color ...also had the orginal neogeo pocket but it got stolen .lol |
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bidfordun
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Nov 8 2006, 11:55 PM
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QUOTE(Phoenix_Cypher_K1 @ Nov 7 2006, 08:47 PM) Luckily I never bought the GBM. When I heard it's inferior to the GBA SP in everything but size I changed my mind XD it cannot even play gameboy and gameboy color games? why shud i get it? better get gb sp bright version. |
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Mgsrulz
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Nov 9 2006, 01:05 AM
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QUOTE(sonic_cd @ Nov 8 2006, 12:24 AM) QUOTE(Mgsrulz) did anyone even buy this? well i have the wonder swan + a neo geo pocket color ...also had the orginal neogeo pocket but it got stolen .lol    how much did you buy them for?remember? and how did they get stolen?  |
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sonic_cd
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Nov 9 2006, 12:23 PM
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[quote=Mgsrulz,Nov 9 2006, 01:05 AM] well i have the wonder swan + a neo geo pocket color ...also had the orginal neogeo pocket but it got stolen .lol [/quote] how much did you buy them for?remember? and how did they get stolen? [/quote] the original neo geo pocket got stolen, the rest are still with me never bring to skool .lol |
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LiLBoy
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Nov 9 2006, 04:09 PM
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Oh i see.....PSP also a failure machine......................
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sunauto
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Nov 9 2006, 04:22 PM
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But it died shortly after launch. QUOTE(Mgsrulz @ Nov 7 2006, 07:08 PM) the dreamcast had only one analog stick,too..but you could play Quake 3 on it |
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infested_ysy
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Nov 10 2006, 09:16 AM
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QUOTE(crazyconsumer @ Nov 7 2006, 07:15 AM) So, Nintendo DS is good then? wtf. Have you not heard of the awesome money printing feature of the DS?  |
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fariq_azad
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Nov 10 2006, 03:48 PM
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Anyone ever heard of the Tapwave Zodiac??? Palm based portable gaming device... that sucked too |
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Mgsrulz
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Nov 10 2006, 04:05 PM
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sonic_cd,did you buy that^ too?  |
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