There's something about the N-Gage QD's design I really like, whereas the original N-Gage's design looks horrible to me. I picked up my QD for £10 brand new and sealed on clearance. I think maybe it was a price error because that's silly cheap even for a failed handheld.I had a QD, no more side talking and a bigger screen.
The games were kinda fun too. I never regretted getting one.
Someone stole it from me though :'(
There's something about the N-Gage QD's design I really like, whereas the original N-Gage's design looks horrible to me. I picked up my QD for £10 brand new and sealed on clearance. I think maybe it was a price error because that's silly cheap even for a failed handheld.
Good little handheld with probably more games and short-lived third party support than most expect.
Yeah lol I still laugh at how the mic was on the top of the device, meaning people had to use their phone like this:
I had one of those and used it for a couple of years. The side talking was dumb but Tony Hawk and a few other games were fairly competent for the time.
I had a QD, no more side talking
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Sidetalking was completely unnecessary, you could make calls fine without it. Nobody i knew did it with theirs.
Pretty sad mine got the WSOD.
Ericsson Red Jade 64 bit portable
(Unfinished prototype shown below)
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Supposed to launch in 2001 with GPS, PDA, digital camera, mp3, and wireless internet capabilities.
Never launched after a rumored parternship with Sony collapsed.
I actually won an N-gage QD from some kind of give-away on Adult Swim when they were launching. I actually really liked it, more as a phone than a game machine. It got washed and that was the end of it.
I can remember playing some alien FPS quite a bit.
As for other systems, I had a NeoGeo pocket color and it had some cool exclusives. I remember buying the SNK vs. Capcom card battler on a whim and really liking it at the time.
I know it wasn't 'obscure' as such, but I knew no one else that owned an Atari Lynx.
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I had 2. One that is tattered, has been painted and covered in sonic stickers and when the plastic screen broke, replaced with one cut off of a game gear and Frankensteined on.
Then I had one that was clean and pristeen.
I had a carry case and a battery pack.
I lent the nice one, with games and accessories to a friend when he went to the army. I never saw it again. Will post a pic later of the one I kept.
Though can anyone shed light on why I saw boxes for Atari Lynx in GAME stores like 5 years ago. Never enquired and found out about it :/
I collect obscure handhelds. Here is an outdated picture of my collection, so feel free to ask me anything about them:
I collect obscure handhelds. Here is an outdated picture of my collection, so feel free to ask me anything about them:
Ashen? The abundance of buttons was actually a blessing on the N-Gage for games like that, as you could set up dual d-pad controls that felt pretty good. That's how I played Splinter Cell Chaos Theory.
I love my NGPC. Sonic Pocket Adventure and Match of the Millenium are two of the best portable games around on any system.
I collect obscure handhelds. Here is an outdated picture of my collection, so feel free to ask me anything about them:
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The king:
I actually owned a Gizmondo.
I lied. I owned two of the fucking things.
Pretty cool stuff in this thread that I had never even seen before!
What's your favorite device? Excluding Sony/Nintendo/Sega.
Is that a GameBoy Light in your picture? I've been thinking about buying one recently.
Why do you have 2 GP32s'?
Looks like the only things you have that I don't are the Game Kings and whatever is below one of your Neo Geo Pockets(It it just some random chinese thing?). Oh and I don't own whatever is on the top left either.
Sticky Balls was really that good, huh?
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Tapwave Zodiac yet.
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I needed a PDA for work and bought this one a few months before it was discontinued. It was a very sleek product that was actually priced comparably to similarly capable PDAs of its time. Had it been marketed as a PDA for game enthusiasts rather than a handheld console I think it might have found a niche, though given how similar Sony phones have fared maybe not. Still, this was actually a great device which served me well for years after it's company caved.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Tapwave Zodiac yet.
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I needed a PDA for work and bought this one a few months before it was discontinued. It was a very sleek product that was actually priced comparably to similarly capable PDAs of its time. Had it been marketed as a PDA for game enthusiasts rather than a handheld console I think it might have found a niche, though given how similar Sony phones have fared maybe not. Still, this was actually a great device which served me well for years after it's company caved.
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I had one of these :|
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Tapwave Zodiac yet.
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I needed a PDA for work and bought this one a few months before it was discontinued. It was a very sleek product that was actually priced comparably to similarly capable PDAs of its time. Had it been marketed as a PDA for game enthusiasts rather than a handheld console I think it might have found a niche, though given how similar Sony phones have fared maybe not. Still, this was actually a great device which served me well for years after it's company caved.
An excellent for its time phone/console hybrid ruined by some epically shittacular ergonomics.The N-Gage was fantastic back in the days - it was a smartphone before smartphones were common and was also a great gaming device.
I managed to see/meet one person who owns one. It's his emulator machine.Sony's xperia play has to count in this lol. It had so much potential, though mine became purely an emulator machine.
I recently discovered that Philips made portable versions of the CD-i. Now I'm not sure I can live without one.
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I recently discovered that Philips made portable versions of the CD-i. Now I'm not sure I can live without one.
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Two GP32's? I'm guessing one BLU and one v1?
Man, I even bought the wireless dongle for that lovely handheld. Never got to use it though because nobody I knew had one as well. Sigh.
Shame it got curbstomped by the GBA quite THAT thoroughly.
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beatmania pocket video
Pop'n pocket video (nico)
More rhythm games are welcome since that's a favourite genre of mine, but aside from that, what else interesting exists?
Also Nano on sha (Parappa the rapper, Vib Ribbon) developed an exclusive for WS:
Rhyme Rider Kerorican.
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I owned one.
I have an openpandora (CC version, aka the first one). Seriously obscure, there's like 7000 of these things worldwide.
They have a stepmania port, if that helps. Not big on that particular genre.
Anyway, OP wants Edumuncation.
I collect obscure handhelds. Here is an outdated picture of my collection, so feel free to ask me anything about them:
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Impressive collection! I see game boy lights here sometimes but I don't think I've ever seen one on. Curious as to what the screen is like in person.