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
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)
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.
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:
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.
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.
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 had one of these :|
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Tapwave Zodiac yet.
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.
I recently discovered that Philips made portable versions of the CD-i. Now I'm not sure I can live without one.
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.
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.
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:
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.