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[IceDoesntHelp]

The Wireless 60, the all new console! Fuck Wii, we got an even better console, pushing better graphix. Obviously trying to bank in on the Wii's success, by tricking parents into buying this garbage.

Shit looks sweet, better buy two just in case my kid breaks the first because of how awesome it is!

Lets share other consoles trying to bank on the success of others, or attempting to trick parents/kids.

 

[diamount]

The infamous popstation

 

[RawkHawk2010]

 

[Meelow]

 

[Takao]

http://www.youtube.com/ashens

 

[Endless]

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[Bluebot]

The Phantom. Tricked 14 year old me into believing I could partake in glorious PC gaming at an affordable price.

 

[rpmurphy]

I always wondered if that actually played Famicom carts.

 

[luoapp]

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The Phantom. Tricked 14 year old me into believing I could partake in glorious PC gaming at an affordable price.

Now I think about it, could this be some thing close to OnLive?

 

[Dion Blaster]

I love the shit I always see selling at CVS. I think the one in OP is what I've seen there numerous times.

 

[unbias]

The Phantom. Tricked 14 year old me into believing I could partake in glorious PC gaming at an affordable price.

Ya, that is the one I remember the most. I remember the talks about it having all exclusives on it and being the "independent" platform. Now no one is completely sure it was ever a thing.

 

[Phonomezer]

So that's the next Playstation Meeting?

 

[Red Chocobo]

The are loads of fake PSPs floating around on places like ebay.

 

[Meelow]

So that's the next Playstation Meeting?

Yeah I never really got why it said that on the box lol.

 

[shinobi602]

This was actually a thing once, I remember being so hyped for it for some reason.

 

[Step]

I'll never forget the PolyStation, so many broken promises and crushed dreams.

And its partner:

80% of the games didn't work
5% did work
15% was the 5% games with different colors and names.

 

[Boppo]

So jelly I never got one of these for my birthday

 

[StalkerUKCG]

A store I used to work at sold "SUNY DreamStation" iv never been able to find one since. It was basically a NES guts with a black vacuum formed shell that looked like a cheap DVD player. It had a disc drive but as far as i could tell it would only play CD's

Some horrible 90's PC gamepad and 12 preloaded titles that i had never seen. Some sonic clone was shown on the box.

The kicker was it said on box "plays all your favorite games from x box PS and game boy.

A surprising number of people bought it. It was something like £40. Mostly old clueless grandparents.

I can't imagine what it would be like to open that up on Xmas.

Edit: now i think about it the name might be slightly wrong but im sure it had dream and station in it.

 

[Noirulus]

Real Time Action Graphics? I'd like to see GDDR5 do that.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd1YIbO34Ns

 

[Diablohead]

I remember one from a German commercial* that had a controller that looked like one for N64 (I think) and came preloaded with tons of (shitty) games. I wish I could find that one, I'd probably get it. Too bad I don't even remember the name.

I think it was one of the TeleShop commercials.

Years ago I used to see stalls around towns selling those kind of things, like an n64 shaped controller with NES games in it, no idea how they got away with it.

 

[Evolution_1ne]

I remember when my cousin got an Xtreme box for Christmas

 

[Goodacre0081]

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[-KRS-]

lol I would totally buy that just for kicks.

Edit:

I always wondered if that actually played Famicom carts.

I'm sure it does. It's very easy (and legal, I think. since patents expired.) to make clone famicom hardware these days.

 

[jello44]

Ya, that is the one I remember the most. I remember the talks about it having all exclusives on it and being the "independent" platform. Now no one is completely sure it was ever a thing.

That thing was hyped to hell and back. Every month in nearly every gaming mag, there was some sort of advertisement or an article about it.

 

[Stet]

lol I would totally buy that just for kicks.

599 U.S. dollars.

 

[Platy]

Expected stuff more along the lines of

But yes .. those videogames are awesome =D

My country had a COLLECTION of famiclones, with this one

being the most famous

 

[MYE]

I wouldnt call these fake

 

[UltimateIke]

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I think this is the one my friend got in a Secret Santa gift trade. If not this one, one that looked very similar. It had the standard "40+ games pre-installed!" and we played it for an hour or so just for the novelty of it.

We couldn't figure out if the controllers or the games were broken though (maybe both). Most of the inputs had no effect, and you could almost never win anything.


EDIT:

I was wrong.

IT WAS THIS ONE!

 

[-KRS-]

I never understood who thought that it was a good idea to put the ethernet port on the front of the Phantom. How the hell would that look under the TV? It looks stupid.

 

[crazy monkey]

my first system was little master gaming system.

Had 250 games in one.

had

karate ka
lode runer
arabian
mario
burger time
bubble bobble and countless other games in one cratige. It was awesome.

 

[realalbedo]

Dendy - NES clone (i had this one)

 

[StalkerUKCG]

That thing was hyped to hell and back. Every month in nearly every gaming mag, there was some sort of advertisement or an article about it.

The company Phantom Entertainment Inc Previously Infinium Labs has 3 employees and now make hybrid keyboard mouse mats for comfy couch gaming.

I remember being on the official forums years ago and reading hundreds of posts by angry shareholders and investors asking WTF was going on and when would they see anything from the money they put into the company.

The company has been in virtually constant legal trouble due to the malpractice exhibited and have wasted somewhere close to $100 million.

Legal Controversies

 

[MYE]

my first system was little master gaming system.

Had 250 games in one.

had

karate ka
lode runer
arabian
mario
burger time
bubble bobble and countless other games in one cratige. It was awesome.

Mine was a NES rip-off with 32 games in one cart. It had Adventure Island, Ice Climbers, Tank game, Tetris, some Mario variants and a bunch of other stuff I dont remember anymore.

I loved it lol

 

[Chanser]

 

[Koyuga]

Was expecting Splorgenborg.

 

[-KRS-]

oh man.. the buttons on that controller look atrocious! And I just love that contrast of the cartridge sticking out of it.

 

[Baleoce]

Chintendo Vii

 

[MYE]

Looks better than the super Slim

 

[Goldrusher]

I never understood who thought that it was a good idea to put the ethernet port on the front of the Phantom. How the hell would that look under the TV? It looks stupid.

That was the controller port.

 

[-KRS-]

I wonder how much it weighs. It's probably mostly empty inside lol.

^Really? It looks like an ethernet cable.

Ok on closer inspection it doesn't look like an ethernet cable at all. it still looks kinda stupid though. *shrug*

 

[udivision]

So jelly I never got one of these for my birthday

This is an advertisement for the "coolest" son ever, not the console.

 

[JordanLMiller]

Hmm. Seems legit.

Reminds me of this:

 

[Evenball]

Dendy - NES clone (i had this one)

All about the Dendy with english subs

 

[mclem]

The Phantom. Tricked 14 year old me into believing I could partake in glorious PC gaming at an affordable price.

I never quite understood why they thought "Network cable plugs in the front" would be a good design.

 

[jello44]

Hmm. Seems legit.

Reminds me of this:

LMAO

What in the name of fuck?

 

[DonMigs85]

Poor GameCube never got a Famiclone

 

[ASTROID2]

Hmm. Seems legit.

Reminds me of this:

I want that.

 

[Jiguryo]

My country had a COLLECTION of famiclones, with this one - Phantom System - being the most famous

I hear ya, but at least this one was done by a reputable company - and not some random dude in a garage em Guangzhou.

 

[Meelow]

Poor GameCube never got a Famiclone

Well I don't know if this counts but...