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psp clone plays retro nes games

filed under: mobile tech | retro | video games

2PG TC8281 PSP Clone 8-bit

Sure, this portable gaming system might LOOK just a little bit like the Sony PSP, but don’t expect it to play any games made in the last 15 years.

Another in a long line of cheap Chinese knock-off systems, the 2PG TC8281 handheld plays a mish-mash of questionable 8-bit and 16-bit retro games that come only on special multi-game cartridges…

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November 15th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

control your tv with your watch; look like a dork

filed under: gadgets | home entertainment | timepieces | video

Remote Control Watch

This really attractive (ahem) digital watch comes with a remote control that you can use to control your TV. Because who wants to use a remote control when you can use this watch instead? It makes perfect sense! It seems this is just the next logical step that cheap-o watch manufacturers were forced to take when the calculator watch went out of vogue…

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May 23rd, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

miwi game console is nothing like a wii, really.

filed under: video games

Eittek 9800 MiWi Wii Fake

Here’s the latest, greatest, phoniest knock-off console to surface from China. While the MiWi video game system might steal some of its looks from the Nintendo Wii, that’s about where the similarities end.

Created by China’s Eittek Electronics, the 9800 MiWi video game system comes with a pair of wireless controllers which do their best to mock Wii-motes…

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May 12th, 2008 14 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

cool boy game console: call the copyright cops

filed under: mobile tech | video games

Cool Boy Portable Gaming Console

The latest gadget to crawl out from the seamy underbelly of the Chinese gaming underground. Not to be confused with the GameBoy, the Cool Boy is a portable game system that plays a variety of old school 8-bit and 16-bit console titles…

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April 15th, 2008 10 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

px-3600 console fakes xbox, ps2, ps3, wtf?

filed under: strange and wonderful | video games

PX-3600 Console Knock-Off

Just the other day, I showed you guys a really crummy PS3 knock-off, but I think this videogaming oddity surely trumps that one. This strange little console can’t decide whether it wants to be an Xbox, a PlayStation 2, 3, or something else altogether. Heck, it even has those classic 9-pin controller ports you’d find on an Atari 2600 or Commodore Vic-20…

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January 30th, 2008 6 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

mini polystation 3 mocks playstation 3

filed under: video games

PolyStation 3

You’ve gotta hand it to those cheap Chinese knock-off manufacturers. At least they attempt to keep up with the latest gaming consoles when they crank out their crap. Case in point, this awful PS3 copy known as the PolyStation 3.

While it may look slightly like a real PlayStation 3, under the hood, this Mini PS3 is completely incapable of playing anything resembling real video games…

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January 28th, 2008 10 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

speakers not worth the paper they’re printed on

filed under: audio | strange and wonderful

Xenics Music Cube Cardboard Speakers

Now I’ve seen some cheap speakers in my days, but even the chintziest ones I’ve seen were at least made out of plastic. Not these. These ones are fabricated from thick paper stock.

Xenics Music Cube M speakers offer up some truly low-fidelity sound thanks to their flimsy cardboard construction. Heck, they don’t even come assembled…

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November 30th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

sound activated mini dancing monkeys

filed under: cool toys | just plain fun

sound activated mini dancing monkeys

The title speaks for itself. Sound Activated Mini Dancing Monkeys has to be the best product name I’ve heard in a long time.

What more can you ask for than mini monkeys that dance along to sounds? I wonder what would happen if you got these guys together in a room with the Happy Monkey FM Radio? I bet they’d have a big old monkey rave, that’s what.
The best part?..

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September 20th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

nixie clock knocked off in lcd

filed under: design | timepieces

Nixie-like LCD Clock

For some reason, clock makers keep trying to bring back the magic of Nixie tubes without using any of the actual tubes. First, we had the LED “Nixie” Clock, and now we get this cheapo version that uses LCDs instead…

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September 9th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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