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While this wouldn’t be the first handheld based on the Sega Dreamcast, I have to say that from the looks of these blurryvision pics, it sure looks like a good one.
Fans of the classic Sega console will appreciate the clean and compact styling of this portable remake what is arguably one of the best…
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November 18th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks + mods mobile tech retro technology video games
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It’s a new take on the holiday bundle: according to Best Buy’s Black Friday ad, Nintendo DSi units are going to be available already loaded with DSiWare items to save new owners the trouble of downloading their favorites (and paying for them!) separately.
Nintendo’s traditional holiday handheld bundles have included retail games in the past…
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November 15th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: video games
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If you like adventure games, things that are pretty, or just having an interesting experience in general, then listen up: maybe, just maybe, there’s gonna be a sequel to Hotel Dusk, the gorgeous graphic detective game. In Japan, the game was known by the snappy title Wish Room: Angel’s Memory, and the Japanese sequel is…
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November 13th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: video games
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Want to play all your favorite classic retro console games? Sure you could cheat and buy yourself a Dingoo, but what fun would that be? This custom-built portable uses hardware from a couple of other devices to create a system that plays games from the Nintendo NES, SNES and Sega Genesis.
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November 8th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks + mods mobile tech retro technology video games
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I’m not a Twitter addict – although I do have an account – so I might be wrong on this one, but will a device that only sends and receives tweets be worth buying? That’s what Peek is counting on as is launches the TwitterPeek. Much like their one-trick ponies Peek & Peek Pronto, which…
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November 4th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: gadgets mobile tech strange + wonderful technology
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The rumors were right – Nintendo officially unveiled the DSi LL, which is basically a Nintendo DSi but with much larger 4.2-inch screens, a 93% increase over the 3.2-inch screens on the DSi. The DSi LL also has 2 pens, a relatively jumbo sized 5-inch pen and a smaller pen that’s still slightly larger than…
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October 29th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: media players mobile tech technology video games
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Look out Kindle, there’s a new e-Book reader in town and it’s about to rain all over your electronic paper parade. Old-school bookseller Barnes & Noble is set to release a serious shot across the bow of Amazon’s Kindle with their new e-Reader, the nook.
The Nook sets itself apart from the pack with an…
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October 22nd, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets mobile tech technology
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Way back in the wayback machine, Sega released a bulky handheld called the Nomad. This portable gaming console could play Genesis cartridges on the go. But the problem with the Nomad was its high price (almost $200 bucks), abysmal battery life, and bulky design. Never mind the fact that Sega discontinued the Nomad more than…
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October 16th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: mobile tech retro video games
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Nope, this portable gaming system is most definitely not a PSP Go. What you’re looking at here is a cheap Chinese handheld known as the PXP-2000.
While the PXP-2000 won’t play any of your PSP games, it will play classic games from the NES, Famicom, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Super Famicom/SNES, and SEGA Megadrive/Genesis…
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October 6th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets media players mobile tech retro technology video games
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This odd little handheld gaming system may look a heckuva lot like a Nintendo Game Boy Advance, but it’s actually one of those multi-system emulators that can play games from a variety of retro consoles.
The mysteriously named SP2 handheld can play games from the original NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Color, Neo Geo and…
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September 17th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech retro technology video games
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While Apple may have crammed everything but the kitchen sink into their new iPod Nano, one thing it doesn’t have is a haptic touchscreen. But this portable media player from Latte has one, and now it can be had for less than a single Benjamin.
Of course, the 16GB Latte Espresso PMP can play music…
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September 11th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: audio gadgets media players mobile tech technology video
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We already featured Jon Jandran aka Hailrazer’s awesome Dreamcast portable mod, the dreamtrooper. He originally wanted to paint the dreamtrooper’s case black and call it the DarthCast, but he decided to stick with the original console’s white color. But he also ended up stuffing a Nintendo 64 into a Lazer Doodle – a gadget that…
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August 31st, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: cool toys hacks + mods just plain fun mobile tech retro technology video games
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