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plezo mp3 player does game emulation

filed under: media players | retro | video games

Plezo PMG-250 MP3 Game Player

This new MP3 player out of Korea features one special capability that makes it truly stand out from the crowd - it plays emulated video games.

The Plezo PMG-250 media player features technology that lets it play classic (and not so classic) games from Sega MegaDrive, Nintendo NES and GameBoy Color consoles…

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May 3rd, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

the only way to play virtua fighter 5

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Virtua Fighter Arcade Stick PS3

The SEGA Virtua Stick High Grade Controller is a must buy if you’re serious about your fighting games. Originally available only in Japan, the controller is available worldwide from importer Play-Asia, so you can play with the big boys now.

The $79 controller features a serious arcade-quality (analog) joystick and buttons, and build quality is solid and substantial…

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March 16th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

digital sound feeling system: huh?

filed under: gadgets | strange and wonderful

SEGATOYS Digital Sound Feeling System

Japan produces some of the most important innovations in the world of technology, but they also are known for making some of the oddest gadgets ever invented. This one is no exception.

This strange looking device from SEGATOYS produces three-dimensional “healing” sounds which are designed to help you relax…

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March 11th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

rare sega saturn sgx arcade box on ebay

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SEGA SGX Arcade Console

This little known SEGA Saturn SGX system is for sale on eBay. The Saturn SGX was designed to run SEGA Saturn games in video arcades.

Made back in the late 90’s by a company called SunSeibu, The SGX is basically a modified SEGA Saturn mounted in a heavy-duty metal enclosure with a coin-op mechanism. It also has a special seven-CD changer for easy switching between multiple games…

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February 12th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

crush: psp 2d/3d platformer looks promising

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SEGA Crush for PSP Logo

Ever since the Sony PSP came out about 2 years ago, it’s gotten a pretty bad rap for its relative lack of quality gaming titles, especially when compared to the Nintendo DS. Sure, a handful of innovative games like Lumines and LocoRoco have made their way onto the portable, but for every one good game, there are twenty stinkers…

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January 27th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

weird japan: sega foot massager

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SEGA Ashipure Foot Massager

After you sit around waiting for SEGA’s new Sonic game to load, nothing is more relaxing than a nice foot massage. Well, at least that’s what the game maker has got in store for visitors to one of their arcades in Shibuya, Japan.

According to a visitor to the arcade:
…there is a Sega arcade in Shibuya that has this bizarro Sega-made foot massage machine called Ashipuri…

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January 15th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

sonic the hedgehog abysmal load times

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Check out this video clip of some of the horrifically painful load times for the new Sonic the Hedgehog game, running on the Xbox 360.

Not only are the load times terrible, the shear quantity of load screens that occur to complete even a simple task are ridiculous. What the hell was Sega thinking releasing a game in this condition?..

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January 1st, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

huge vintage video game console auction

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Classic Video Game Auctions

If you’ve always wanted to build up a huge collection of vintage console games, now is you chance to do it in one fell swoop. Some guy over in Hamburg, Germany has decided to sell off his collection of over ninety classic (and not so classic) video game consoles on eBay…

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December 30th, 2006 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

coleco handheld plays sega classics

filed under: mobile tech | retro | video games

Coleco Sonic Handheld

It seems strange to me that a device called the “Coleco Sonic” would play classic SEGA games, but that’s just what this little portable system does…

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October 27th, 2006 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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