Game.com
| Game.com | ||||||
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| Manufacturer | Tiger Electronics | |||||
| Type | Handheld console | |||||
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| Main processor | Sharp SM8521 | |||||
| Storage media | Game modules | |||||
| Online service | Yes | |||||
| Units sold | <300,000 | |||||
| Most successful game | unknown | |||||
| predecessor | none | |||||
| successor | none | |||||
| info | first internet-enabled handheld console | |||||
The Game.com ( stylized own notation : game.com ) is a handheld game console made by Tiger Electronics in August 1997 initially only in the United States for a suggested retail price was published (EIA) of 69.95 US dollars. The end of 1997 the system was in the UK for a suggested retail price of 79.99 pounds sterling to the market. A more compact version of the console called Game.com Pocket Pro was released in mid-1999 at an MSRP of $ 29.99.
The first version of Game.com could be connected to a 14.4 Kbit / s modem for Internet access, so the name of the system also includes the top-level domain .com . It was the first internet-enabled handheld console and the first with a built-in touchscreen . The system was sold less than 300,000 times in its entire lifespan, which is why production was stopped in 2000.
Internet functionality
Game.com was the first internet-enabled handheld console, and none of the games published for the system supported internet functions. With the system, e-mails could be read and sent with a separately available cartridge and surfed on the World Wide Web (WWW), although the e-mails could not be saved.
Technical specifications
- Processor : Sharp SM8521 8-bit
- Screen : resolution : 200 × 160 pixels ; Color rendering: black and white with four levels of gray
- Power supply: four AA batteries (Game.com), two AA batteries (Game.com Pocket Pro) or AC adapter
- Connections: 3.5 mm jack connection, connection for internet cable and multiplayer cable (Compete.com)
Games
20 games were officially released for Tiger.com, most of which were developed by Tiger Electronics itself. These are:
- Batman & Robin
- Centipede
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Fighters Megamix
- Frogger
- Henry
- Indy 500
- Jeopardy!
- Lights out
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- monopoly
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy
- Quiz Wiz: Cyber Trivia
- Resident Evil 2
- Scrabble
- Sonic Jam
- Tiger Casino
- Wheel of Fortune
- Wheel of Fortune 2
- Williams Arcade Classics
Web links
- Official website (archived, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clipped From The Los Angeles Times . In: The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California August 12, 1997, p. 60 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 8, 2020]).
- ↑ a b Clipped From Philadelphia Daily News . In: Philadelphia Daily News . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 21, 1997, pp. 43 ( newspapers.com [accessed March 8, 2020]).
- ^ Saturn Power - Issue 07 (1997-12) (Future Publishing) (GB) . December 1997 ( archive.org [accessed March 8, 2020]).
- ↑ GamePro Issue 120 July 1999 . ( archive.org [accessed March 8, 2020]).
- ↑ game.com - Overview - allgame. November 14, 2014, accessed March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ videogames.com's A Closer Look at the Game.com. July 9, 2001, accessed March 8, 2020 .
- ^ Cassidy: Tiger Game.com (1997-2000). In: Bad Game Hall of Fame. March 13, 2017, Retrieved March 8, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ a b Ben Zuchterman: The 10 worst video game consoles of all time. In: BGR. December 16, 2013, accessed March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.wired.com/2010/10/handheld-convergence/
- ^ "New Handheld Roars into Portable Market". Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 94. Point Davis. May 1997. p. 19th
- ^ A b c "New Handheld Roars into Portable Market". Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 94. Point Davis. May 1997. p. 19th
- ↑ a b The Games Machines . PediaPress ( google.de [accessed March 8, 2020]).
- ↑ Mikel Reparaz March 29, 2011: The Top 7 ... failingest handhelds. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ game.com - Games - allgame. November 14, 2014, accessed March 8, 2020 .