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03-06-2009, 08:22 PM
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#1 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Nokia released this cell phone-cum-gaming platform in 2003, and blessed it with a handset design that made unfortunate users look like they were attempting to eat a taco with their ear. Unsurprisingly, it was not a success. The N-Gage brand lives on as a games service for other smartphones, but saddled with such an impractical hardware layout, the N-Gage itself has long been consigned to history's scrap pile.
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Explaining the whole story of the Gizmondo would fill a good-sized book, and you'd never believe it anyway. It's straight out of a Robert Ludlum thriller, featuring wrecked million-dollar sports cars, illegal weapons, and even the Swedish Mafia. Sadly, this sordid tale is also far more entertaining than any of the Gizmondo's grand total of eight games. Not even ahead-of-its-time data connectivity and GPS hardware could prevent it from sinking like a stone, although amazingly, a follow-up system is rumored to be launching later this year.
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The Vectrex gave 1982's discerning video game consumer the chance to put a mini-arcade machine in their living room. Unfortunately for its makers, it came out just in time to catch the full force of the infamous collapse of the video games industry in 1983-84. Despite a series of price cuts that remain the quickest and deepest in console history, it vanished from stores a mere 18 months after its debut.
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Although various consoles have been linked to health problems, Nintendo's Virtual Boy is one of the most notorious. Its iconic design allowed true 3D graphics, but came with the undesirable side-effect of inducing nauseating headaches in a number of users. Spurned by consumers in its day, it's now a sought-after collectors' item.
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You might find it hard to believe that Sony was once an outsider in the console hardware market, but back in 1994 it most certainly was. If the Saturn had had its way, it would have stayed that way. Released by Sega almost four full months ahead of the original Playstation, the Saturn was a bold effort to undermine Sony's success before it had a chance to begin. Overpriced, overcomplicated, and outsold almost immediately by the Playstation, Sega was already hyping the Saturn's replacement just two years after its launch.
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03-06-2009, 08:42 PM
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#2 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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LOL, ouch for the Saturn. I didn't expect that to be there.
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03-06-2009, 08:49 PM
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#3 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Jaguar or 3DO should be in there instead of Saturn.
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03-06-2009, 08:50 PM
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#4 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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I had a saturn.. it was pretty good!
didn't take long for me to switch to that Nintendo Doctor 7 thing though because sega can't play burnt games
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03-06-2009, 08:52 PM
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#5 | | Banned (BBM)
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wii should be added to the list
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03-06-2009, 08:53 PM
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#6 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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^yeah right. tell that to the sales lol
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03-06-2009, 08:57 PM
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#7 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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virtual boy ftw.
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03-06-2009, 09:01 PM
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#8 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Saturn is worse than the CDi + Add ons?! This list is instant fail.
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03-06-2009, 09:10 PM
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#9 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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wow cool! Virtual boy. i've never seen that before.
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03-06-2009, 09:19 PM
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#10 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by Arislo  Jaguar or 3DO should be in there instead of Saturn. |
Agreed.
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03-06-2009, 09:20 PM
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#11 | | The RS Anchorman
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I still have a partial busted Virtual Boy and a Saturn and the cd add on thing to the sega genesis and 32X would be more of an fail
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03-06-2009, 09:20 PM
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#12 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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what about dreamcast?
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03-06-2009, 09:24 PM
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#13 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Originally Posted by hotjoint what about dreamcast? | Dreamcast was way better than Saturn. You could even play burnt games without having to go through the process of getting a mod chip haha.
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03-06-2009, 09:44 PM
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#14 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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turbografx?
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03-06-2009, 10:14 PM
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#15 | | Ye olde moderator
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Originally Posted by Drizzt Do'Urden turbografx? | I was going to mention that one or Genesis. There was also Intellivision as well which was ridiculously expensive and had very poor graphics even for its time.
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03-06-2009, 10:34 PM
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#16 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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haha as soon as I read the topic I thought of virtual boy. I remember renting that thing from blockbuster with mario tenis or something. I remember being able to play for about 5 minutes before feeling ill, taking it off and feeling like I was going blind.
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03-06-2009, 10:34 PM
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#17 | | racing & tech mod.
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It's funny how the systems that were supposedly more powerful and capable where the ones that had the least good games and the least good marketing, and consequently the least impressive sales numbers.
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03-06-2009, 10:39 PM
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#18 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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LOL@ Virtual Boy, I always thoguht that was sooo sick when it first came out, but never got one. Oh well, how times have changed.
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03-06-2009, 10:44 PM
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#19 | | Banned (BBM)
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virtual boy ftmfw
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03-06-2009, 10:49 PM
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#20 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by Mugen EvOlutioN wii should be added to the list | agreed Quote:
Originally Posted by akalic ^yeah right. tell that to the sales lol | tell that to that mountains of shovel ware
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03-06-2009, 11:01 PM
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#21 | | I don't get it
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Originally Posted by hotjoint what about dreamcast? | dreamcast was the shyt dude.  | |
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03-06-2009, 11:49 PM
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#22 | | I came, I saw, I conquered.
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Originally Posted by wahyinghung I still have a partial busted Virtual Boy and a Saturn and the cd add on thing to the sega genesis and 32X would be more of an fail | Angry nintendo nerd's review on the 32X lol  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvR_3...ext=1&index=19 | |
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03-06-2009, 11:55 PM
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#23 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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Atari Lynx should have been there too.
Mines turned into a very expensive paper weight...
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03-07-2009, 12:31 AM
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#24 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by Slifer | lol! so funny! I love his reviews!
and I want a crossbow!
Also, I'm going to say Xbox360 cause how many have you seen stop working? Some people may agree or disagree with me.
So PS3 FTW!
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03-07-2009, 12:36 AM
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What about the Neo Geo? You had to be filthy rich in order to buy one and NO KID in my elementary school of 900 had one.
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