<![CDATA[Gizmodo: portable gaming]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: portable gaming]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/portablegaming http://gizmodo.com/tag/portablegaming <![CDATA[Games2U Brings a Portable Arcade To Your House]]> The only time people visit arcades these days is when they're waiting for the 8:30 showing of Transformers to start. Whether it's convenience of quality of games, people just aren't going. But what if it came to YOU?

Games2U puts PS3s, Wii and Xbox 360 games inside of a van and delivers it, letting 20 people play no matter where you are. We can imagine it being useful for kids' birthday parties, tailgating parties or funerals; especially since the company also offers laser tag and giant hamster balls.

And if you think this is a good and viable business opportunity, they even offer franchise options to set one up where you live. [G2u via Kotaku]

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<![CDATA[Homemade Portable Playstation Won't Win Any Beauty Contests]]> Normally, the portable consoles that spring forth from the handy folks at the Ben Heck forums are sleek, professional-looking affairs. This wooden PS1? Not so much.

Dubbed the PSOneP and created by a gentleman by the name of gamefreak11, this handheld Playstation is constructed mainly of balsa wood. It has a lid that houses the screen that flips up, and the most ghetto looking controller ever built into the bottom. But hey, it works, and that's certainly more than I can say about any portable console I've tried to cobble together. So kudos to you, gamefreak11, for knowing that the beauty of a portable console is not skin deep. [Ben Heck Forums]

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<![CDATA[English Football Squad Arsenal To Broadcast Live Replays To Hooligans' PSPs In The Stadium]]> Soon, loutish Englishmen with a penchant for portable gaming will watch replays on their PSP during Arsenal home games. Mainly to prove that Irishman down the aisle deserved to lose his teeth.

The software, being developed by Sony especially for Arsenal's super-fancy Emirates stadium in North London, could also potentially link up fans in the stadium and allow them to chat in real time. Yes, because the torrent of spittle and obscenities bursting forth from every maw just isn't enough "interaction" for our modern age. The system could be live by the end of next season. [Yahoo Tech via Crunch Gear]

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<![CDATA[Acekard 2i Becomes First to Crack Nintendo DSi For Homebrew]]> Befitting of the homebrew crackin' reputation recently, Nintendo figured they'd take the opportunity of the DSi's fresh hardware to kibosh homemade code via flash carts once and for all. As you can see here, that plan didn't last long.

Acekard, makers of many fine flashcarts for the original DS and DS Lite, have done in a month or so what many thought might take much longer, or even be impossible: load homebrew code on the DSi. And on top of that, Acekard is claiming support for all of the DSi's new hardware goodness like the camera and SD card, which is surely wetting many a homebrew mouth today with anticipatory drool.

The Acekard 2i should be available via your favorite gray market gaming gear vendors soon. [Acekard via Kotaku]

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<![CDATA[Rumor: New Dual-Touchscreen Nintendo DS in Early '09]]> This is on the rumor-ier side, but Brian from Kotaku's man deep, deep in Japan has dropped him a tidbit about a new DS that might be in the works—one that bumps up screen sizes and finally replaces the top screen with a touch screen. The Nintendo DT, perhaps? Anyway, this certainly won't be hitting before Christmas, as Kotaku's source says "early next year" if true, which means a lot of DS-gifted kids' smiles may quickly turn to frowns in '09. It makes sense, given Nintendo's excitement-free showing at E3 this year, and how far touchscreen tech has come since the DS first hit, that something DS-related will be brewing for early 2009. [Kotaku]

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<![CDATA[iPhone's Myst Remake Is Coming, Made By Three Dudes]]> The iPhone's button-free input scheme isn't so great for fast-action shooters or action-adventure or any type of game with the phrase "action" in it, but it is great for RPGs and point-and-clicks. What better point-and-click to port over to the iPhone than Myst, which is one of the ones that came out during the height of P&C games' popularity, and is also sorta the most famous. Its developer Cyan lets slip in its forums that only three of their developers are working on it, and the project is funded by outside resources. This will definitely kill a few hours in line at the soup kitchen. [Myst Online via Wired via Kotaku]

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<![CDATA[GameChains Save Your Nintendo DS Games From a Toilet Water Abyss]]> Designed by Chip Stockman and his 9-year-old daughter Caroline, GameChains are a keychain-like safety net for your precious Nintendo DS games. The chains consist of "laser-cut tabs, a powder-coated metal chain, and aggressive, but non-permanent, adhesive pads"—which is a fancy way of describing something that should keep your games out of the toilet when you are in the midst of a little "me time." GameChains are available for $9.95. [Gamechains via Slipperybrick]

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<![CDATA[Breaking Spoofs: Xbox Portable!]]> Gizmodo is breaking the latest and greatest news regarding a product that is exploding onto the market. This is the Xbox Velocity, a mobile take on the modern Xbox. Sweet graphics, nice controls, touchpad, big screen and I bet it even plays Doom!

I'm just messing with you people! Did you honestly think our buddy Bill G. over at Microsoft would ever bring something like this to market without hyping it up years in advance? This is a mock-up by the guys over at Mobile Magazine, based on what they think a portable Xbox system should look like.

R&D: Xbox Velocity [Mobile Magazine]

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<![CDATA[GP32 Gaming Handheld - Well, Tapwave is Gone...]]> gallery8.gifThe GP32 is apparently some sort of Korean gaming machine that sounds more like a kinky pirate box than anything with any teeth. Our cousin at Kotaku says it...

plays movies and music, shows pictures and eBooks and supports exclusive games as well as MAME, SNES, Genesis and PC titles through the use of an emulator.

Sounds like a nice PDA with some extra piratical features thrown in. Will it reach us here in this last outpost of techno-savvy? Maybe on Canal Street along with "Nintrend 100-in-1 Gaming Jarstick."

New Korean Handheld Coming [Kotaku]

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