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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    12/07/09

    In reply to Hark Back to the Good Ol' Days With the Portable N64
    Uh..... d-pad?
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    12/07/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: z button?
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    Demonbird promoted this comment RT100 was starred RT100 was unstarred
    Image of Ed Hirsch Ed Hirsch
    12/07/09

    Or the Z button?
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    Demonbird promoted this comment Ed Hirsch was starred Ed Hirsch was unstarred
    Image of tineras tineras
    12/07/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: Yea, where is the D-pad?
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    12/07/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: Yes, where is the dpad?
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    12/07/09

    @Demonbird: No ability to play Tetrissphere, no deal. X-(
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    12/07/09

    In reply to Hark Back to the Good Ol' Days With the Portable N64
    It's not bad
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    Image of Everyone likes me, even the Danish Everyone likes me, even the Danish
    12/07/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: There's quite some motion-blur in the screen though.

    Probably cheap because of the low response, but I would choose to give out a bit more money and get a high response-screen.

    Oh, and it's FAT!
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    12/07/09

    @Everyone likes me, even the Danish: Yeah it's not great and I can't imagine the battery life will be stellar either but for a custom built mod it's not bad.
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    Image of Everyone likes me, even the Danish Everyone likes me, even the Danish
    12/07/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I'm just wondering if he couldn't better kill a netbook, put software on it that could read data from the N64-drive, and build THAT in a handheld. Looks like now he just used everything that's in a normal N64, which makes it bulkey.

    And hey, you promoted my comment, but you don't have a star?
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    12/07/09

    @Everyone likes me, even the Danish:
    The screen is off of a PSOne portable screen, which definitely could have been replaced with something of a higher quality.
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    Image of Everyone likes me, even the Danish Everyone likes me, even the Danish
    12/07/09

    @Demonbird: Yep, but of course we must keep in mind that he fixed this of stuff laying around the house (that's why the PSOne portable screen is used probably).

    Still, he has the tools to make a good casing for this machine, then you also have the money to buy a good lil' LCD-screen :)
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    12/07/09

    @Everyone likes me, even the Danish:
    Exactly. Especially when it is fetching the money it is on ebay.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    12/07/09

    In reply to Hark Back to the Good Ol' Days With the Portable N64
    The Ocarina of Time does sound tantalizing...though that cave with the bats used to scare the bejezus out of me
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    Edited by BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 at 12/07/09 10:00 AM BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 was starred BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 was unstarred
    Image of fredygamer fredygamer
    12/07/09

    @BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Funny. You should try playing Ocarina of Time Master Quest. Not to mention Majora's Mask.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/07/09

    @fredygamer: You know, I always loved Majora's Mask, but for some reason other folks didn't care for it like I did. I'm not sure what it is about it.

    Regardless, Ocarina of Time remains one of the greatest video games of all time.
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    12/07/09

    @OCEntertainment: It's probably because MM sucked. Actually I thought it was okay but it was short, really short and it it was difficult to find where you were supposed to go.

    I wanna go play my old N64 games but that damn controller is so particular that emulation on a PC just doesn't control well and so I have to pull out my old system and hook it all up. I guess I need to break down and buy an N64 to USB converter.
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    Image of tucker tucker
    08/17/09

    In reply to Verbatim InSight Portable HD Has Always On Display, Can Serve Cheese
    mmmm... wensleydale.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    07/16/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
    I wasted a lot of time with one of those...
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    Image of quayzar quayzar
    07/15/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
    They also featured it on Seinfeld when Jerry started drugging the woman with the toy collection so he could play with the Scuba GI Joe, George could play with this game, and Elaine could play with the Easy Bake Oven and get the Gum Balls for the "Sideler".



    Yeah I watched TV in the 90's. I was product of the late 80's and 90's but I remember the game from friends who still played with one until he was able to get a Game Boy.
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    Image of ZuluWave ZuluWave
    07/15/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
    I remembering finding this game in my Uncle's attic a few years back. I took it out of the box and appreciated its awesomeness.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/15/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
    I also had one of these beauties..
    click the pic for more info
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/15/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Oh yes. Played it nonstop. Best of them all. Loved the little switch control. *click* *click*
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/15/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
    I had Coleco's version, which as i recall was much more popular than Mattel's. It seemed like everyone had one.



    Touchdown! 'Dah-dee-dee-dee-dee' I can still hear that tune..
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    07/15/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
    Now that I think about it, the one I played most was football II



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    Image of FurySamurai72 FurySamurai72
    07/16/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: oh wow, I had every one of these at one point. And i was born in '86! i never bought one. i usually found them in my parents friends' basements, eventually someone just gave them to me cause i loved playing them so much.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    07/15/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters

    Such a simple game, but it was so fun. And I didn't even like football that much, but I loved playing it. They also had baseball, but the best one was the basketball one.

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    Image of tucker tucker
    07/15/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
    Timewaster? Hardly. This game was pure fun, and still is thirty years later.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/15/09

    In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
    It's not quite the same, but there's an App for that.



    And it's not half-bad.
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    Image of peetah peetah
    07/15/09

    @92BuickLeSabre:



    first app that I bought, worth all 99 cents!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    04/06/09

    In reply to Director's Chair Folds Into a Messenger Bag, The World Rejoices
    Uh, where do I put the stuff that was inside the bag when I transform it? Unless it's the same thing that happens to people in Transformers when they transform.
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    04/06/09

    @WindySaturday_GitEmSteveDave: Excellent reference!


    I think that the bag is a separate entity, however. But I doubt that there's enough room in it for both chair and, shall we say, a laptop. Hence this is no more useful than previous folding chairs, though a bit more attractive.


    People on the subway will still think you're weird if you deploy it, however.

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/24/09

    In reply to Near-Final Pandora Linux Gaming Handheld Shown Actually Playing Something
    Still using a 3D modeled case though.


    Not that it's a bad thing, it just shows that they're still probably working out the internals as opposed to the exterior button layouts and stuff.


    Interesting to see the process via these occasional updates.

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