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Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 5:44 am
by SkieSquiggles
king_zigzag wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 1:54 pm one of the weirdest ive ever seen has to be the iGrip. it was launched in 2006 to try and be the next keyboard, trying to replace QWERTY as the default layout

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it was marketed for business and general use, but they also insisted this was the best thing for 2000s era pc gamers too

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I, like, want one

Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 3:29 am
by mysteryROOSTER
The Sega Neptune. Never got past the prototype stage but it physically exists somewhere, forever unfinished and unreleased.

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Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:29 pm
by BubblyBatty
Currently seriously considering getting an N-Gage lmao

Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:49 pm
by mysteryROOSTER
BubblyBatty wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:29 pm Currently seriously considering getting an N-Gage lmao
I looked the n-gage up & was sorta surprised by the wacky, early 2000s handheld console design
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but then what hit me a lot harder was the first sentence of its wikipedia page clarifying that this is a smartphone

Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:05 pm
by BubblyBatty
mysteryROOSTER wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:49 pm
BubblyBatty wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:29 pm Currently seriously considering getting an N-Gage lmao
I looked the n-gage up & was sorta surprised by the wacky, early 2000s handheld console design
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but then what hit me a lot harder was the first sentence of its wikipedia page clarifying that this is a smartphone
The ngage was both a phone and a console. Nokia wanted to put a phone on the market that could also compete with the gameboy and it Flopped Hard. Theres an official Elder Scrolls game on this thing

Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:17 am
by mysteryROOSTER
BubblyBatty wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:05 pm
mysteryROOSTER wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:49 pm
BubblyBatty wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:29 pm Currently seriously considering getting an N-Gage lmao
I looked the n-gage up & was sorta surprised by the wacky, early 2000s handheld console design
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but then what hit me a lot harder was the first sentence of its wikipedia page clarifying that this is a smartphone
The ngage was both a phone and a console. Nokia wanted to put a phone on the market that could also compete with the gameboy and it Flopped Hard. Theres an official Elder Scrolls game on this thing
oh my god. A Nokia n-gage exclusive Elder Scrolls game exists
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Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:37 am
by SkieSquiggles
mysteryROOSTER wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:17 am
BubblyBatty wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:05 pm
mysteryROOSTER wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:49 pm

I looked the n-gage up & was sorta surprised by the wacky, early 2000s handheld console design
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but then what hit me a lot harder was the first sentence of its wikipedia page clarifying that this is a smartphone
The ngage was both a phone and a console. Nokia wanted to put a phone on the market that could also compete with the gameboy and it Flopped Hard. Theres an official Elder Scrolls game on this thing
oh my god. A Nokia n-gage exclusive Elder Scrolls game exists
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I fuckin NEEEED to play this

Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:27 pm
by BubblyBatty
SkieSquiggles wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:37 am
mysteryROOSTER wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:17 am
BubblyBatty wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:05 pm

The ngage was both a phone and a console. Nokia wanted to put a phone on the market that could also compete with the gameboy and it Flopped Hard. Theres an official Elder Scrolls game on this thing
oh my god. A Nokia n-gage exclusive Elder Scrolls game exists
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I fuckin NEEEED to play this
Im pretty sure N-Gage is emulatable so like its not unfeasible that you can just play this

Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:50 pm
by mysteryROOSTER
BubblyBatty wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:27 pm
SkieSquiggles wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:37 am
mysteryROOSTER wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:17 am

oh my god. A Nokia n-gage exclusive Elder Scrolls game exists
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I fuckin NEEEED to play this
Im pretty sure N-Gage is emulatable so like its not unfeasible that you can just play this
It's called EKA2L1, here's the website with downloads https://eka2l1.github.io/

Re: Niche and/or Rare Gaming Hardware

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 7:59 pm
by SkieSquiggles
mysteryROOSTER wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:50 pm
BubblyBatty wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:27 pm
SkieSquiggles wrote: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:37 am


I fuckin NEEEED to play this
Im pretty sure N-Gage is emulatable so like its not unfeasible that you can just play this
It's called EKA2L1, here's the website with downloads https://eka2l1.github.io/
I'm making a fuckign forum let'splay of this for sure