Is Tiger's Game.com worth buying??

[stargate]

I mean they are just about giving these things away on ebay and the games are going for $1. I have never even seen or played one before. What is the consensus here? Worth it or a piece of crap?

[dsullo]

I tried many games for it. It was really pretty bad, no games were worth playing. At the time I did not try Resident Evil 2 on it. I am curious if anyone had any impressions.

[ventrra]

There is no consensus here. There are arguements for both sides of the coin. Read the entirety of this thread:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9078
for an attempt at an answer.

[Gunstarhero]

From my own personal experience stargate, hell no, that thing isn't worth using brain cells to think about, seriously. You actually get dumber when thinking about, or even worse, playing games on a game.com. Dangit, I just lost some brain cells by talking about game.com to you, crap.

[stargate]

ok, I am not buying, even if the games do cost $1. But, I will be PISSED if in 20 years these things are going for $50 a game on ebay.........

[Charlie]

IMO, it's the worst game system ever made. Tiger, famous for LCD 'games' stayed true to their roots by producing games that run on roughly 1/2-frame per a second of animation and possibly the worst D-Pad in video game history.

HOWEVER, Scrabble for it is an excellent little game, although I'm still not convinced that "MM" is a word (for the record, my stand alone LCD Scrabble says it is too). A four-star title, but then you drop off to 1/2* for Frogger. Worse then Virtual Boy. Worse then Fairchild. Worst then... anything! Worst. System. Ever.

[ClubNinja]

Well, if you're concerned about the future value here, and not so much the gameplay, then just buy 'em up. At a buck a pop, there isn't much risk.

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Well, if the games are really cheap, you can buy it...but...the games... :hmm:

[Videogamerdaryll]

ok, I am not buying, even if the games do cost $1. But, I will be PISSED if in 20 years these things are going for $50 a game on ebay.........

I wouldn't be surprised if that happen..

Grab one if you can get it cheap.

I bought a couple to keep in my collection.
My wife still messes around with the Lights Out,Jeopardy,Solitare games on/for it..

I just like the way it says ..with voice and music.."Gamecom active" when you turn it on..

[ManekiNeko]

No, no, no, and no.
I once tried to persuade a friend into picking up a really cheap copy of Street Fighter: The Movie for the Saturn. He told me, "Well, I've got the six bucks, but the cost in shelf space is more than I'm willing to pay. Just think... it could take up space that could be used for a much better game, something I'd actually like to play." Try to think of the game.com in the same way.

JR

[RetroYoungen]

I actually payed like 60 bucks for it when it was somewhat new, then I played it and bought some more games (hopefully there would be something redeemable, right?). This was a system that I was actually glad that the batteries corroded in (I couldn't throw away a perfectly good {?} system). Don't waste your cash, that's my take.

[ventrra]

You know what amazes me? That this wasn't locked and people sent to the previous topic in my previous post. Not similar enough, perhaps?
BTW: Did anyone else go back to read it?

At any rate, whether or not you happen to like the Game.com or not really depends on 2 things: 1) What sort of games you like (It does some games like Wheel of Fortune, Sloitare, Lights Out, Scrabble...quite well) and 2) What are your expectations of the system going in? (i.e.: do you expect it be "revolutionary"? It's not.)

Essentially, the games that cater to the system's limits are done well, action games (Batman, Jurassic Park, etc.) suffer.

[RetroYoungen]

True, some of the games were amuzing (like that Trivia Quiz game, Lights Out and Solitaire) but to be bluntly honest, the rest of the games (action, shooter, whatever) were just so horrible. It promoted itself as being able to play action games and shooter games (I actually spent money on Duke Nukum! WAH!) and they weren't worth the tiny cart the software was implanted in. It seemed to me that since Tiger knew ahead of time that it was already somewhat obsolete, they didn't take much care into developing games for it.

[rbudrick]

If the Framerate and flicker weren't so goddamn bad on this thing, it would actually make some games remotely playable. If an emulator was ever made that fixed that, most games would be FAR more playable. Otherwise, you can't see jack shit of what's going on when you play.

-Rob

[RetroYoungen]

But really, when you think about it, who would WANT to emulate it?